Jurassic World Rebirth review – Scarlett Johansson runs show as near-extinct franchise roars back to life

The latest instalment marks a return to form after some recent duds, with all the expected Spielberg-style set pieces and excellent romantic chemistry between the leads

Back from the dead: can the new Fast and Furious movie really ‘reunite’ Vin Diesel and Paul Walker?

Vin Diesel says ‘reuniting Dom and Brian O’Conner’ was a condition for agreeing to a Furious finale, which will no doubt require a CGI resurrection

Beat the Lotto review – how a small-time accountant tried to outwit Ireland’s national lottery

Ross Whitaker’s documentary using 1990s TV footage and interviews tells of Stefan Klincewicz and his crew of chancers – and an Ireland very different from now

‘Joyous and uplifting’: why Chungking Express is my feelgood movie

The next in our series of writers on their go-to comfort watches looks back at Wong Kar-Wai’s unusual and profound romantic comedy

Madina: The Enlightened City review – a fact-filled tour of Islam’s second holiest city

Despite the dryly informational tone, this documentary guide to the prophet Muhammad’s final resting place features breathtaking footage

An Ordinary Case review – Daniel Auteuil directs and stars in tense Ruth Rendell-ish crime procedural

A careworn husband is accused of murdering his wife in a story inspired by a real life case that dispenses with the genre’s familiar brutality

‘It was very hard to see myself as a director’: the Australian film-maker changing the documentary genre

Gabrielle Brady’s docufiction hybrids have earned international recognition even as her home country has been slow to catch up. For her latest, she worked with a Mongolian couple displaced from their farmland

Jamaica’s film industry gets boost from new funds and global collaborations

Black River film festival brings together US, European and African producers and directors to explore partnerships with local film-makers

Palestine Action documentary makers fear being criminalised under anti-terror laws

Exclusive: Directors of To Kill a War Machine take legal advice as Home Office plans to proscribe protest group

A Woman Alone review – a stylised portrait of contemporary financial precarity

This updating of Agnieszka Holland’s 1981 film about a struggling single mother suggests life under capitalist consumerism is no easier than it was under communism

Free coffee, cut-price theatre tickets and birthday upgrades: 42 genius ways to beat the system

It pays to be in the know. These simple hacks will help you save money on entertainment, household bills and eating out

California acts to keep film and TV production local with $750m tax credit

Legislation will more than double current tax incentives under larger bill slated to be signed by Gavin Newsom

Tom Holland, Jacob Elordi and Harris Dickinson at top of James Bond wishlist – report

Sources claim the three actors lead Amazon’s list of prospective stars to headline a new iteration of the 007 franchise

M3gan 2.0 review – hit-and-miss sequel replaces horror with action comedy

A solidly made and passably entertaining follow-up to the viral doll hit tries to swerve the franchise into summer blockbuster territory with mixed results

‘No plans ever to retire’: why Steven Spielberg and the movie brat generation just won’t quit

Spielberg, 78, has announced he’ll keep making films till he dies – and he’s a spring chicken next to Coppola, Scorsese, Werner Herzog and Ridley Scott, all still working in their 80s. What makes directing a job for life?