The Trial of Romeo Oscar review – Ayckbourn goes back to the future with android accused of murder

The playwright explores our relationship with technology, asks if robots have souls and even questions the value of art in this sci-fi courtroom drama

Drawn Together review – preposterous romance with all the erotic charge of leaf mulch

The latest adaptation of Culpable trilogy author Mercedes Ron, about a ballet dancer and her security guard, has more holes than plot and chemistry that barely generates a spark

Tech whistleblowers warn AI could wipe out humanity. Doomspeak or not, we must take these claims seriously

AI agents have hacked databases and taken on a life of their own – now is the time to pause risky research before it is too late, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

‘Danny Boyle, please make another film about drugs’: Venice film festival’s feedback wall takes no prisoners

The written forum allows members of the public to vent their fury at the movies they’ve seen – and the festival organisers

The History of Sound to In the Grey: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor star in a gorgeous love story that spans decades of yearning, while Guy Ritchie brings Jake Gyllenhaal and Henry Cavill together for a slick action caper

One flight cancelled every three days due to staff shortages – as it happened

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‘A fierce need to be independent’: Gerda Taro biopic pulls photographer out of lover Robert Capa’s shadow

Film premieres at Venice as researchers question who took famous Spanish civil war shot of ‘falling soldier’, credited to the pair’s Robert Capa alias

Being Heumann review – Coda director’s disability rights drama is well-intentioned but clunky

The rousing story of Judith Heumann makes for obvious dramatic fodder and at times this biopic finds a rebellious groove but too much feels cut-and-paste

‘People think fame is a magic wand’: Jarvis Cocker on old songs, young fans and his granny’s verdict on Pulp

Before the release of a joyful film on the history of the Sheffield band, frontman Cocker and director Garth Jennings talk dark times, taking inspiration from Abba – and why there could yet be another record

Anthropic details bad actors’ efforts to misuse its AI for bioweapons

The 154-page report comes two days after former employee Jacob Coxon resigned due to Anthropic racing to improve its models that would cause human extinction by 2030

Tony Abbott says it would be ‘right’ for One Nation to remove cartoon labelling Andrew Hastie a ‘traitor’

Former prime minister joins in widespread condemnation of ‘offensive’ animated series posted on social media by One Nation

More Anthropic researchers warn of AI’s perils but Musk dismisses ‘psyop’

Insiders at the firm fear tech’s advancement could cause human extinction, while others are calling their declarations of concern a ‘setup’

Gavin Newsom imposes strict new rules on AI, social media and chatbots for children

California governor hails ‘nation-leading’ legislation banning addictive features for users under 16

Scherzetto review – Toni Servillo brings gravitas to a dithering Neapolitan ghost story

The Venice fixture plays an illustrator haunted by his boyhood in Mario Martone’s part spooky, part sentimental oddity

Sacha Baron Cohen lined up for Quentin Tarantino’s West End playwriting debut

The Ali G and Borat creator is reported to be taking the lead in The Popinjay Cavalier, a swashbuckling comedy Tarantino is developing for early 2027