‘Soon you’ll hit gold!’: the day I took lessons with Herzog, Atwood, Lynch and more

Comedy tips from Steve Martin, film-making lessons from David Lynch, ballet insights from Misty Copeland … our writer signs up for MasterClass, the star-studded online tutorial service that’s booming in lockdown

Technique Critique: indulgently addictive web series dissects your favourite performances

Is that accent dire? Is that disguise realistic? Could that car chase have really happened like that? This YouTube series brings in the experts

‘You lot can’t rattle me’: John Boyega defends explicit anti-racism posts in wake of George Floyd death

The Star Wars actor expanded on his defiance of racist social media users in an Instagram Live video

Screened Out review – screentime doc knows how to press your buttons

Parents of locked-down kids might be advised to steer clear of this compulsive look at the smartphone and its ruinous effects

Tom Cruise space-set film moves closer to reality after adding director

Doug Liman on board as director of film be shot aboard International Space Station, backed by Nasa and Elon Musk

Tackling the dark side of the movie business: the blockchain startup ensuring film workers get paid

When you buy a ticket to watch a film, do you think about how the money reaches those who made it? Often it doesn’t – and a new tech firm aims to change that

TikTok’s first auteur: Zach King on his madcap micro movies

He scored his first viral hit with Jedi Kittens. Now the farmboy from Oregon’s joyous visual gags are making him a titan of TikTok – with 43 million followers and rising

Why is Elon Musk telling us to ‘take the red pill’?

A cryptic tweet from the Tesla billionaire that referenced the first Matrix movie has garnered approval from Ivanka Trump – but not everyone is happy

Lilly Wachowski rounds on Ivanka Trump and Elon Musk over Matrix tweets

The director was infuriated by social media banter in which Musk and Trump tweeted about ‘the red pill’

Together in the dark: what we miss about going to the movies

Cinemas are closed, but the silver screen’s primal magic lingers – and streaming is no substitute. From close-ups to communal screams, Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch explains why cinema needs a crowd

Chloë Sevigny: unafraid of going her own way over lockdown etiquette

There is a famous scene in the first episode of Friends in which Ross says: “I just want to be married again” and Rachel runs into Central Perk, right at that moment, wearing a wedding dress. “And I just want … Continue reading →

Odeon bans all Universal Pictures films as studio skips cinema releases

Fast & Furious maker to break with tradition and release some films direct to streaming services

You, in your bedroom, with your laptop. That’s not the future of film festivals

In the wake of Covid-19, We Are One: A Global Film Festival is taking the experience online. But cinema is a bigger encounter

UK traffic to film and TV piracy sites up nearly 60% in lockdown

Figures mirror rise in legal streaming, while comedy and family shows thrive on TV

Need zing in your Zoom? Let Warhol and the avant-garde vamp up your video conferences

It’s hard to make much of a mark in the strange, static world of video-conferencing. But we could all learn a trick or two from famous arthouse film-makers, from Jim Jarmusch to Andy Warhol