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Black Mail review – Nollywood’s finest head for London with cybercrime thriller

A film star faces financial and family ruin as sleazy Russian mobsters blackmail him after malware films him watching porn

100 years in 48 hours: the ‘epic’ VR film Gondwana is set in the world’s oldest tropical rainforest

The Melbourne international film festival installation transports viewers to the Daintree Rainforest. Its creators share how they built an entire ecosystem

Constance Wu says she attempted suicide after Twitter backlash in 2019

In her first post in nearly three years, the Hustlers actor said she tried to kill herself after a negative response to tweets she had sent

From Hitchhiker’s Paranoid Android to Wall-E: why are pop culture robots so sad?

‘Sentient’ AI seems to shoulder the weight of the world. Maybe we humans want it that way

‘Frankly it blew my mind’: how Tron changed cinema – and predicted the future of tech

From cyberspace to AI, Steven Lisberger’s 1982 sci-fi classic was way ahead of its time. The team behind it explain how they made a game-changer

Woody Allen confirms he will shoot 50th film in Paris – but it may be his last

In an Instagram Live interview with Alec Baldwin, Allen has said filming will begin in the French capital this autumn, but that much of the thrill of moviemaking has gone

‘It’s dopamine’: why we love to track our watching and reading habits

Sites such as Letterboxd and GoodReads encourage us to document our cultural consumption. But does gamification get in the way of actually enjoying the arts?

Dashcam review – Maga-loving social media monster leads pandemic horror

Annie Hardy plays a livestream host so toxic that even zombies struggle to deal with her

Fish out your glasses! 3D movies are about to make a comeback

The much-hyped and much-delayed sequel to Avatar is set to bring about a return to 3D but are audiences interested?

Jamie Lee Curtis starts ‘feud’ with Marvel’s rival multiverse movie Doctor Strange

The actor’s Instagram outburst comes after a box office triumph for her latest film, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Is anyone excited about Avatar 2, or is James Cameron’s 3D revolution doomed?

The first trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water promises an extravaganza – but do we really want to put our eyes through the meat grinder all over again?

ACLU helped draft article at heart of Depp v Heard case for $3.5m donation, court hears

American Civil Liberties Union’s general counsel testifies that at least $500,000 came from fund connected to Elon Musk

Body shock: why Cronenberg’s kidney stones could be the saviour of NFTs

He’s been incubating his latest work for the past two years. Now the Canadian film-maker is auctioning it off to the crypto community – and what an incredible bargain it is

From The Simpsons to Iron Man: Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is just his latest desperate bid for celebrity

For years everyone’s favourite billionaire has been making pop culture cameos to poke fun at how nice and smart he is

Open thread: do you still use DVDs or videos? Has your collection survived?

As Sydney’s ‘last, best’ video shop closes, what’s the future for physical media in Australia, and for the communities who collect them?

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