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‘I must have watched it 50 times’: a Frozen dad prepares for the sequel

It’s the glue in many father-daughter relationships, with its earworm anthem and empowered princesses. Can the most successful animated film of all time do it again?

Jacob Rees-Mogg: my early career as an avant garde film star

Long before he reclined for the cameras in Parliament, the Tory MP had a career as an actor – in experimental films made by his socialist aunt. He recalls his days of blazers and butterfly-chasing

Simone Lia on scary films for babies

Coming soon to a small child near you…

It’s through our stories that trauma can be transformed into spirit-soaring beauty

Memories are shaped by how we feel, not how we act. Through suffering we can uncover the best versions of ourselves

Tell Me Who I Am review – amnesia documentary is like a psychological thriller

An amnesiac man and his twin brother come to terms with their troubled childhood in this involving but upsetting film

One Child Nation review – China’s monstrous plan to shape the future

This powerful and upsetting documentary examines the legacy of a brutal policy that limited couples to a single baby

Normal review – lawyers in bikinis to dogma in the doll’s house

Adele Tulli’s elegantly deadpan documentary challenges the sexual stereotypes that prevail across the generations

Is The Farewell the olive branch the US-China culture war needs?

A film depicting a young Chinese-American woman’s experience highlights differences between the two countries – but may also signal hope for the future

‘Dad described the plot of Psycho at the dinner table’: how my parents taught me to love film

The Guardian film critic on how his mother and father shaped his relationship with cinema

For Sama review – searing story of a Syrian warzone baby

A student documenting the siege of Aleppo kept filming when she became pregnant. The result is a profoundly moving study of horror and hope

Jada Pinkett Smith: ‘The word “wife”: it’s a golden cage, swallow the key’

She put her film career on hold and let husband Will Smith become a megastar. Now Jada Pinkett Smith’s candid chat show is opening up truthful conversations around kitchen tables everywhere

Nepotism in the movies: it’s time to call out the acting school of mum and dad

If you’ve got famous parents, your chances in the film industry appear to improve exponentially. If we’re serious about equality, this has to change

Who Do You Think You Are? review – Harry Potter and the diamond heist

Daniel Radcliffe is the first of a new crop of celebrities to get the genealogy show’s treatment – and the tale he uncovers is truly tragic

Notes from a Hollywood divorce: ‘We had a primal connection. But we hung by a thread for years’

I wrote a part for my husband in my first movie. By the time filming was over, so was our marriage

Josh O’Connor: ‘This film is as important as I, Daniel Blake’

The God’s Own Country star’s latest role is alongside Laia Costa in Only You. The pair discuss the unflinching infertility drama with its director Harry Wootliff

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  • James: Getting Away With It review – hippies, hardnuts and dreamers unite
  • Hollywood encore: how ‘pro-shot’ Broadway shows became a major draw on the big screen
  • The End of Tom Six review – Human Centipede director delivers one last freaky flick
  • Hellcat review – woman imprisoned in camper van in nasty survival horror
  • With Hollywood struggling in China, can the Odyssey draw a crowd?
  • The Wrong Girls review – Kristen Stewart fumbles through forgettable stoner comedy
  • Don’t Say Good Luck review – high-school musical weepie puts Sunny Sandler in the spotlight
  • The End of Oak Street review – suburban dino-survival romp is more turkey than T-rex
  • In Venice, it’s not politics as usual as film-makers aim to recapture our attention
  • Steal This Story, Please! review – Amy Goodman, stalwart of the American left, shows her teeth
  • Mutants assemble: what does the future hold for the X-Men?
  • Chum review – daft shark attack movie with wedding guests running gamut of toothy undersea beast
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  • Songs of Forgotten Trees review – sensitive, ambiguous drama of female intimacy in Mumbai
  • Post your questions for John Hannah
  • ‘I turned down Gandhi because I’m terrified of snakes’: the amazing movie memories of Bruce Dern
  • Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating
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  • Never Had a Chance review – a slice of gritty British Asian life with a side of drug dealing and addiction
  • Isaac Mizrahi on stage, style and the legacy of Unzipped: ‘Fashion has no real spine any more’
  • Momo and the Time Thieves review – kids’ fantasy jaunt sticks the boot into capitalism
  • ‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal
  • Nimrods review – Green Day’s early years inspire teenage kicks in amiable punk road movie
  • The Pout-Pout Fish review – Nick Offerman is best thing in kids cartoon adventure on the high seas
  • Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of ageing
  • John Cameron Mitchell: ‘It’s punk to turn off your phone – you’re walking away from the herd’

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