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Nightwatchers review – desperate struggle of migrant crisis under surface of picture-postcard ski resort

Juliette de Marcillac’s documentary follows the volunteers helping those crossing the French Italian border and shines a light on the the hypocrisies underpinning the treatment of asylum seekers

Wannabe despot, dashing diplomat or boring back-office swot? Greece’s founding father divides opinion

He built modern Greece from the ground up, but Ioannis Kapodistrias remains a controversial figure. A new biopic throws light on this overlooked titan of European history

‘We’re coming for his ass’: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro and Bette Midler target Trump at New York benefit concert

Sunday night’s Rise Up, Sing Out event saw A-list celebrities unite to protest Trump ‘violating’ first amendment rights

‘What’s the opposite of a gay demon?’: The creepy new Australian horror film that’s getting global buzz

Writer-director Adrian Chiarella subverts the idea of conversion practices in Leviticus, a jump scare of a movie that tells a tender queer love story too

Spielberg’s Disclosure Day opens strongly at box office as Obsession, Backrooms – and Michael – smash records

UFO thriller is on track to become director’s best performing original title in the US, taking just shy of $100m in global revenue after opening weekend

Ian McKellen says he imagined destroying Mar-a-Lago for new Avengers movie

Exclusive: At an open-air film festival in Rome, the actor shared anecdotes of his time on the set of upcoming superhero film Avengers: Doomsday

The Toymaker’s Key review – steampunk sci-fi animation is eclectic if overwrought

Produced by a very small team, this fantasy adventure story, though chaotic and derivative, hints at what future tech-savvy creators could produce beyond studio constraints

‘Loving our country sounds like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser’: Robert De Niro leads crowd in rallying cry against Trump

The actor starts chant after president said he doesn’t ‘think about Americans’ financial situation, not even a little bit’

The man who bought Diane Keaton’s nail clippers also owns Whoopi Goldberg’s teapot: ‘It will have her fingerprints on it’

Exclusive: The recent auction of the star’s belongings included designer outfits and her iconic bowler hats, but a box of assorted pins proved more tempting for one collector

Familiar Touch review – Kathleen Chalfant is wonderful in subtle, sensual memory loss drama

Director Sarah Friedland brings impressive attention to detail to an audacious debut feature about a woman moved into a retirement community

Disclosure Day: alien conspiracies, car chases and a jaw-dropping climax – discuss with spoilers

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi blockbuster is a non-stop thrill ride, but did it convince you that we are not alone?

‘It gets me every time’: why Jerry Maguire is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers calling attention to their go-to mood-lifting films is a celebration of Cameron Crowe’s unconventional romantic comedy

Angel’s Egg review – Mamoru Oshii’s dazzling 1985 anime is an eerie philosophical adventure

Christian theology becomes an unsettling and visually ravishing mystery in early film from the Ghost in the Shell director

Dry Leaf review – three-hour amble around the football pitches of Georgia in search of a daughter

Despite its interesting low-res look, Alexandre Koberidze’s mystifying film is needlessly contrived

‘More relevant now than ever’: how Virginia Woolf recaptured the cultural zeitgeist

With an adaptation of Night and Day hitting cinemas, the pioneering author’s work continues to inspire audiences

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