Nosferatu review – Lily-Rose Depp is the dark heart of Robert Eggers’s extraordinary vampire tale

The actor’s brilliantly tortured performance matches the feral gothic atmosphere of this remake of FW Murnau’s 1922 silent classic

A laugh a day to keep the winter blues away: the 31-day comedy diet for January

From the Two Ronnies to TikTok via near-forgotten TV classics, here’s our dose of daily fun to ring the new year in with cheer

From climate denial to gothic movies to ‘treat culture’ … what to expect in 2025

The new US president will almost certainly bring unpredictability but several themes will dominate the year ahead. Observer writers offer their guide on what lies ahead in politics, film, fashion, sport and more

Rebel Wilson weds Ramona Agruma in Sydney – and this time it’s for real

The actor announced on social media that the ‘legal wedding’ was officiated by her sister

It’s quiz time: how well do you remember 2024?

Sports, scandals, music, memes… Take our bumper quiz of all the highs and lows of the year that was

On my radar: Jasleen Kaur’s cultural highlights

The Turner prizewinner on the art of the Gaza Biennale, the joys of a queer community choir, and a poet who speaks to today’s injustices

Better Man review – Robbie Williams monkeys around in a raw and emotional biopic

Replacing Williams with a CGI ape in an otherwise human cast pays off enormously in Michael Gracey’s warts-and-all tale of the pop phenomenon

Vinnie Jones: ‘I don’t like the hard man label’

The actor and former footballer talks about grief and the countryside, sobriety and humility, overloading himself and playing tough but fair

The best films of 2024 … you may not have seen

From a Hitchcockian thriller to a shocking documentary, Guardian writers pick their lesser-known movies of the year

The year in stuff – from chicken wine to cucumbers and mini mullets

Did you make and trade a friendship bracelet? Invest in a Stanley cup? What we wore, used and shared in 2024

Kieran Culkin on pranks, parenting and why his famous family doesn’t need therapy: ‘Us siblings, we’re already cooked’

He’s been on screen since he was seven – but only prepares for a scene 10 minutes before. Yet somehow the mischievous Succession star is now tipped for an Oscar. How did the chaotic, charismatic actor do it?

Olivia Hussey, star of 1968 Romeo and Juliet film, dies aged 73

Golden Globe-winning actor ‘lived a life fu

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 to The Traitors: a complete guide to the week’s entertainment in the UK

Jim Carrey is back causing mayhem as the megalomaniacal, moustachioed Dr Robotnik, and Claudia Winkleman’s top-notch reality betray-em-up returns

Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: ‘If we see something wrong and don’t say anything, we’re participants’

With a role in the Oscar-tipped reform school drama, the actor continues to pick parts that align with her activism. She recalls how the resilience of her grandmother – and the racism faced by her grandfather – has shaped her

‘I had to make the vampire as scary as possible’: Nosferatu’s Robert Eggers on how folklore fuelled his film

The director of the latest movie in the bloodsucker tradition explains why he went back to the Transylvanian source for his version of one of cinema’s enduring adaptations