‘Hold on to your seats’: how much will AI affect the art of film-making?
The future is here, whether some like it or not, and artificial intelligence is already impacting the film industry. But just how far can, and should, it go?
Streaming: the best films set in Paris
The Olympic host city is one of cinema’s favourite places, whether real or romanticised, in films ranging from Breathless to Ratatouille and La Haine
From Deadpool & Wolverine to Ice Spice: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Marvel get sweary as Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman snap on the spandex, and TikTok’s favourite rap star finally releases her debut album
Shrek the Musical review – sludgy show leaves you green about the gills
Played at the volume of a pantomime, this makeover of the fairytale favourite is flatly unadventurous
Video emerges of Francis Ford Coppola kissing female extras on set
The film-maker has been accused of acting inappropriately on the set of his self-funded sci-fi epic Megalopolis
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa review – a female Everest climber’s ascent
Documentary expertly follows the only woman to have climbed the mountain 10 times through spectacular scenery and a traumatic personal life
The Guide #149: Is Deadpool & Wolverine a symptom or cure to Marvel’s multiversal malady?
Marvel, DC and others try everything from standalone films to sequels stuffed with stars. But could genre experimentation be the trick that keeps the action going – and audiences watching?
Harvey Weinstein hospitalised with Covid and pneumonia
The 72-year-old convicted rapist was transferred to a prison hospital with multiple health complaints, four years into his 23-year sentence
Attack of the spoilers: are trailers giving away too much?
Don’t read this article if you would like to watch Deadpool & Wolverine or Alien: Romulus completely unsullied. Or Total Recall. Or Lord of the Rings. In fact, please go away now!
Deadpool’s obnoxious gay panic humour is a tiresome schoolyard taunt
This summer’s Deadpool & Wolverine uses the superhero’s alleged pansexuality as queerbait, but turns it into a punchline
Wicked Little Letters to The Shining: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley indulge in some sensational swearing in a hugely enjoyable comedy, while Stanley Kubrick’s iconoclastic horror still packs a punch
‘In all those movies about childhood, I never saw someone who looked like me’: Sean Wang on his debut, Dìdi
The director explains how a desire to transcend race and immigrant identity led to his semi-autobiographical tale of an angst-ridden Taiwanese American teenage skater and an Oscar-nominated short about his grandmothers
‘Sublime eternal love exists within each one of us’: David Lynch on music, friendship and life’s biggest mystery
The director, along with his collaborator Chrystabell explain – or try to – their new album Cellophane Memories and the magical marriage of music and film
Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with Hannibal Lecter?
The former president continues to bring up the fictional killer at rallies. Anthony Hopkins is ‘appalled’ while everyone else remains confused …
Inside Out 2 becomes highest-grossing animation of all time
Pixar’s sequel to its 2015 hit has now overtaken Frozen II and Barbie in global ticket sales, reaching $1bn in only 19 days