I’m sick of smug celebrities on the podcast circuit. No wonder there’s a fuss when someone speaks the truth

It was so refreshing to hear Aaron Sorkin admit he was bad at parts of directing after his movie flop. If only others could be as frank, says writer Imogen West-Knights

The best theatre to stream this month: the Gisèle Pelicot trial becomes an all-star play that ‘just floors you’

An unmissable documentary play, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia with luminous Isis Hainsworth and ecstatic dance in a Norwegian museum are among November’s highlights

‘We freed Patrick Stewart!’ Star Trek’s Marina Sirtis on breaking in her beloved but very serious co-star

She was scared of him but soon loosened the Shakespearean up – then watched him give Star Trek depth, even insisting scenes be rewritten for her. Captain Picard’s right-hand woman salutes her fabulous friend

The Guide #267: Robert Pattinson embraced his inner lowlife and became one of the best actors of his era

In this week’s newsletter: Sandra Hüller and Anne Hathaway might have been in more films this year – but Pattinson’s remarkable run confirms him as one of the best performers of his generation

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