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Meet Rose Garnett, the mastermind behind Britain’s best movies

The head of BBC Films is worshipped by everyone from Rachel Weisz to Steve McQueen. How did an ex-heroin addict become the biggest hitmaker in British cinema?

Too Old to Die Young review – Nicolas Winding Refn’s dead-eyed LA nightmare

The Only God Forgives director has made his first foray into TV with a supernatural noir series, and it’s just as horrible and upsetting as you’d expect

Woody Allen movie dropped by Amazon to get European release

Distributors Lucky Red have bought Italy rights to A Rainy Day in New York after Amazon Studios terminated agreement with director

The Guardian view on critics: thin-skinned artists beware

Editorial: US rapper Lizzo took to social media when angered by an unflattering review. But the wisdom of crowds hasn’t altered the need for independent, expert advice

Avengers: Endgame Thanos Easter egg lets users throw down Google gauntlet

Site search for ‘Thanos’ gives users the same power as Marvel’s Infinity Gauntlet

Netflix adds 9.6m subscribers in three months despite increasing competition

Streaming service, which spent $12bn on original content in 2018, beat analysts expectations in latest earnings report

Cut! Is this the death of sex in cinema?

The number of films classified 18 for sex has plummeted. We explore how studio pressure, #MeToo nerves and the proliferation of porn created a new puritanism

Body shock: Suspiria’s Damien Jalet unleashes his headless dancers

The horror-film choreographer’s new show, Vessel, weaves spells with writhing limbs, menacing ritual figures and a cauldron of gloop. He explains its origins

Tsai Ming-liang: master of long takes and watermelon sex

This ‘slow cinema’ legend has now abandoned all dialogue. As the UK Taiwan film festival kicks off, he talks about his latest work – about a man with neck pain who owns a fish

Amazon claims Woody Allen ‘sabotaged’ films with #MeToo comments

Tech giant says it was justified in terminating four-film deal with director who has since taken $68m legal action

Apple Martin tells off mother Gwyneth Paltrow for sharing photo without consent

Fourteen-year-old publicly criticised Paltrow for oversharing, reflecting unease of an entire generation

Eat up, honey! See Tom Hiddleston serve you the creepiest breakfast ever

The actor stars in a new ad for Centrum women’s supplements, speaking Chinese and acting like a guilty dog who’s about to cry

Apple TV+: less a rival to Netflix, more a smug religious cult

The launch event for the tech giant’s streaming service featured Oprah, Spielberg and plenty of self-indulgence, but little evidence it can catch up with the market leader

Apple’s crown is slipping – will news and TV shows be its next big thing?

Tim Cook has made Apple the most valuable brand in the world – will this be a new success or a sign of the company’s problems?

‘A monopolistic blob’: what the Disney/Fox merger means for cinema

This cartoon-like demonstration of alpha-capitalism will lead to stricter, safer and blander entertainment – and with each acquisition, the stakes get higher

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  • Noel Chanan obituary
  • ‘The original triple threat’: two exhibitions celebrate Marilyn Monroe as creative pioneer
  • Dracula review – Romania’s most reliable export is focus of knockabout cut-up satire
  • House of Gloss review – tender portrait of a young trans couple finding refuge in new kind of family
  • ‘I still think it’s one of the great films of all time’: All the President’s Men turns 50
  • Monica Barbaro: ‘Yesterday I went home thinking I’m a terrible actor and they’re finding out’
  • Artemis II’s Jeremy Hansen calls Project Hail Mary ‘a real treat’ before his space mission
  • Mary Beth Hurt obituary
  • From The Drama to Malcolm in the Middle: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • Justin Baldoni’s lawyer says defendants are ‘very good people’ as Blake Lively lawsuit narrows
  • Supergirl: the new trailer suggests that the DC Universe has an intriguing trick up its sleeve
  • Weapons to Sexy Beast: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • ‘It’s the year of gay Brazilian cruising!’ The makers of Night Stage on public sex and their ‘deranged erotic thriller’
  • Federal judge throws out most of Blake Lively’s claims against Justin Baldoni
  • ‘Curated chaos’: Danny Boyle on the ‘pop culture spectacular’ he’s bringing to London’s Southbank Centre
  • Killer rabbits, bunny boilers and the holy hand grenade of Antioch: Easter bunny movies – ranked!
  • Terry Cox obituary
  • ‘We got cancelled and we’re still here!’ Michael Patrick King on The Comeback – and why And Just Like That will age well
  • Fuze review – Theo James and Aaron Taylor-Johnson face off in head-spinning London heist
  • Why do this spring’s blockbusters feel so smug?
  • Deathstalker review – ludicrously enjoyable revisit of 80s swords-and-sorcery silliness
  • Bone Keeper review – there’s a critter in the caves in serviceable Brit horror
  • Let’s get metaphysical! Existentialist cinema is back, if anyone cares
  • What’s new to streaming in Australia in April: Half Man, The Audacity and Beef returns
  • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – bland screensaver of a movie that’s actually worse than AI
  • Smiley Face: finally, a stoner comedy for the girls who get overstimulated at the supermarket
  • From the phone to the plex: why TV shows are turning into movies

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