Magazine Dreams review – powerful bodybuilding drama dogged by star Jonathan Majors’ assault conviction
The actor was convicted in 2023 leaving this a film maudit, and though he is convincing, it only draws uncomfortable parallels with his own life
Folktales review – taking on tyranny of social media as teens learn to live like hunter-gatherers
In this documentary, high schoolers camp out in subzero temperatures, making their own fires and driving sledges in the wild
Dreamers review – deep sense of empathy powers emotionally vivid refugees’ drama
A traumatised Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Britain meets a kindred spirit in Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s evocative tale
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
Scarlett Johansson says she was pressed to remove Holocaust narrative from directing debut
A backer of Eleanor the Great, about a woman who pretends to be a Holocaust survivor, dropped out after Johansson refused to make changes
Marty Supreme review – Timothée Chalamet a smash in spectacular screwball ping-pong nightmare
Following every dizzying spin of Chalamet’s table tennis hustler, Josh Safdie’s whip-crack comedy serves sensational shots – and a smart return by Gwyneth Paltrow
EsDeeKid: why do people think the Liverpudlian rapper might actually be Timothée Chalamet?
The incognito hip-hop act known as EsDeeKid has been identified by online sleuths as Chalamet in disguise. The pair even have the same scarf – case closed
Josh Brolin on Donald Trump: ‘There’s no greater genius than him in marketing’
The actor met the future president while making Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and says he is ‘not scared’ of him
James Cameron says AI actors are ‘horrifying to me’
Avatar director, known for his advocacy of new technology, told interviewer generative AI performance puts ‘all human experience into a blender’
Pillion rides off with top prize at British independent film awards
The gay BDSM biker romance won best film at the Bifas, tying with Iraq war drama Warfare for most awards on four each
Son of the Soil review – bone-crunching Lagos revenge thriller with bruising swagger
Razaaq Adoti writes and stars in this scrappy gangland action romp, mixing Nollywood energy with bloody set pieces and a dash of 80s-style grit
‘Ingrained in my psyche’: why Gremlins 2: The New Batch is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers highlighting their favourite comfort rewatches is a look back at Joe Dante’s raucously rule-defying sequel
I Only Rest in the Storm review – beguiling postcolonial blues in Guinea-Bissau
A disaffected Portuguese NGO worker dallies with a drag queen as he wrestles with white man’s privilege in Pedro Pinho’s intelligent drama
Why won’t Marvel let Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine retire in peace?
The actor himself has promised to accept all future cameos as the beloved claw-gremlin, but this will only wear out his superpowers
Onlookers review – snapshots of a south-east Asian country shaped by tourism
Through static compositions and observational detail, the documentary explores how Laos’s visitors and residents inhabit the same spaces in very different ways