1		1959 biblical film, famous for its chariot race (3,3)
5		Broadcasting family, Richard, David and Jonathan (8)
9		Ben, had the lead role in Ghandi (1982) (8)
10/5D		1940-60s US singer/filmstar, in e.g. Pillow Talk (5,3)
11		Jim, star of The Truman Show (1998) (6)
12		Forest, played a security expert in 2002 film The Panic Room (8)
13		The __ Waltz, a Liszt composition and a diabolical film (1971)! (8)
15		Oxfordshire site of annual rowing regatta (6)
17		Composed for many voices (6)
19		Unbreakable was their 2002 No.1 (8)
21		Shipwrecked master magician in Shakespeare's The Tempest (8)
23		Hedy, 1930s film star and Mark, the TV host (6)
24		Jacques, 20th C French composer (anag. 'tribe') (5)
25		Italian film director of Death in Venice (8)
26		See 6 Down
27		e.g. Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo

2		Cate Blanchett's regal title role in 1998 (9)
3		The Rake's Progress was by this 18thC satirical artist (7)
4		Bridget, English Op-art painter (5)
5		See 10 Across
6/26		Salman Rushdie's acclaimed/notorious allegorical fable about modern India (9,8)
7		French painter Claude – not quite TV presenter Kelly! (7)
8		'Count' – US jazz band leader and pianist (5)
12		Reference book of biographical synopses (4,3)
14		Cartoon film cat and familiar film action man! (9)
16		Author of A Passage to India (1,1,7)
18		Playwright Willy or philosopher Bertrand (7)
20		A scurrilous personal satire (7)
22		Lord, he was the BBC's first director-general! (5)
23		Franz, 19th C Hungarian pianist and composer (5)
25		Last book in Roddy Doyle's Barrytown trilogy The __ (3)