‘Catfishing on a whole other level’: the shocking story of the Tinder Swindler
The Netflix documentary unravels the financial and emotional cons of Simon Leviev, who scammed women who thought he was their friend or boyfriend
Belle review – anime that makes for an intriguing big-screen spectacle
This weird postmodern drama sees a lonely teenager join a virtual world where she becomes a hugely successful singer
Why the climate-wrecking craze for crypto art really is beyond satire
Critics attacked Don’t Look Up for being over the top. But bidding millions for NFTs is even more ridiculous
On my radar: Anne-Marie Imafidon’s cultural highlights
The mathematician and Countdown presenter on Caribbean comfort food, a podcast for millennials and her owl-shaped bestie
From stand-in stars to tech titans: The Observer’s faces to watch in 2022
We look at who will be making headlines this year, in both a positive and negative light
Two decades after The Matrix came out, we’re still asking: ‘Is this really happening?’
The Wachowskis’ 1999 film anticipated – and changed – the contemporary world that we’re trapped in today, says film writer Brian Raftery
On my radar: Tanya Moodie’s cultural highlights
The Motherland actor on shouting at the television, the memoir she couldn’t put down, and the street food she can’t get enough of
The Home Alone house is on Airbnb. Sounds like a trap
Just how lucky will the guests who get to stay at the McCallister house later this month be? I foresee trouble
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City review – unpretentiously gory horror-game reboot
The long-running franchise is back with a reasonably entertaining 90s-set story of the emergence of a zombie virus
Scorsese producer to make first Hollywood movie funded by NFTs
Niels Juul hopes to raise up to $10m and says he wants to ‘democratise’ antiquated funding system
More is less? What it’s like to watch an Imax movie at home
Disney+ has added enhanced Imax versions of a selection of Marvel adventures but does it make a shred of difference?
A whole new world: Disney is latest firm to announce metaverse plans
Entertainment company plans to ‘connect the physical and digital worlds … allowing for storytelling without boundaries’
So that’s how you do an eating scene! How TikTok swallowed the movies
The film side of TikTok has plenty of spoofs. But our writer prefers the critics, the metal-jawed burger-biting machine – and the effects experts revealing how to make a camera crew vanish into thin air
Netflix employees join wave of tech activism with walkout over Chappelle controversy
Slew of walkouts by tech workers, unthinkable mere years ago, shows workers ‘now understand their labor power’, expert says
‘You are the dog in space’: inside Asif Kapadia’s new VR short, Laika
With his new animation, the Oscar-winning documentary maker – and former VR cynic – is exploring how the technology might revolutionise the way we experience cinema