Career change: Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Stewart and Harris Dickinson to premiere directorial debuts at Cannes

Eleanor the Great, The Chronology of Water and Urchin are all in the festival’s prestigious Un Certain Regard sidebar. A first step to being the next Clint Eastwood?

‘A kick in the teeth’: UK film industry’s horror at possible Trump tariffs

Prop-maker at Shepperton Studios fears for future after post by US president throws sector into uncertainty

Ban this foreign filth! Can cinema really threaten national security?

The US president’s plan for Hollywood is full of plot holes. But when it comes to the hidden propaganda baked into movies, he may have a point

Nigerian film-makers pivot to YouTube as streaming firms pull back

In a market where big names have struggled to turn profits, a flood of new titles are connecting with audiences online

Jon Voight defends Trump’s film tariff plan: ‘Something has to be done’

Oscar-winning actor gives first interview to Variety since working with Trump on plan to shake up Hollywood

UK officials land in Washington as talks over trade agreement continue

Senior negotiators hope to get agreement with US signed ahead of UK-EU summit on 19 May

How would Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign films affect the UK industry?

The US president has said he intends to impose a 100% tariff on all movies ‘produced in Foreign Lands’

Newsom offers to work with Trump on $7.5bn tax credit plan to boost US films

California governor unveils idea after president threatened tariffs on films made abroad

‘Simply unworkable’: British film industry leaders aghast at Trump’s movie tariffs

US president’s call for 100% tariffs on films ‘produced in foreign lands’ comes under fire, with actor Brian Cox saying Trump doesn’t understand how films are made

‘I’m not trying to hurt the industry’: Trump softens tone on movie tariffs

California governor Gavin Newsom announces a $7.5bn tax incentive scheme as Trump’s announcement of 100% tariffs on films ‘produced in foreign lands’ is mocked by Jimmy Kimmel and Fallon

Trump’s talk of film tariffs makes no sense, but it’s already doing damage – to Hollywood

The US president’s bizarre talk of 100% levies on films from ‘foreign countries’ combines trolling with a hazy grasp of facts

Trump officials halt billions in fresh Harvard grants unless university bows to demands – as it happened

Education secretary Linda McMahon informs university president Alan Garber of news in deeply partisan letter

Trump called for 100% tariff on foreign films a day after Jon Voight proposed ‘limited’ tariffs

Actor was assigned by Trump to come up with a plan to save Hollywood, but his proposal only included tariffs ‘in certain limited circumstances’

US media stocks slide on Wall Street after Trump threatens movie tariffs

Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount shares fall as studios reel from announcement

Trump’s foreign film tariffs could ‘wipe out’ UK movie industry, ministers told

Union warns that 100% levy could be ‘knockout blow’ and urges government to defend sector and those who work in it