UK actors vote to refuse to be digitally scanned in pushback against AI
Equity says vote signals strong opposition to AI use and readiness to disrupt productions unless protections are secured
Best movies of 2025 in the US: No 2 – 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Ukrainian soldiers claw their way toward an abandoned one-street town, battling Russian artillery fire, snipers and aerial attacks, in this feat of documentary film-making and frontline reporting
Rob and Michele Reiner’s cause of death released by medical examiner
The Reiners’ bodies were discovered on Sunday at their home in Los Angeles. Their son Nick was later arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and has since appeared in court
‘Criminally below the radar’: readers on their best underrated Christmas films
After Guardian writers picked their favourite lesser-known festive movies, readers shoutout Klaus, The Ref and more
Film-maker Mstyslav Chernov: ‘I kept seeing Ukraine as a victim of this invasion – I wanted to tell another story’
The documentary-maker on new film 2000 Meters to Andriivka (the Guardian’s No 2 film of 2025), being on the Oscar circuit with 20 Days in Mariupol and filming on the frontline
Best films of 2025 in the UK: No 2 – 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Ukrainian soldiers claw their way toward an abandoned one-street town, battling Russian artillery fire, snipers and aerial attacks, in this feat of documentary film-making and frontline reporting
Alan Cumming named as host of 2026 Bafta film awards
The Scottish actor and presenter – who hosted the Bafta TV awards this year –will take over from David Tennant at the February ceremony
‘Collusion does not require a dictatorship’: István Szabó on his Nazi actor masterpiece Mephisto
As his 1981 film is rereleased, the director talks about his Oscar-winning fable about an actor’s Faustian pact with the Nazi party – and its new relevance
‘Oh how we will miss this man’: Meg Ryan posts emotional tribute to Rob Reiner
Actor remembers late director of When Harry Met Sally and hopes something positive will come from ‘impossible tragedy’
Nick Reiner appears in court on murder charges in killing of parents
Son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner being held without bail after his parents were found dead in their home
Oscars to move over to YouTube starting in 2029
Exclusive global rights to the year’s biggest night in film will move to the video platform for a four-year period
Rosa von Praunheim, provocative pioneer of gay cinema, dies aged 83
The film-maker, whose 1971 feature about queer life has been described as Germany’s ‘Stonewall moment’, married his long-term partner on Friday
Everything about Paul Mescal is irresistible – with one exception
The actor has said Shakespeare’s language can be understood ‘in the body’. I couldn’t disagree more, writes Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles
Sir Humphrey Burton obituary
Renowned broadcaster known for arts and music programmes such as Arena, Aquarius and Omnibus
Melania: first trailer released for Amazon’s documentary on the first lady
The $40m film – directed by Brett Ratner, who has been accused of sexual misconduct – follows Melania Trump in the days before the 2025 inauguration