SXSW Sydney explained: how will the Austin festival work in Australia – and who is it for?

The music, screen and tech worlds will converge for the festival’s first staging outside the US – but tickets are pricey for an event that’s hard to get a handle on

BlackBerry review – smartphone ‘buy-opic’ is a wild ride

Matt Johnson’s boisterous drama about the rise and fall of the mobile diverges refreshingly from the usual arc of product success stories

Blackberry review – souped-up account of the rise and fall of ‘Crackberry’

Hilarity and pathos intertwine in this likable comedy as the smartphone creators go loopy with wealth – and slack-jawed when the iPhone spoils the party

Mean Girls in 23 parts: the rise of movies and shows watched on TikTok

Paramount’s release of the popular film in small clips reflects a rising trend of people watching movies on the platform

The Creator review – a truly original man-v-machine sci-fi spectacular

This visually striking action thriller from Monsters director Gareth Edwards, which takes a sympathetic view of artificial intelligence, is a world-building triumph

The Creator review – vast and exhilarating sci-fi actioner rages against the AI machine

Director Gareth Edwards draws together the many strands of our current AI debate with tremendous boldness, conjuring up an intriguing and stimulating spectacle

Dan Gardner wanted to know when to go to the loo during films – so he built an app

The developer of RunPee, the app that tells cinemagoers the best time to take a loo break, on what makes a good ‘peetime’ and how the program helped him meet his wife

Indian actor Anil Kapoor wins court battle over AI use of his likeness

The actor can now send an injunction if his image or voice is used in gifs and deepfakes as well as for unauthorised merchandise

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The fast-growing US writing platform has come of age. But how do you find the good stuff? We pick some of the best by theme

Rage against the machine? Why AI may not mean the death of film

Generative technology is Hollywood’s current arch nemesis, but as exhibitors on Venice film festival’s ‘immersive island’ will tell you, AI, VR and XR could lead to a brighter future

Venice’s brave new world: my cosmic trip to Immersion Island and back

On the Lazzaretto Vecchio, the small island home of Venice film festival’s Immersive section, I donned an XR headset and boldly went where most festivalgoers don’t

No More Bets review – Chinese Wolf of Wall Street aims to teach moral lesson

With its exposé of digital scammers, fraud farms and gangmasters, Ao Shen’s thriller is inventive and snappily directed. A shame, then, that it morphs into a public health warning

Billion Dollar Heist review – cybercrime documentary relives tech chaos

A hit-and-miss documentary often struggles to explain the hows and whys of the Bangladesh Central Bank cyber heist of 2016

TIM review – sinister household gadget leads AI thriller of android infatuation

Walking robot who looks like a Nazi youth leader turns out – surprise surprise – to have creepy designs on his owner

‘The night is literally in my hands’: what it’s like to attend an acid house rave – in virtual reality

Using VR and haptic vests to transport users to a sweaty club in 1980s Britain, In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats is so realistic that you might need a lie down afterwards