Eddington review – Ari Aster’s tedious Covid western masks drama and mutes his stars

Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler have little to work with in this disappointing dud from the Hereditary and Midsommar director

The Guide #191: After three decades, Tom Cruise is done with Mission: Impossible – so what’s next?

In this week’s newsletter: In retiring his messianic action hero schtick, a return to challenging, messy roles could lead to a late-era flowering of his career

‘A push towards the conservative’: Cannes tries to ban oversized outfits and naked dressing

Festival’s rules designed to protect ‘decency’ and seating arrangements stir controversy among those who read them

The Little Sister review – a discerning drama of queer Muslim coming-of-age

Hafsia Herzi’s film manages sexuality with confidence, featuring an affecting lead performance from newcomer Nadia Melliti

Jeremy Irons is perfectly cast as the sea – but who should play the clouds?

The raging beauty of the ocean has clearly found its perfect embodiment. Now we need to decide who will play the other elemental forces

Kristen Stewart says Donald Trump’s effect on the film industry is ‘terrifying’

The actor who is making her directorial debut with The Chronology of Water at the Cannes film festival says ‘we should expect the worst and fight for the best’

New ‘historically accurate’ digital replica will allow films to be set within Auschwitz

The Auschwitz Memorial has created the model ‘to provide the industry with credible resources’, but it raises ethical questions over what type of films could be set there

Charles Strouse, Tony award-winning composer of Annie, dies aged 96

Over the course of an illustrious career, Strouse composed music for Broadway shows such as Bye Bye Birdie and Applause but was best known for Annie’s evergreen songs

James Gunn’s new Superman is more human than alien god – but can he still inspire awe?

Far from 1978’s morally noble colossus, Gunn’s Man of Steel is a flawed being – but perhaps he can allow us to hope for a better world

Show me the tummy! Tom Cruise doesn’t need sleep, help or clothes in Mission: Impossible

The Hollywood icon defies age and Arctic climes to save the world in the epic messianic spectacle The Final Reckoning. But why won’t he bare his soul?

‘Men run away from vulnerability’: The Weeknd on blinding success, panic attacks and why The Idol was ‘half-baked’

Abel Tesfaye is arguably the world’s biggest pop star – so why is he thinking of wrapping up the Weeknd? As he releases soul-baring film Hurry Up Tomorrow, he charts his path through drugs, heartbreak and abandonment

Hurry Up Tomorrow review – The Weeknd’s meta-thriller plays like a music video

Visually effective yet narratively meandering, the star’s moody psycho-thriller-cum-therapy-session is a missed opportunity

How the world of work has lured Barbie out of high heels

Scientific study of 3,000 dolls down the decades shows most now wear flats

Dossier 137 review – tense gilets-jaunes thriller divides cop’s loyalties over police brutality

A taut, charged procedural from Dominik Moll follows a conflicted officer investigating a teenage protester’s injuries

Morris the alligator, known for Happy Gilmore and other films, dies around age 80

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