Valley of the Shadow of Death review – priest’s faith is pushed to limit in self-flagellating Hong Kong fable
A homeless youth seeking forgiveness sets up an impossible moral quandary in a debut feature from Sen Lam and Antonio Tam
‘Mommy’s got her phone’: A House of Dynamite is good on nuclear threat – and great on smartphone reliance
The Netflix film graphically highlights the importance phones bring to both work and home life, as well as their potential to wreak havoc on a global scale
Tony Foster: Painting at the Edge review – going deep in the quest for extreme landscape painting
At 79, the British artist is still skirting real peril, questing across the planet to depict the unspoiled vastnesses shown to grand effect here
‘Such a tonic’: why Burn After Reading is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers remembering their most rewatched comfort film is a tribute to the Coens’ playful star-packed comedy
100 Meters review – mesmerising anime of young athletes in search of physical and spiritual high
Dazzling rotoscoped running sequences make up for a lack of narrative subtlety in Kenji Iwaisawa’s film
Brunaupark review – housing estate dwellers vs property developers in rousing but unequal battle
This heartfelt film bears witness to a defiant community, forms a vital piece of oral history and shows the resilience of those determined to stay on
‘I can’t control how others perceive me’: Sydney Sweeney on boxing, weight gain and her flair for controversy
She ignited a culture war with a jeans advert. Now she has delivered a knockout performance as boxer Christy Martin. Sweeney talks about taking punches in the ring – and in the media
‘I enter a room and people say: “God just walked in”’: Morgan Freeman on voicing the divine, meeting Mandela – and his six decades on screen
From his humble upbringing in Mississippi to the unmistakeable timbre of his voiceover, the actor reveals why he’s not even considering retirement
Bad Bridgets podcast about crime among Irish women in US inspires film
Margot Robbie’s company to make movie based on Northern Ireland academics’ stories of poverty and prison
Readers reply: Who is the most evil villain in fiction?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
My cultural awakening: The Big Lebowski inspired me to embrace unemployment
The Dude’s relaxed attitude towards the pressures of life helped me realise it was better to be jobless than stuck in one I hated
From the Celebrity Traitors finale to a Margaret Atwood memoir: the week in rave reviews
A truly satisfying climax to the celeb reality show, and the sharp and engaging thoughts of the Handmaid’s Tale author. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
Die My Love to Rosalía’s Lux: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Lynne Ramsay’s latest is a portrait of a relationship in decline, while the Spanish nu-flamenco star enlists a plethora of talent for her latest album
As his debut film Once Were Warriors showed, Lee Tamahori was a director of guts and flair
Tamahori was the outstanding director of Along Came a Spider and Die Another Day – but his first film was his greatest work
Lee Tamahori, director of Once Were Warriors and James Bond movie Die Another Day, dies aged 75
New Zealand film-maker became a Hollywood fixture in the 90s and 00s, including making Pierce Brosnan’s last 007 movie, before returning to his home country