‘We would never do that’: Ringo Starr says he asked for changes in Beatles movie script
The drummer says he met with director Sam Mendes to clarify the depiction of himself and his then wife Maureen
Was Thatcher right to ban ‘video nasties’? I binged Zombie Flesh Eaters and Slaughtered Vomit Dolls to find out
The ‘obscene’ movies once banned in the UK are now mostly freely available. Are these tales of cannibals and the undead antiquated schlock or genuinely repellent?
‘The film wouldn’t even be made today’: the story behind Back to the Future at 40
The time travel comedy was a surprise smash in 1985 and remains a Hollywood touchpoint and as it reaches a major anniversary, those who made it share their memories
‘You’re stealing my identity!’: the movie voiceover artists going to war with AI
As new tech imperils the £3bn dubbing artists industry, professionals including India’s Ryan Reynolds and India’s Jon Snow explain why audiences should listen to their fears
The Old Guard 2 review – Charlize Theron’s delayed Netflix sequel is an incomplete mess
Five years after the first film came out, a misshapen action fantasy follow-up arrives with a baffling cliffhanger ending
Full set of Sean Connery Bond movies heads up Edinburgh film festival programme
All six of Connery’s ‘official’ 007 films will be screened in 4K restorations, with big names including Andrea Riseborough, Peter Dinklage and Renée Zellweger also on show
Constantine Costi: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The film and opera director tells us what makes him laugh – which, as it turns out, is entirely Muppets
Paramount settles with Trump for $16m over 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris
Paramount agreed to pay $16m to Trump’s future library or other cause, but not to him, but made no apology
James Cameron calls Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer a ‘moral cop-out’
The Titanic director, who is planning an adaptation of nonfiction book Ghosts of Hiroshima, says Nolan’s film ‘dodged the subject’ of the atomic bomb’s devastating impact on that city
Heads of State review – John Cena and Idris Elba sell fun throwback Amazon comedy
US president and UK prime minister team up for a well-modulated mix of action and comedy that deserved a theatrical release
Hearts of Darkness: A Film-Maker’s Apocalypse review – Francis Ford Coppola and the mother of all meltdowns
Coppola said his masterpiece Apocalypse Now ‘is not about Vietnam; it is Vietnam’ – this superb film shows how little he was exaggerating
Give Me a Word: The Collective Soul Story review – hyped-up account of nice-guy 90s mainstream rockers
Dolly Parton adds star power to this formulaic music documentary about Ed and Dean Roland’s band
Hill review – compelling story of formula one star Damon Hill’s trials on and off the racetrack
Film imparts profound lessons on the meaning of victory as it depicts the psychological pressure cooker in which the driver competed
TV tonight: Channel 4 airs the Gaza documentary the BBC wouldn’t broadcast
Ramita Navai investigates Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s hospitals in a controversial film. Plus: celebrating football hero Mary Earps. Here’s what to watch this evening
‘Completely radical’: how Ms magazine changed the game for women
In a revealing HBO documentary, the women involved with the groundbreaking feminist publication describe the rocky road to progress