‘Payback will be severe’: Mickey Rourke vows revenge on those behind crowdfunder ‘scam’ in his name

Oscar-nominated actor says his lawyer was trying to reimburse those who had donated money to a GoFundMe appeal set up allegedly to raise funds for the star

‘Kids referenced it as they asked for condoms’: the makers of cult hip-hop film House Party look back

‘I wanted Kid ’n Play but the studio said, “Who are these guys?” I replied, “They’ve got platinum records.” I had no idea if they did’

‘He’s a little megalomaniac’: Stellan Skarsgård criticises Trump’s ‘criminal’ actions in Greenland

The Swedish actor said that ‘he’s trying to take the world’ and called the recent actions of the US president ‘absurd’

Matt Damon is right: phones + Netflix mean we are now in the pub bore age of cinema

The streaming giant has the data that proves we all just watch things with one hand gripping our phones, so need to have the plot explained to us over and over again

Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox review – space-hopping comedy asks the big question

Stimson Snead’s preposterous time-leaping indie starring multiple Samuel Dunnings is just about rescued by cameos from Keith David and Danny Trejo

Make films shorter if you want them shown in cinemas, says Picturehouse director

Clare Binns says three-hour runtimes deter audiences as she is named Bafta recipient for outstanding British contribution to cinema

‘Cinematic comfort food’: why Heat is my feelgood movie

The latest entry in our series of writers picking their most rewatched comfort films is a nostalgic trip back to 1995

Mother of Flies review – horror in the woods as house guests are microdosed with psychedelics

The Adams-Poser, a family of four who make low-budget horror films, return with a menacing tale of Solveig, a woman attempting to cheat death by strange means

Seeds review – stunning film following struggling Black farmers in the American south

Shot in black-and-white over seven years, Brittany Shyne’s film is poetic and political in its portrayal of families fighting to maintain a vanishing way of life

Roger Allers, Disney film-maker and co-director of The Lion King, dies aged 76

With Rob Minkoff, Allers directed 1994’s The Lion King, which remains the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time

Sentimental Value sweeps up at European Film Awards

Joachim Trier’s drama about an ageing film-maker and his estranged actor-daughter wins top five awards

Trump buys $1m in Netflix and Warner Bros bonds days after saying he’ll ‘be involved’ in merger

Warner Bros is also being pursued by Paramount Skydance, helmed by David Ellison, son of president’s ally

‘She had a hidden identity’: new film uncovers a mother’s second world war secrets

In harrowing documentary My Underground Mother, a woman finds out what really happened to her mother in the war

From 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple to A$AP Rocky: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Another visit to the UK’s putrid zombie aftermath, and the polymath rapper returns after eight years with a collb-packed blockbuster

‘Designed for uncertainty’: windbreakers are a hit in turbulent times

From Greenland’s prime minister to Timothée Chalamet, the anorak signals a shift from aspiration to realism