Blood Star review – young tearaway fights for survival in cat-and-mouse thriller
Vintage-car driver is chased through New Mexico by a small-town sheriff in Lawrence Jacomelli’s snappily shot debut
No Other Land review – powerful Israel-Palestine documentary is essential viewing
A Palestinian-Israeli collective have documented violence and displacement in a damning new film that offers a stark insider’s look at the conflict
Sing Sing actor JJ Velazquez exonerated after wrongful conviction
Velazquez was incarcerated for decades for a 1998 murder he didn’t commit before starring in award-winning A24 film
New Mexico judge denies Rust armorer’s appeal for new trial
After dismissal of case against Alec Baldwin in July, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyer challenged charges against her
Kris Kristofferson obituary
Songwriter, singer and actor known for such classic hits as For the Good Times and Me and Bobby McGee
‘She told me you shouldn’t put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow’: readers on Maggie Smith
From imposing glamour at a first night to her ready wit and disarming kindness out of the public eye, and for the indelible performances, readers remember a walking tour de force
Whisky growl, granite jaw and unflappable charisma: Kris Kristofferson was perfect as a lover or a fighter
The actor was the real deal, whether as a cherubic psychopath in Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, or playing second fiddle to Barbra Streisand in the smash hit A Star Is Born
The Deserving review – mute serial killer yarn takes cues from horror classics of the past
A murderer is tormented by the ghosts of his victims in this frustrating story that doesn’t have the storytelling heft its premise deserves
Things Will Be Different review – time travel thriller as a robber tries escape with the cash
An estranged brother and sister reunite while hiding from the police in a remote barn that holds a secret procedure to transport people into the future
The Battle for Laikipia review – brutal impact of British land ownership in Kenya
Illuminating documentary examines the tensions between indigenous pastoralists and commercial ranchers as resources become more scarce during a drought
Will Ferrell’s Netflix doc Will & Harper is flawed but vital viewing for cis people
There are problems with the road trip documentary following the comedian and an old friend who is transitioning, but there’s honesty and messiness that people should see
Signs of War review – gripping testimony of harrowing march to conflict in Ukraine
Reports and pictures by photojournalist Pierre Crom provide a look back at how events escalated towards the Russian invasion
Medicine Man: The Stan Brock Story review – life story of America’s healthcare saviour
From British private school outcast to anaconda-wrestling cowboy to philanthropist, Paul Michael Angell’s documentary is of a life less ordinary
Kris Kristofferson, US country singer and actor, dies aged 88
Prolific artist who was a major star in both Nashville and Hollywood retired in 2021 after a six-decade career
‘It’s an intensely beautiful moment – then it goes away’: Emma Portner on dance’s raw power
The choreographer talks about overnight fame, ‘extreme ambition’ and her goofy/serious duet, staged by the National Ballet of Canada