‘Madonna, please. It’s only a film. Be happy!’ Karla Sofía Gascón on transitioning at 46 and making icons cry

The star of Emilia Pérez is the first openly trans actor to win best actress at Cannes for her role in Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical. She talks about awful corsets, riding motorbikes and suing her critics

Warriors review – Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis come out to play with firecracker musical

This concept album based on Walter Hill’s 1979 film features megastar rappers, Hamilton alumni and styles from metalcore to salsa – it is pulled off with breathtaking brio

Alvin Rakoff obituary

Stage and film director who contributed to the success of the single play on television

Netflix to double profits after adding millions of subscribers in three months

After cracking down on password sharing, expanding into ads and investing billions in live TV, group declares success

‘Trump, the movie’ is a fun watch, but read the book if you really want to know all about him

Lucky Loser reveals just how much Donald owes to his father (spoiler alert: everything), says the Guardian journalist Emma Brockes

Smile 2 review – gory pop star horror sequel sings a familiar tune

Glossier follow-up to 2022’s hugely successful curse horror is well-made and well-acted but the franchise is struggling to carve out its own identity

Alvin Rakoff, veteran director of British TV and film, dies aged 97

The much-loved director gave an unknown Sean Connery his first leading role as well as overseeing some of the biggest TV dramas of the 1970s and 80s

Good news: there’s a new Horrible History DVD boxset out. Bad news: your children may not find it funny

Studios usually twist themselves into pretzels to avoid confusing movie titles. But this Christmas, unwary fans of the CBBC show should beware

Ice-T: ‘Anybody that thinks controversy is a way to make money, it’s not. You need lawyers!’

With a new Body Count album out next month, the hip-hop superstar turned actor answers your questions on Law & Order, the Cop Killer furore and working with ‘wild man’ Abel Ferrara

Carrie review – Brian De Palma’s horror masterpiece is a death metal spectacle of carnage

Sissy Spacek unforgettably evolves from ugly duckling to swan to something else entirely in the groundbreaking film of Stephen King’s novel

Are you not entertained? The XVIII best films about the Romans – ranked!

With Gladiator II thrusting into cinematic arenas next month, we hand out laurels to the greatest sword-and-sandal movies of them all

The Rubber-Keyed Wonder: The Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum review – glory and geekery

Home computing and the gaming industry have their origins in the iconic early 80s hardware, documented here in an homage to an eccentric pioneer

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things review – lovingly eccentric ode to a forgotten abstract painter

The work of the late Scottish artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham is brought to life by this idiosyncratically persuasive Mark Cousins film

Come Alive! review – acrobatic spectacle squanders The Greatest Showman’s songs

While there is strength and skill on display, this circus show lacks a knockout performance and the film’s enduring anthems don’t always fit the action

The Crime Is Mine review – François Ozon’s 1930s crime comedy is a moreish crowdpleaser

Ozon and a stellar cast serve up an entertaining, if shallow caper that shades a little too close to #MeToo