‘I hate what I did. I’m bad in a good movie’: Guy Pearce downplays his performances as Oscars loom

He’s been nominated for an Academy Award for The Brutalist, but all Guy Pearce is concerned with is how bad he was in Memento … oh, and in Neighbours

‘Jim Carrey told me to “go all the way” with the laxative toilet scene’: Jeff Daniels on Dumb and Dumber

‘I was sitting next to my parents at a preview. When we got to the toilet scene, my father put his head in his hands and said, “No, Jeffrey …”’

Bridget Jones is a welcome reminder of a much more comfortable era

She worried about her drinking, smoking and weight – but there was never any doubt she would have a job and be able to pay her rent. It’s a very different world for gen Z, writes Zoe Williams

Bring Them Down review – Barry Keoghan farmer-feud revenge drama goes right over the top

This fervently acted Irish film about a dispute between farmers begins with some sheep rustling and ends in Peckinpah-esque violent horror

‘Robots cannot reflect the human condition’: Nicolas Cage speaks out against AI

Star issues warning about use of artificial intelligence in films while collecting best actor prize for Dream Scenario at the Saturn awards

‘A thing of pure beauty’: why Pink Flamingos is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers choosing their favourite comfort movies is the charmingly filthy John Waters classic

‘Before Ozempic we had amphetamines. But it’s always the same violence’: Coralie Fargeat on women, ageing and Hollywood

Her gruesome horror The Substance has won her multiple Oscar nominations – and given its star Demi Moore’s career new life. But did taking down the patriarchy have to be so gory?

Scarlet Winter review – chopped-up narrative method decorates corpse-disposal thriller

The non-linear structure of Munjal Yagnik’s debut aims at Memento-like noir but doesn’t gather the narrative shards into a compelling whole

Vista Mare review – fascinating look at invisible labour in Italian beach hotspot

Directing duo Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler subtly subvert the postcard-perfect ideals of the north Adriatic coast in this engrossingly odd documentary

The Brutalist wins best film at London Critics’ Circle awards

Epic drama takes top prize, Ralph Fiennes and Marianne Jean-Baptiste win best actors and RaMell Ross best director

The Colours Within review – enchanting synaesthesia anime

Japanese animator Naoko Yamada’s tale of teenage friendship shimmers with the hues her heroine experience of feeling colours

You’re Cordially Invited review – Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon are the draw in wildly uneven wedding comedy

Two weddings, one double booking and a series of cliches are the order of the day in Nicholas Stoller’s Bride Wars-lite comedy

By the Stream review – gentle college comedy of manners from Hong Sang-soo

The Korean director applies his languid style to the tale of a college campus coping with the arrival of a famous visitor

Companion review – country house tech horror presses the button marked fun

A plush weekend getaway turns violent in Drew Hancock’s enjoyably grisly feature debut

‘Heartbreaking’: Iceland’s pioneering female fishing guides fear for wild salmon

First women working as fishing guides on Laxá River, featured in new film, call for action after farmed fish escape