‘LA is not film friendly’: how Hollywood’s woes became a political cudgel in mayoral race
Troubled Baywatch reboot production echoes film-making woes in a city best known for its movie and TV industry
Finding Emily review – warm-hearted gen Z campus romcom is impossible to hate
A Mancunian singer-songwriter becomes a viral divisive figure while trying to track down a girl called Emily
Jacqueline Chan obituary
Actor who found fame with the stage and screen versions of The World of Suzie Wong and became a regular on TV
Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher
The Rolling Stone will play a lighthouse keeper in Three Incestuous Sisters, joining a cast including Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley and Saoirse Ronan
Eagles of the Republic review – seductive thriller of corruption and compromise in post-Mubarak Egypt
The third film in Tarik Saleh’s ‘Cairo trilogy’ is a about a washed-up movie star who is bullied into starring in government propaganda
Hen review – plucky chicken beats the odds in weirdly uplifting survival story
In a feat of cinematic mystery and skill György Pálfi coaxes a tour de force from his poultry cast in this parable of animal and human interrelations
Notre Salut review – a novelistic telling of day-to-day life in Nazi-occupied France
Cannes film festival: Swann Arlaud is excellent as Henri Marre, the director’s great-grandfather, as he finagles his way into a job at the Vichy ministry of labour
Diabolic review – Mormon-country horror takes ayahuasca down to the creepy cellar
Underground doors and regression therapy – it sounds like a can’t miss for the genre, but the knockout blow is never delivered
The Man I Love review – Rami Malek needs a lighter touch in Ira Sachs’ 80s Aids drama
Cannes film festival: Sachs’ film about an HIV-positive actor in the homophobic Reagan-era 80s is well-intended, but Malek’s mannered performance is hard to love
Michael Bay to direct film based on US military rescue mission in Iran
Director of Armageddon and Transformers to team up with Universal Pictures for drama based on recent events
Jeff Bezos calls Amazon’s $40m Melania film ‘a good business decision’
The Amazon founder has denied any personal involvement in the film, which failed to recoup its budget on release
Pedro Almodóvar says film-makers have a ‘moral duty’ to speak out against the far right
‘Europe must never be subjected to Trump’ says Spanish film-maker at a Cannes press conference for his new film, Bitter Christmas
The lesson from John Travolta’s dramatic new look: always dress for the job you want
The first-time director admitted he wore a beret to channel ‘old school’ auteurs at Cannes – though mimicry can only take you so far, says Guardian fashion and lifestyle editor Morwenna Ferrier
Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass review – furry foes out of their depth in candy-coated Chinese adventure
Cat and mouse are transported to a quasi-medieval China in this luridly bright animation that has none of the inventiveness of the Hanna-Barbera originals
The Balloonists review – divas and disasters in tale of first round-the-world hot-air balloon flight
Polite documentary about Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, who faced off much wealthier rivals Richard Branson and Steve Fossett in the race to circumnavigate the globe