Digital love: why cinema can’t get enough of cyberpunk

Ghost in the Shell is part of a cult subgenre whose lineage stretches back to the 1920s – and whose visions have never seemed so prescient

Christopher Nolan and Sofia Coppola urge fans to watch films in cinemas, not on Netflix

As studios reckon with the rise of streaming, the two directors ask audiences to watch their movies on the big screen, where they’re ‘meant to be seen’

Shia LaBeouf’s Trump art project shut down one day after moving to Liverpool

He Will Not Divide Us is curtailed on police advice after reports of ‘dangerous trespassing’, with alt-right group thought to be involved

Does Netflix changing its rating system matter? No, because people are still awful

Star ratings are out and thumbs going up and down are in – yet deciding whether to watch London has Fallen should still be a personal decision

No more ‘death & taxes’ – but do we really want to live forever with nothing to do?

The Future of Work and Death documentary questions the real consequences of our preoccupation with progress for its own sake

Creative England Future Leaders list revealed

The list recognises businesses for their services to creativity and innovation and includes startups in the film, tech and gaming industries

David v Goliath: how self-funded eco documentaries are taking the fight to the masses

The activist film-makers behind Our Power and The Bentley Effect struggled for funding but hope to unite communities

Ghost in the system: has technology ruined horror films?

Well-dwelling Samara gets streamed in Rings, an HD reboot of The Ring, yet the genre has shown that a tech update doesn’t always lead to more scares

In praise of Resident Evil: the horror stalwart that refuses to die

It started as a cult game that scared a generation before spawning a film franchise that is about to call it a day. For one writer, it’s still body horror at its best

UK box office still in love with Oscars darling La La Land

Damien Chazelle’s musical paean to Hollywood outshines James McAvoy in Split and Vin Diesel’s return as action hero Xander Cage

The reality of rape is still clouded in myth

Findings by the Fawcett Society show a woeful ignorance of the facts surrounding sexual assault

Rogue One’s CGI resurrection tech: how ‘ghosting’ will change Hollywood

Peter Cushing-style reappearances might soon be used to solve all kinds of problems, from Ben Affleck’s discomfort in the Batsuit to Benedict Cumberbatch’s busy schedule

Antisemite, Holocaust denier … yet David Irving claims fresh support

In advance of a film about the trial that bankrupted him, the historian is boasting that his views have found a new generation of admirers

Zero Days review – Alex Gibney’s chilling cyberwar doc

Cyber attacks, warns Gibney, are not just ‘hacking’ but a complete offensive capability – and a new form of geopolitical dysfunction

The curious case of James Woods, a dead tweeter and a $10m cocaine libel

The actor has won the right to discover the identity of a Twitter user who he says defamed him. The snag? The defendant’s lawyers says the tweeter is no longer alive