‘Here we go again’: $75m Melania film embodies venal spirit of Trump 2.0

First lady’s big-screen documentary premieres with criticisms over $28m payday and questions over relevancy

From Nouvelle Vague to Mock the Week: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Richard Linklater pens a love letter to the greats of French cinema, and the satirical panel show finds a new home

Primate to Tyler Ballgame: the week in rave reviews

Johannes Roberts directs a concise chimp-gone-wild shocker, and the critically loved crooner releases his debut album. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

‘I never imagined this!’ How KPop Demon Hunters could make history at the Grammys and the Oscars

As the film’s megahit song Golden looks likely to sweep everything in awards season, its singer Ejae explains why she’s ready to step out from behind her animated alter ego

I endured the Melania film so you don’t have to – my only regret is not buying popcorn so one of my senses was entertained

‘Everyone wants to know,’ Melania says at the beginning of the two-hour extravaganza – but do we?

Once Upon a Time in Harlem review – remarkable Harlem Renaissance documentary

A once-in-a-lifetime dinner party from 1972 is transformed into a thrilling and inspiring hang-out movie

Catherine O’Hara managed to make difficult characters utterly delightful

The death of the 71-year-old actor and comedian leaves behind a long line of unforgettably original comic creations, from Beetlejuice to Schitt’s Creek

Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, dies aged 71

Actor, also known for Beetlejuice and her work with Christopher Guest, died after a brief illness

Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest

Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable

Jayasree Kabir obituary

Actor who was a celebrated figure of Bangladeshi cinema after being discovered by the Indian director Satyajit Ray

Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity

A set of shorts by film-makers from Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia are shocking, funny and mysterious in equal measure

First stills from Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film released in Liverpool

Postcards showing Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan in character were printed as postcards and secreted around the performing arts school co-founded in the city by Paul McCartney

Groundbreaking director Reginald Hudlin: ‘It’s taken a lot of effort but the reward is always worth it’

The man who created House Party, wrote for the Black Panther comics, produced Django Unchained and briefly ran BET talks his illustrious career

Eggs, hats and unfettered ambition: what we learned about Melania Trump from her documentary

The first lady’s political goals, high-stakes clothes fittings and hints that she and Donald still have sex are just some of the highlights from Brett Ratner’s documentary

This isn’t the film you are looking for: the Star Wars franchise is hamstrung by a massive identity crisis

The space opera to end them all once blasted everything in its path. But a muddled approach has led to indecision and paralysis