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Masterplan review – Stanley Tucci is wasted in Amazon’s smooth-brained heist caper

A ‘family’ of criminals attempt to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in pulpy and forgettable thriller

The Guardian view on Winnie-the-Pooh: now we are 100

Editorial: He may have been eclipsed by the more progressive Paddington of late, but AA Milne’s creation is not just a Silly Old Bear

Look Back review – Kore-eda’s ode to friendship, manga and artistic success

Two obsessive artists team up to achieve their dreams, but then their aspirations diverge

‘Tough to watch, impossible to ignore’: reviewers on NAZA documentary

Film interviewing military insiders about mass killing of civilians in Gaza wins widespread praise around the world

The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax

Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and education

An open book: how to make a great film adaptation, from The Shining to Trainspotting

Not every great novel makes a great movie, and sometimes the opposite is true. But regardless of the source text, or how beloved characters are treated, there is more than one way to write a successful adaptation

I’ve debated with Israel’s most fervent defenders – NAZA debunks their talking points

The film’s testimonies from Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers expose years of baseless propaganda. Don’t take my word – take theirs

How to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution

Susan Lyall worked with actor Jeremy Strong to research the Meta CEO’s favorite Nikes and luxury sweaters

‘Opening the lid of a horrible secret’: Jamaicans confront enslavement with taboo-busting stories on screen

As violent spirits are unleashed in Sky’s Possession, observers see confident creatives reclaiming the island’s narratives in a form of ‘cultural reparation’

The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable review – Netflix doc on ‘secret album’ is strictly for super fans

The lore of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, once bought by Martin Shkreli, is explored in a rambling film produced by RZA

We are teaching children maths they will never use. Isn’t it better to help them speak fluently?

The education secretary is right to focus on what students need most: the ability to express themselves. As for maths, grab a calculator, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Tenzing to Goodfellas: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe and Genden Phuntsok scale Everest in the ultimate adventure biopic, plus Martin Scorsese mafia masterpiece

Calling the shots: what NAZA says about perpetrator cinema

The documentary detailing Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza is the latest film to give a voice to those who carry out atrocities – confronting viewers with some of the most difficult questions of all

Jonathan Glazer says Israel’s retaliation over NAZA ‘more venal’ than anticipated

Film’s executive producer says he was ‘shocked into silence’ the first time he watched documentary that details Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza

Dogmatic Nordic liberals v eastern family values: culture-clash drama Fjord touches nerves in Norway and Romania

Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes winner echoes the news story of a Romanian couple whose children were taken by the Norwegian government. As it heads to London film festival, two writers explain how the film exposes real hypocrisies

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  • Masterplan review – Stanley Tucci is wasted in Amazon’s smooth-brained heist caper
  • The Guardian view on Winnie-the-Pooh: now we are 100
  • Look Back review – Kore-eda’s ode to friendship, manga and artistic success
  • ‘Tough to watch, impossible to ignore’: reviewers on NAZA documentary
  • The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax
  • An open book: how to make a great film adaptation, from The Shining to Trainspotting
  • How to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution
  • I’ve debated with Israel’s most fervent defenders – NAZA debunks their talking points
  • ‘Opening the lid of a horrible secret’: Jamaicans confront enslavement with taboo-busting stories on screen
  • The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable review – Netflix doc on ‘secret album’ is strictly for super fans
  • We are teaching children maths they will never use. Isn’t it better to help them speak fluently?
  • Tenzing to Goodfellas: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Calling the shots: what NAZA says about perpetrator cinema
  • Jonathan Glazer says Israel’s retaliation over NAZA ‘more venal’ than anticipated
  • Dogmatic Nordic liberals v eastern family values: culture-clash drama Fjord touches nerves in Norway and Romania
  • Victoria Beckham, ‘duck face’ and onesies: nine things Zoolander predicted about fashion
  • The Face of Horror review – a future cult classic delights with playful spin on Hammer horror
  • Experience: I rate benches
  • Klara and the Sun review – Taika Waititi’s manic pixie dream robot sci-fi is a sentimental mess
  • Chris Davies obituary
  • Tell us: have you used AI to help with online dating?
  • How an accelerating Earth led experts to adopt the leap hour
  • Street Fighter review – nostalgia only goes so far in junky fighting game movie
  • From a VR gay sauna to the gothic pile that inspired Cluedo – Fierce festival storms back
  • Cult venue Prince Charles cinema ‘saved’ after lease renewal signed
  • ‘Stranger than stranger-than-fiction’: how Lance Oppenheim made the year’s two buzziest films
  • ‘Don’t do this!’ Why Paul McCartney cares about looking shorter than John Lennon in Sam Mendes’ Beatles films
  • Online ads weaponised to deliver ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say
  • Your full attention: Jesse Eisenberg’s 10 best film performances – ranked!
  • Cyril Hilsum obituary

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