Co-writer of Oscar-nominated film It Was Just an Accident arrested in Iran
Mehdi Mahmoudian detained after signing statement condemning Iran’s supreme leader for recent bloodshed
‘Endlessly quotable’: why Wayne’s World is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their most rewatched comfort films is a trip back to 1992 for the unique rock comedy
Shelter review – super-soldier Jason Statham does the business as he takes on Bill Nighy in action thriller
Ric Roman Waugh’s predictable plot redeemed by fight choreography as Statham faces up to Bill Nighy, and casting of young Hamnet actor Bodhi Rae Breathnach
Seasons review – it’s Ibsen vs Peter Pan in chronicle of actors messing up their lives on and off stage
Polish director-writer Michal Grzybowski’s film has inspired flashes, but mostly eschews humour for a drearier take on the intertwining of stage and life
‘Yes, they would execute a child’: the film about a girl who has to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein
Warm, funny and heartbreaking, The President’s Cake tells the story of a brutal ruler and a girl forced to make him a present in a time of sanctions-induced hardship. Its Iraqi director Hasan Hadi remembers his own fearful childhood
Do You Love Me review – exhilarating documentary is ode to the collective courage of Lebanese people
In this freewheeling film Lana Daher draws from more than 20,000 hours of archival footage to channel the resilient spirit of Beirut
Steven Spielberg becomes an Egot after winning Grammy for John Williams documentary
Director says Grammy for best music film ‘means the world to me’ as he pays tribute to composer and collaborator
Dead Souls review – Alex Cox rides into sunset with anti-Trump spaghetti western
The Repo Man director relocates Gogol’s surreal novella to the old west in what he says will be his final film
Melania film earns $7m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade
Melania, however, cost quite more than a typical documentary, at $40m to make and $35m to promote.
Dozens of historic Maseratis recreated for movie about Italian car company
Film with a cast headed by Anthony Hopkins tells the story of a supercar marque that began in a small Bologna garage
Catherine O’Hara obituary
Brilliant actor known for her roles in Home Alone, Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek who specialised in the comedy of delusion
‘One of the greatest comic talents’: tributes paid to actor Catherine O’Hara
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Schitt’s Creek co-creator Dan Levy led tributes to the Emmy-winning actor
Melania Trump documentary opens to underwhelming reception: ‘It’s not a gripping film’
$75m Amazon-produced paean to the first lady saw empty seats and faint praise as it opened in New York City
‘Here we go again’: $75m Melania film embodies venal spirit of Trump 2.0
First lady’s big-screen documentary premieres with criticisms over $28m payday and questions over relevancy
From Nouvelle Vague to Mock the Week: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Richard Linklater pens a love letter to the greats of French cinema, and the satirical panel show finds a new home