Blink Twice review – Zoë Kravitz’s thrilling, chilling directorial debut
Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum star in Kravitz’s superbly twisted romance, which takes gender politics into a brutal combat zone
Widow Clicquot review – grande dame of champagne biopic falls flat
Neither Haley Bennett as the Veuve Clicquot heir nor the film’s proto-feminist messaging can bring this bubbles-to-riches drama to life
The Mountain Within Me review – feelgood climbing doc is hard to resist
Former rugby player Ed Jackson overcomes a devastating spinal injury to take on mountains in Polly Steele’s handsome if formulaic film
Cuckoo review – Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens carry bonkers Alpine body horror
The Euphoria star plays a US teen uprooted to a dodgy German spa resort, where Stevens is in full scenery-chewing mode, in Tilman Singer’s hot mess of a thriller
Juliet Stevenson: ‘I didn’t read Alan Rickman’s diaries … I know what my relationship with him was like’
The actor on channelling grief in her new film, speaking out about Gaza, and why she loves working with young directors
Between the Temples review – bittersweet screwball comedy with shades of Harold and Maude
Playing a bereaved synagogue cantor and his former primary school music teacher, Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane light up Nathan Silver’s endearing odd couple tale
Roddy Doyle: ‘People used to say I was undermining family life … ludicrous stuff’
The Dublin author once caused outrage for writing about domestic abuse. As he publishes his third Paula Spencer novel, he talks about optimism, new Irish fiction – and the genius of Roy Keane
From Bennifer to Burton-Taylor: why some couples can’t stop making and breaking up
As Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck go their separate ways again, why won’t some just call time on doomed affairs?
Kneecap review – fictionalised origin story is one of the funniest films of the year
Belfast rappers Kneecap use the Irish language as their weapon in Rich Peppiatt’s exhilarating comedy drama co-starring Michael Fassbender
‘We’re not as open about sex as we imagine’: Gillian Anderson on pleasure, powerful women, and collecting secret fantasies
When the actor asked women to share their erotic secrets for a new book, she found herself rethinking her own relationship with desire - and deciding to have more fun
Blink Twice to Fontaines DC: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Sinister larks abound in Zoë Kravitz’s whip-smart directorial debut, and the Dublin post-punk posse return with a triumphant fourth album
The Guardian view on theatre intervals: a moveable feast
Editorial: Pauses give audiences a break and venues an income stream, but a string of recent hits prove they are not indispensible
‘Eager not to miss it’: Hollywood glitz to return to Venice film festival
A casualty of last year’s strikes, movie event long associated with celebrity is expected to be star-studded affair once again
Maria Callas, Lady Gaga and divas of a different stripe: Peter Bradshaw’s picks of the Venice film festival
Meaty roles for Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig and George Clooney will feature alongside premieres of intense dramas from across the globe
The Promised Land to Madame Web: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Madds Mikkelsen is a soldier on a mission in a bruising, brilliant thriller, and the Marvel misfire about spider-women is … better than you might expect?