Harold and the Purple Crayon review – garish and charmless kids fantasy dud
Zachary Levi makes for a miscast lead in a poorly thought- out adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s classic picture book
The comeback queen: actor Joan Chen on self-doubt, success, savagings – and a second chance at 63
Thirty-seven years after her Hollywood breakthrough in The Last Emperor, Chen is back in new drama Dìdi. She discusses her roots in China, objectification and the protective power of creativity
The NeverEnding Story review – a wondrous world of beasts and young heroes
A grieving boy is drawn into a magical land in Wolfgang Petersen’s ambitious fantasy adventure, rereleased for its 40th anniversary
Pat Heywood obituary
Stalwart of the British stage who was also known for her film roles in Romeo and Juliet and 10 Rillington Place
Post your questions for Paul Feig
He has directed Bridesmaids, the remake of Ghostbusters and episodes of The Office US and had acting cameos in Knocked Up and Naked Gun 33+1/3: The Final Insult. And he’s ready with answers for you
The Rings of Power, David Attenborough and classic Fincher: what’s new to streaming in Australia in August
Plus Moonstruck, the latest instalment of Only Murders in the Building, and unveiled footage from Elizabeth Taylor’s archive
‘She lived so much life so quickly’: the lost tapes of Elizabeth Taylor
A new documentary assembles hours of the famed actor unpacking her life and career – and reveals the misogyny she faced
Nigerian singer, actor and activist Onyeka Onwenu dies aged 72
Nicknamed the ‘Elegant Stallion’, the revered star died after performing at a private party in Lagos
Werckmeister Harmonies review – Béla Tarr’s brooding masterpiece of a town sleepwalking into tyranny
Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky’s 2000 film moves slowly around a small town where a very strange circus has arrived. Its eerie power has only grown in a time of rising fascism
Knock Out Blonde: The Kellie Maloney Story review – trans boxing promoter fights for identity
After steering Lennox Lewis to world heavyweight success, her transition to Kellie was a tabloid sensation. This intimate and moving documentary tells us much more
Kensuke’s Kingdom review – Michael Morpurgo’s desert island boy’s own adventure
Morpurgo’s yarn about a kid on a round the world voyage is adapted by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and attractively packaged as a family-friendly animation
The Bling Ring: Sofia Coppola’s prescient film of envy and excess
With a paparazzi flash and a Valencia-hued glare, it peeks into the world of the super rich, super privileged, super ugly. Call it the original brat summer
More than half UK’s film and TV workers still unemployed after Hollywood strikes
Bectu survey shows just 6% of workers have seen a full recovery in employment a year on from joint industrial action by Sag-Aftra and the Writers Guild of America
‘The arts stop us killing each other’: stars tell Labour how to rescue Britain’s downtrodden culture
Steve McQueen, Tracey Emin, Steve Coogan, Adjoa Andoh, Danny Dyer, Jesse Darling and many more spell out what must be done to restore Britain’s cultural lifeblood, from ending elitism to supercharging libraries – and flooding schools with music
Dìdi is a rare thing: a genuinely great film about the internet
The online hyper-specificity of Sean Wang’s portrait of a Taiwanese-American teen in 2008 makes it a triumphant coming-of-age tale