The Lost Boys of Mercury review – heartbreaking film on the enduring wounds of church-school abuse
Clémence Davigo’s uncompromising film gives voice to three survivors of a French correctional school, and the difficult path towards healing
Sharp, subtle and effortlessly Lynchian: Diane Ladd had a potent star power
In a hugely successful TV and film career, her waitresses, neighbours, moms and daughters ranged from comedy to drama to David Lynch films, always with compelling authenticity
‘How did we get here?’: documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate
In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisis
There Was, There Was Not review – how four women’s dreams are destroyed by the shock of war
Emily Mkrtichian’s feature debut was shot in the now defunct republic of Artsakh, a tender, intimate meditation on the impermanence of life
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
The story of hot tea and unconsummated love hails from a very different era – and was far from easy to make. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta Gerwig
Fantaisie review – study of a modern Ophelia swamped by audiovisual overwhelm
Isabel Pagliai’s film introduces her central character Louise with a thrillingly eclectic blend of handheld footage and cascades of still images
Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actor of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, dies aged 89
The death of the three-time Oscar nominee, whose starred in films including Chinatown, was announced by her daughter Laura Dern
Adrian Sutton obituary
Acclaimed British composer best known for War Horse, Coram Boy and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
‘If I’d known the skeletons were real I’d have been even more disgusted’: how we made Poltergeist
‘Steven Spielberg lit up when I told him I couldn’t do the face-tearing scene. Those are his hands you see in the film. I could never have ripped my face off with the same joie de vivre’
The Run review – glowsticks to the fore as interactive horror-thriller aims to get pulses racing
Audience members vote on the path its jogger heroine should take through this Italian-set chase movie – with appearances from genre cinema heroes Franco Nero and Dario Argento
Jennifer Lawrence says speaking about Trump would ‘add fuel to a fire that’s ripping the country apart’
Actor who said in 2015 that a Trump presidency would be ‘the end of the world’ says celebrities make no difference to how people vote
Horror show: North American box office records lowest monthly total since 1997
Halloween weekend failed to make numbers jump, adding up to the weakest monthly performance – other than during the pandemic – for three decades
My Father’s Shadow looms over competition at British independent film awards
Akinola Davies Jr’s Nigeria-set drama has 12 nominations including best film and besr director
‘I was a mess for hours afterwards’: readers on their scariest films of all time
After Guardian writers shared their scariest Halloween watches, readers respond with their picks, from Jaws to The Blair Witch Project
A Mother’s Embrace review – woozy serving of trauma horror as a firefighter reckons with a troubled past
Low-key but well-designed Brazil-set chiller, which starts with a mysterious emergency call from a nightmarishly mouldering care home