George Clooney, Jennifer Lawrence and Matt Damon jostle for Oscar advantage in Venice line-up
Damon stars in two of the Lido’s big films, Downsizing and Suburbicon, while Lawrence steps into horror movie territory with Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!
Ed Sheeran fever helps drive rise of more than 10% in UK music sales
Singer’s Divide album is bestselling entertainment product this year, shifting more than Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Ready Player One: first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s virtual reality game thriller
The BFG director debuted the footage from his new film at a Comic Con event, showcasing elaborate VR and special effects
City of Ghosts director Matthew Heineman: ‘Imagine seeing people crucified – every day’
Their families have been killed, they live in hiding, but a brave group of Syrians continue to defy Islamic State by reporting its atrocities to the world. The director of a new documentary explains how he told their shocking stories
Big in Albania … countries that gave film flops a second life
The superheroes saved by Mexico, the video-game spinoff that became China’s 12th biggest movie ever, and the British comedian worshipped by a secretive communist nation. We remember the films somebody else loved
Dressmaking next, Daniel – really? Stick to the Day-Lewis job
There are rumours that he could turn his hand to fashion design … But he might end up with a little black dress that looks like a tent designed by Picasso
Refugee hackathons and 3D printing: apps for the world’s displaced people
Smartphones have change how people flee danger but tech is also enabling people to respond to the biggest humanitarian crisis since the second world war
OtherLife review – virtual reality goes bad in ambitious Australian sci-fi thriller
Ben C Lucas’s innovative rumination on the pitfalls of technology has Hollywood appeal and features a darkly charismatic performance from Jessica De Gouw
Carne y Arena review – dazzling virtual reality exhibit offers a fresh look at the refugee crisis
Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest project is a fully immersive account of the horrors faced at the US/Mexico border
The great digital-age swindle… and the man fighting back
He was tour manager for the Band, producer of Mean Streets… so why, at nearly 70, is Jonathan Taplin taking on Facebook and co?
Message to Pirates of the Caribbean hackers – piracy no longer pays
Hackers hoped Disney would pay up when they threatened to leak Dead Men Tell No Tales online – but have they scuppered the wrong vessel?
‘It’s spot on’: Facebook worker sees parallels with The Circle
The Circle envisions an omnipotent social media platform whose quest for tech utopia turns sour. Sound familiar?
What if we’re living in a computer simulation?
Virtual reality technology is making great advances, but it has also helped popularise a theory long debated by philosophers and now gaining supporters in Silicon Valley – that the outside world is itself a simulation
Heavy hitters and hot tickets: Cannes 2017 is as mouthwatering as ever
Michael Haneke’s Happy End leads the charge for this year’s Palme d’Or, but there are tasty spectacles on the Croisette wherever you look
Could the Call of Duty franchise be the next Marvel?
Activision Blizzard wants to turn the beloved shooter title into a big-screen force to rival Disney’s superhero arm. Can it succeed where others have failed?