‘Digging the grave of my profession’: the Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs

Amid a jobs slump, award-winning writers, directors and producers taking on sometimes lucrative temp work teaching AI skills such as screenwriting and production

From Ludwig to Ariana Grande: the week in rave reviews

David Mitchell’s quirky puzzle-maker is back with the low-stakes murder mystery, while the US pop superstar’s Eternal Sunshine tour continues its London residency

From Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma to Brandon Flowers: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

A film-maker’s attempt to reboot a horror movie franchise is derailed by her wild relationship with its former star, and the Killers frontman gets rustic

David Harbour has blown Tony Stark’s cover in Avengers: Doomsday. It might just be what Marvel needs

The actor, who plays Red Guardian in the film, made a cryptic comment to Variety that raised more Robert Downey Jr-shaped questions than answers. But was it a clanger, or expert trolling?

‘We’re barely above porn’: why would a film-maker choose to make a deliberately bad ‘mockbuster’?

With a tiny budget and six days, Anthony Frith directed a film for the studio behind Sharknado – and then made Mockbuster, a documentary about the experience

Meghan as the next Bond? Five roles that almost certainly don’t lie behind UK return

Reports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex may have returned to Britain due to ‘top secret’ acting role for Meghan – we try to guess what it might be

Who Killed Marilyn? review – dismal attempt to solve mystery of Monroe with Pixie Lott

An account of the superstar’s life revisits her relationships and considers some conspiracy theories but never gets beyond cliche

The Odyssey becomes highest grossing R-rated film of all time

Christopher Nolan’s epic has achieved $1.35bn at the global box office, overtaking 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine

H Is for Hawk to Doctor Strange: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Claire Foy finds a winged companion in an incredibly moving drama, plus Benedict Cumberbatch’s magical psychedelic spectacle from Marvel

Anthony Hopkins: Life Is a Dream album review – easy on the ear melodies written from the heart

There’s a cinematic flourish to many of Hopkins’ compositions, together with fine arrangements of Welsh tunes and pieces dedicated to family

‘It is the riskiest film I’ve ever made’: Pedro Almodóvar on being the villain in his own movie

As his new film Bitter Christmas is released the legendary Spanish director turns his fire on Donald Trump, Will Smith, Netflix – and himself

Spa Weekend review – female answer to The Hangover spreads the slush with the massage oil

Despite stars Leslie Mann, Anna Faris and Isla Fisher and the writers behind The Hangover, this tale of friends at a luxury hotel is a dud

Man arrested over Nord Stream bombing was consultant on film about it starring Sean Penn

Volodymyr Zhuravlev had been consulted on Snake Island, a dramatised reconstruction of incident

French Girls review – scrappy Australian film made for $28,000 reveals refreshing new talents

Low-fi, aesthetically austere work set in Sydney’s modelling scene makes you wonder what writer-director Hyun Lee might do with more resources

UK cinemas look at banning Meta smart glasses over piracy fears

Trade body says local chains would have to balance concerns with potential benefits of AI-enabled technology