‘Trippy’: the Pina Bausch classic being revived by its original cast – dancing with their younger selves

Kontakthof is a 1978 show full of tenderness, violence and horror. Now, in a spectacular production, its first performers are bringing it back. But would Bausch have approved?

‘She is ignorant of how ignorant she is’: JK Rowling responds to Emma Watson rift

The author has rebuffed conciliatory remarks made by the Harry Potter actor, saying Watson has ‘enthusiastically participated’ in the ‘trashing of women’s rights’

‘There’s an enormous amount of sado-masochism in this book’: Emerald Fennell defends her Wuthering Heights adaptation

At the Brontë Women’s Writing festival, the Saltburn director explained her decision to cast Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in her sex-charged retelling of Emily Brontë’s novel

Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes

With its hyper-sexualised Black female revolutionary and fetishised depiction of interracial relationships, Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded latest raises questions about how white male directors depict Black women

Seven out of 10 women in creative industries experience bullying and harassment, survey finds

Exclusive: Only half of victims report incidents – and of those who do, 42% say response was insufficient

Last and First Men review – sci-fi dance can’t match Tilda Swinton’s cool apocalypse

Composer Jóhann Jóhannson’s moody film, narrated by Swinton and inspired by a classic novel, gains little from a live dance interpretation

Devil in the Dust review – Guy Pearce leads old west outcasts on a supernatural mission with a message

A little girl with a fatal touch becomes an intriguing metaphor for the white man’s burden in an impressive film from Ned Crowley

Scurry review – crawlspace nightmare thriller turns into apocalyptic insect horror

Two survivors of a city massacre find themselves in a critter-infested tunnel – a premise that, even with savvy cinematography, leaves little room for manoeuvre

Dress the part: London exhibition celebrates 60 years of film and TV period costumes

From Colin Firth’s wet shirt in Pride and Prejudic to Meryl Streep’s safari gear in Out of Africa, Cosprop’s outfits achieved cinematic realism

‘An unhealthy fascination’: why Fast X is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films is a celebration of the action franchise’s brilliantly baffling 10th chapter

Power Station review – solar power and solidarity on a Walthamstow street

Activism merges with everyday life in a documentary where film-makers Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn attempt to turn their neighbourhood into a renewable power hub

Knit’s Island review – comradeship and survival in brutal and bloody online zombie game

This inventive film, made entirely inside the multiplayer game DayZ, finds moments of community and wonder amid the zombies, factions and virtual bloodshed

Anemone review – Daniel Day-Lewis returns for a bleak and painfully serious misfire

New York film festival: the actor unretires, with his son onboard to direct, for a portentous and plodding film about war-torn men

In an era of AI slop and mid TV, is it time for cultural snobbery to make a comeback?

The lowbrow dominates culture and anyone who questions the status quo is dismissed as an elitist killjoy. But with bland algorithmic content on the rise, perhaps we consumers should start taking our art a bit more seriously

‘Go woke, go broke’? New study challenges claims progressive films flop at the box office

Film data analyst Stephen Follows finds no evidence that ‘woke-adjacent’ cinema is doomed commercially – and claims some genres may benefit from diverse casting