I Am Martin Parr review – affectionate portrait of the British photographer
Director Lee Shulman follows Parr around some of his favourite haunts in a documentary that’s kinder than its subject sometimes is
Schmeichel review – amazing saves but too few insights into the great Dane
This by-numbers documentary of a glittering goalkeeping career only really kicks off when the footballer and his father get talking
September Says review – a modern gothic take on teenage siblings
Adapting Daisy Johnson’s psychological thriller Sisters, French actor Ariane Labed’s directorial debut feels emotionally distant yet strangely familiar…
Gugu Mbatha-Raw: ‘It’s good to trust your gut’
The British actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw has worked with Reece Witherspoon and Oprah Winfrey, been awarded an MBE and told stories that have challenged perceptions around race. So what, asks Rhik Samadder, keeps her so grounded?
I’m Still Here review – wrenching true-life saga of a Brazilian family torn apart by military rule
When a former congressman is abducted from his beachfront home in 1970s Rio, his wife and children are left reeling – for decades – in Walter Salles’s Oscar-nominated drama starring an extraordinary Fernanda Torres
‘I stripped away this caricature that I created’: Pamela Anderson on makeup, activism and gardening
The star of Baywatch and The Last Showgirl answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including Stella McCartney, Liam Neeson, Ruby Wax and Naomi Klein
‘Photography is therapy for me’: Martin Parr on humour, holidaying and life behind the lens
He has a prolific career and extensive portfolio, with his images of British life especially iconic. At 72, he tells Miranda Sawyer, he’s still thinking about what to shoot next
The week in audio: Facing the Music; Tara and George: Last Rights; Why Is Amy in the Bath? and more – review
The lives of Beethoven, Haydn and co enthral; Audrey Gillan updates her award-winning rough sleepers series. Plus, a choir of cicadas and bathtime fun with Amy Adams…
The Monkey review – fear is the key in a terrifyingly brilliant toy story
Longlegs director Osgood Perkins triumphs again with an eerie, emotionally profound tale of a malevolent wind-up toy
On my radar: Shon Faye’s cultural highlights
The author on an obscene drill track, a writing retreat off the coast of Naples and her love of Almodóvar films
Grosse Pointe Blank and Miami Blues director George Armitage dies aged 82
Armitage was also responsible for the 1972 blaxploitation remake of Get Carter, made during his time working for Roger Corman
Bong Joon Ho: ‘I wish I had Ken Loach’s energy, but I’m just thinking about nap time’
How do you follow up an Oscar winner like Parasite? If you’re the South Korean auteur, you make a sci-fi satire where Robert Pattinson dies over and over again. The director discusses the inspirational Loach and Mike Leigh and why it’s hard being a ‘middle-aged film-maker’
Berlin film festival 2025 roundup – a new boss, a flawless fairytale and Ethan Hawke’s finest hour
At a snowy Berlinale, against a backdrop of political divisions, this year’s standouts include Lucile Hadžihalilović’s The Ice Tower, Richard Linklater’s Broadway biopic of Lorenz Hart, and intensely sexual romance starring Jessica Chastain
From I’m Still Here to Leigh Bowery: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
The harrowing Brazilian story of political disappearance could be on for multiple Oscars, and the larger-than-life art renegade gets a Tate Modern retrospective
‘Like a giant Squid Game’: soul searching in South Korea after latest celebrity suicide
Death of actor Kim Sae-ron sparks renewed calls for changes to ease pressure on celebrities who face intense scrutiny from media and fans alike