Craig Douglas obituary
Singer who enjoyed huge chart success in the UK and a No 1 hit with his cover version of Only Sixteen in 1959
Possible Love review – a tale of two couples is finely judged study of exploitation and friendship
Venice film festival: Acclaimed Korean director Lee Chang-dong returns with an inspired account of an unhappy married couple befriended by a documentary maker and her wealthy husband
Wim Wenders clarifies that he does not believe film-makers should stay out of politics
Director’s controversial comments earlier this year warned of films that ‘enter the field of politics’
French thriller Jupiter brings nuclear anxiety to red carpets of Venice
Director Alexandre Smia says film about Russia detonating nuclear warhead – and US refusing to respond – is not unrealistic
‘The first half of my 20s was hell’: Maisie Williams on her tough childhood and why she’s been having more fun since Game of Thrones
After her role in the fantasy series, the actor felt lost. Now she’s getting relationship advice from Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, and following a Sex and the City star’s mantra: never be anywhere you aren’t enjoying yourself
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger review – mammoth tour movie brings the joy and poignancy of reunion
The Gallagher brothers’ comeback concerts are given the full fan-worship treatment, but it’s impossible to begrudge the euphoria they have created
Robert Pattinson says he had ‘twice as much time’ after birth of first child
Actor says of busy 2026 in which he has had several big roles: ‘Once you start spinning plates, it gets quite addictive’
‘I don’t like the term neurodivergence – it sounds like political correctness’: Werner Herzog on fans, fanaticism and baby foxes
The Bavarian auteur talks directing Kate and Rooney Mara in Bucking Fastard and his popularity on Instagram
A Brazilian documentary taught me the healing power of music
Favela Rising showed me how grassroots movements and community can change the lives of young people. Its ethos is baked into the youth charity I work for – and where two of Ezra Collective met
Booyakasha! Ali G is back – but even he can’t match the absurdity of modern Britain
Sacha Baron Cohen’s character once exposed the contradictions of an emerging multicultural nation. But nearly 30 years on Britain has changed – and so has the joke, says assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye
The Guide #259: What to watch this Oscars film season
In this week’s newsletter: A non-exhaustive list of the films to keep an eye out for this autumn
From Nish Kumar to the Bayeux tapestry: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Our premier political comedian heads out on tour, while the 70-metre-long woven story of 1066 arrows its way to Britain for the first time
From Late Fame to Katseye: the week in rave reviews
Willem Dafoe stars as an ageing bohemian being embraced by a younger generation, while the troubled K-pop stars put the emphasis on their songs. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
50? Moi? How The Muppets rocked the world with anarchy, nonsense and the inimitable Miss Piggy
Half a century on, Jim Henson’s fuzzy felt friends are as influential as Monty Python and the Beatles. It’s been a wild journey of nightclubbing, light operas, duetting with Debbie Harry and tying John Cleese to a chair
A Long Winter review – hope, desire and subversion in Andrew Haigh’s beautiful winter western
In a remote Colorado farmstead, a family with a mother gone missing finds a strange buoyancy and freedom as they wait for the snows to melt