To a man with an algorithm all things look like an advertising opportunity
Facebook’s tone-deaf response to a woman who continued to be bombarded by parenting ads after her son was stillborn highlights big tech’s bro-gramming problem
The Guardian view on the Turner prize: art as politics
Editorial: It has been a year when artists have had no choice but to be part of the wider debate
Motion impossible: Tom Cruise declares war on TV frame interpolation
It’s over. Now Tom Cruise has set his sights on ‘motion smoothing’ – the TV effect that makes films look like soap operas – it’s only a matter of time before you tweak the settings
The Truth About Killer Robots: the year’s most terrifying documentary
In a cautionary film, director Maxim Pozdorovkin lays out the many ways that automation could affect us in the long term from labor to sex to psychology
Assassination Nation review – revenge horror packed with insight
This gleefully gory exploitation film sets out to shock, but smartly dissects our online-obsessed society along the way
Ralph Breaks the Internet review – virtually impossible to enjoy tiresome arcade game re-run
The sequel to Wreck-It Ralph is an overstuffed but weirdly pointless exercise in tech worship that fails to include much that actually connects with the audience
‘A terrible shame’: Jude Law defends Woody Allen film after Amazon shelves it
Actor defends A Rainy Day in New York, shot in 2017 but postponed after cast members denounced the director
Our insatiable appetite for true crime leaves behind a moral hangover
After four years, the peak of the genre’s renaissance has passed, but have we really learned anything?
Rebel Wilson apologises for claiming to be first plus-sized lead in a romcom
The actor faced a media storm as she initially blocked Twitter complaints, before acknowledging other stars including Mo’Nique and Queen Latifah
Backlash over Lena Dunham script for Syrian refugee film
Girls creator is embroiled in a ‘whitewashing’ row after news that she is to adapt the story of Doaa Al-Zamel whose boat was rammed in the Mediterranean
Eco-pioneers in the 1970s: how aerospace workers tried to save their jobs – and the planet
A new documentary recalls the extraordinary but largely forgotten Lucas Plan, which saw British workers attempt to make wind turbines instead of weapons
‘It’s raining facts!’ Metahaven, the YouTube addicts fighting post-truth bots
They’ve explored pollution in the Urals, freight trains in China, and daily life in the world capital of fake news. Now the Dutch art crusaders have imagined Europe’s future – and it’s very medieval
Venom: what is a one-star film like in 4D?
Luckily it hasn’t got a complicated plot – or much sex. Hold the popcorn tight and prepare to get wet
Star Wars: The Last Jedi abuse blamed on Russian trolls and ‘political agendas’
Report finds half of negative comments aimed at Rian Johnson’s movie came from Twitter bots or trolls, indicating fan backlash was overstated
Double screening: how Hollywood embraced Instagram
In an expanding set of films, characters are posting, following and tapping as the industry recognises the undeniable importance of the ’gram