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Ocean With David Attenborough to Anora: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A call to arms from the beloved naturalist as he passes his 99th birthday, and Sean Baker’s Oscar-winning treasure about a lap dancer who falls for an oligarch’s son. Plus: the controversial new Snow White!

What is Britain’s elusive ‘national character’? The Ballad of Wallis Island might just tell us

Rain, cardigans and puns: a melancholic new romcom set on a windswept island hints at a relatable British identity, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Explain it to me quickly: What is aura farming, and is it cool or cringe?

Bertin Huynh and Luca Ittimani explain the viral term – which involves neither chakras nor tractors – to Alyx Gorman

The Life of Chuck review – unmoving Stephen King schmaltz

Tom Hiddleston plays a man who might be the centre of the universe in a film of often effective parts that never really come together

Tom Felton to reprise role as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Actor to make Broadway debut in play set 19 years after events of the final book in JK Rowling’s fantasy series

Idris Elba: ‘I want to build the African Odeon’

Speaking at an SXSW London event, the actor outlined his desire to ignite the cinema experience for a new generation across the continent

Rebel Wilson: ‘I always wanted to be like Judi Dench. But people like laughing at me’

The actor on plans for a new Pitch Perfect, pretending to lick Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi’s ‘fun grandpa vibe’

‘It aches that he is no longer here’: the power of Kalief Browder’s late mother’s poetry

In a new documentary, the words of Venida Browder take us back to a devastating story, even as the film provides hope for the future

Predator: Killer of Killers review – animated anthology of Arnie’s old antagonists

Forty years on from the original, the Predators are back in Viking times, samurai-era Japan and second world war US – but you can’t help think it would be better as live action

Wicked: For Good – trailer released for sequel to Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo hit

First trailer for Wicked sequel shows Elphaba and Glinda reuniting after finding themselves on opposite sides – and includes a glimpse of Dorothy

Come Fall in Love: The DDLJ Musical review – loud, kitsch and joyous

Thirty years after its release, the Bollywood blockbuster is back, this time on stage with a multiracial take on the diaspora tale

Edinburgh’s Filmhouse banks on celluloid as it reopens after three years

Desire for analogue seen as key to success as cinema opens its doors again after a campaign backed by Brian Cox

Ballerina review – Ana de Armas racks up the kills as she pirouettes into John Wick spin-off

De Armas is fun as a feisty assassin trained in ballet and martial arts, combining delicacy and violence in her quest for vengeance, with a cameo from Keanu. She doesn’t wear a tutu to fill goons with lead though

‘These guys are idiots’: Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black call out government’s Harvey Milk erasure

Team behind Oscar-winning biopic of the groundbreaking gay politician hits back at decision to remove his name

Russell Simmons sues HBO and film-makers over documentary detailing alleged sexual abuse

Music executive claims defamation in suit seeking $20m from the film-makers and distributors of On the Record

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