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From Wicker to Zelda: Ocarina of Time: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård star in a new fantasy romance, and Nintendo’s revered 1998 classic gets a fresh coat of paint

To baldly go: Patrick Stewart was an icon for bald men everywhere

The actor was an exemplary bald, unapologetically embracing his hairloss and setting the scalp-based bar for all other men with receding hairlines

Basketweavers get in a twist over Alexander Skarsgård’s Wicker Husband

Why is he not made of willow? Why is he plaited and not woven? World’s basket makers have plenty of questions

Sir Patrick Stewart obituary

Distinguished stage and screen actor who became a global star in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises

Susan Saint James obituary

US TV star known for the sitcom Kate & Allie and for starring opposite Rock Hudson in McMillan & Wife

Oh to Believe in Another World review – William Kentridge’s amazing animated ballet of black comic pain

William Kentridge’s cine-musical creation, made to accompany Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony, is a marvel of puppetry, dance and humour, exploring humanity, grief and idealism

‘I left shellshocked’: writers on their scariest non-horror movies

For Halloween, Guardian writers have picked the most efficiently terrifying films outside of the horror genre from How to Have Sex to The Hunchback of Notre Dame

From Possible Love to Ali G: Who Iz I?: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Lee Chang-dong’s edgy drama asks uncomfortable questions about class and exploitation. Plus, love him of loathe him – Ali G is back

‘I saw the script and went: oooh!’ Olivia Colman and Alexander Skårsgard on their steamy folk-horror movie Wicker

She plays a depressed fisherwoman. He plays a man made of wicker who is solely dedicated to her pleasure. How did the actors feel about this strange, emotional connection – and what did Colman draw from her own marriage?

Experience: I live in the house from the 80s horror movie Poltergeist

I was a fan of the film, so when it came on the market, I snapped it up. Now I allow other fans to come and stay in this piece of Hollywood history

Patrick Stewart brought gravitas and complexity to the screen, from Star Trek to X-Men

From Jean-Luc Picard to Charles Xavier, the actor’s Shakespearean training – and that sonorous voice – made him a unique charismatic force in Hollywood

Elke Sommer, prolific German star of A Shot in the Dark and And Then There Were None, dies aged 85

The Berlin-born performer had a gift for languages that took her to Hollywood, landing roles alongside Peter Sellers, Dick Van Dyke and Paul Newman

I Love Boosters review – supercool outlaw women go shoplifting in Boots Riley’s frantic and funny caper

Demi Moore’s haute-couture maven attracts the attention of a gang of contemporary Robin Hood type clothes robbers in Riley’s fashion biz satire

How did a fishmonger who starred in an adult movie make Rocky? The film about Sylvester Stallone’s amazing triumph

Belittled for his speech and looks, and so short of cash he had to sell his dog, Stallone managed to write and star in one of the greatest boxing movies ever. How does Anthony Ippolito feel about playing his hero?

Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi given new prison sentence

Charges against him are unclear after return to Iran despite being sentenced last year for ‘propaganda activities’

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  • From Wicker to Zelda: Ocarina of Time: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • To baldly go: Patrick Stewart was an icon for bald men everywhere
  • Basketweavers get in a twist over Alexander Skarsgård’s Wicker Husband
  • Sir Patrick Stewart obituary
  • Susan Saint James obituary
  • Oh to Believe in Another World review – William Kentridge’s amazing animated ballet of black comic pain
  • ‘I left shellshocked’: writers on their scariest non-horror movies
  • From Possible Love to Ali G: Who Iz I?: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • ‘I saw the script and went: oooh!’ Olivia Colman and Alexander Skårsgard on their steamy folk-horror movie Wicker
  • Experience: I live in the house from the 80s horror movie Poltergeist
  • Patrick Stewart brought gravitas and complexity to the screen, from Star Trek to X-Men
  • Elke Sommer, prolific German star of A Shot in the Dark and And Then There Were None, dies aged 85
  • I Love Boosters review – supercool outlaw women go shoplifting in Boots Riley’s frantic and funny caper
  • How did a fishmonger who starred in an adult movie make Rocky? The film about Sylvester Stallone’s amazing triumph
  • Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi given new prison sentence
  • Walter Koenig obituary
  • Bafta trustees may have broken charity law by accepting free guest tickets
  • Film buffs love it. Trump and Tom Hanks hosted it. Can TCM survive a Hollywood mega-merger?
  • The Devils review – Ken Russell’s 1971 possessed-nuns tale is a frenzied aria of confrontation and hysteria
  • Everest: The Other Side review – couple’s climb on the mountain’s toughest face comes with tricky moral questions
  • Peter Asher: Everywhere Man review – music-biz face from Beatles-buddy pop act to superstar producer
  • Post your questions for Alex Cox
  • ‘It’s the gay Titanic!’ Inside La Bola Negra, the maximalist queer spectacular bound for Oscars glory
  • Tom Skerritt obituary
  • ‘Meaningless as a laptop screensaver’: reviewers slate Musk’s AI-made Odyssey film
  • ‘How on earth is this man not sweating?’ The director who spent 10 years painstakingly remastering Bowie’s ‘greatest filmed performance’
  • Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey review – the dullest, most pointless riposte possible to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant epic
  • Big Baby review – a screenwriter’s nightmares become reality in a meta-horror misfire
  • Arnie & Barney review – dimwit ant double-act from Maya the Bee are on mission to entertain
  • ‘If a person isn’t conscious, they’re not saying yes’: Cynthia Erivo on her searing new film about sexual assault

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