Music by John Williams review – the man behind the soundtracks, from Star Wars to Superman

Steven Spielberg, Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Martin contribute to this fascinating if fleeting glimpse into a remarkable career that also encompasses Jaws, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter

Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color review – magnificent monster in mono

Black and white re-release of one of the fire-breathing lizard’s best outings looks terrific and has an intriguingly ambiguous human lead actor

This Search for Meaning review – slick reminder of radical rockers Placebo

Eye-opening archive footage and a Bowie appearance are the highlights in an otherwise polite but bland documentary

Midas Man review – Jacob Fortune-Lloyd is heartfelt as Beatles’ kingmaker

As the ‘fifth Beatle’ Brian Epstein, Fortune-Lloyd’s performance holds an otherwise sanitised narrative together in well-meaning biopic

Experiencing intense emotions with others makes people feel more connected, study finds

Participants bonded more after watching films that sparked intense emotions

Dr Strangelove review – Steve Coogan scores a quadruple cold war coup

Adding a fourth role to Peter Sellers’ three turns in the classic film, the comic excels in a fun yet unadventurous adaptation

Quentin Tarantino praises flop Joker sequel: ‘I really, really liked it’

Writer-director shows support for critically maligned and commercially disastrous musical follow-up to 2019 hit

Teri Garr, actor from Tootsie and Friends, dies aged 79

Oscar-nominated actor was also known for roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Young Frankenstein

Dick Pope obituary

Cinematographer known for his work with Mike Leigh on films such as Secrets and Lies and Mr Turner

Here review – cursed Forrest Gump reunion is a total horror show

The director reunites with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for an ugly de-aged nightmare that boringly follows the same house throughout time

I don’t expect stone-cold truths from a chatshow, but Saoirse Ronan delivered one

The men on Graham Norton’s sofa found self-defence a hoot. I’m sure most women have found ourselves in that conversation, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Armie Hammer is back … and this time he has a podcast

The disgraced actor has returned with a lofi new podcast, shot in his tiny apartment, where he interviews other stars but seems more interested in talking about himself

Turn Me On review – dystopia’s kindly new manners

Michael Tyburski’s intelligent and funny film features a young couple seduced by an apparently bland regime promising to tidy away messy emotions

Colin Farrell’s Dublin marathon run raises €774,000 for charity

Actor ran last part of course pushing friend Emma Fogarty who has genetic condition known as butterfly skin

Dangling a carrot: how Netflix is luring Hallmark viewers with a hot snowman

This festive season the streamer is bringing us a snowman as the buff-but-dim love interest in an erotically complicated romcom