Michelle Trachtenberg’s natural talent shone in everything from Harriet the Spy to Buffy

Trachtenberg, who has died aged 39, was the fortunate child actor: successfully pivoting into an adult career peppered with millennial hits

Last Breath review – thrilling underwater survival drama

Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu star in a terrifyingly well-constructed adaptation of a documentary about a nightmarish accident

Michelle Trachtenberg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl actor, dies aged 39

The actor was found at a New York apartment on Wednesday, with the cause of death unknown but not being treated as suspicious

Tornado review – windswept samurai western set in apocalyptic Scotland

The second feature from John Maclean is an almost surreal tale of itinerant martial arts performers and a band of thieves in 18th-century Scotland

Inside this year’s Oscar goody bags: $1m of disaster relief, spliffs and a reimagined backgammon experience

The gifts handed out to this year’s acting and directing nominees at the Academy Awards, feature key inclusions reflecting the California wildfires

‘Kind of sad’: Timothy Dalton reacts to Amazon’s James Bond deal

Ex-007 praises Broccolis for series while expressing concern for its future after bombshell announcement

Pink Floyd to rerelease restored 1972 Pompeii concert film in Imax

Iconic performance amid Roman antiquity has been restored from original negatives, with a soundtrack newly mixed by prog star Steven Wilson

I spy: first-person films can be really exciting – but why are there so few?

Two new films, Nickel Boys and Presence, offer point-of-view perspectives – but it remains tantalisingly rare in the history of cinema

Inside review – captivating prison drama with painfully good performances

Guy Pearce, newcomer Vincent Miller and Shōgun’s Cosmo Jarvis are all remarkable in this unsentimental feature debut from writer-director Charles Williams

Saldaña squished and Chalamet chafing as Ariana and Cynthia bag the best seats: the 2025 Oscars class photo

The Academy Award nominees assembled for their annual group portrait, but who scooped the prize for looking the most bored?

The Long Wave: How A Thousand Blows recovers the lost history of a lion-taming West Indian boxer

Historian David Olusoga sheds light on Hezekiah Moscow, a mysterious migrant seeking a better life in Victorian London. Plus, my suya obsession

The Last Showgirl review – Pamela Anderson dazzles as Vegas dancer hitting midlife

Anderson’s depiction of an older performer’s struggles, as youth slips away and family fractures, rivals Demi Moore’s in The Substance

Oscars 2025: best actress nominees – awards, interviews and what their chances are

What to know about the actors nominated for the Academy Awards’ biggest acting prize, along with the Guardian’s reviews and interviews

Evan Gershkovich memoir to be adapted for big screen by Conclave director

Edward Berger will direct story of Wall Street Journal reporter who was held in Russia on espionage charges for over a year

Why I’m Still Here should win the best picture Oscar

Walter Salles’s true-story drama reflects on a dark chapter from Brazil’s authoritarian past that has a chilling resonance for the world we live in today