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
Tony Gatlif obituary
Algerian-born French director of more than 20 films that celebrated Roma culture
NAZA review – Israeli intelligence officers cast chilling light on civilian deaths
Venice film festival: Under the cover of night, anonymous personnel discuss AI, error rates and problematic intelligence units in a documentary produced by the Guardian
I turned off my algorithm for 24 hours. Is this how social media used to be?
Thanks to a little-known feature in Instagram, I try to travel back to 2012 – before everything on the internet was an ad
Alex Winter: ‘Michael Winner was the most erudite sociopath I’ve ever met’
The Bill & Ted actor on Keanu Reeves, whether there will be a fourth instalment and nights out in Brixton with the Death Wish director
The Odyssey and Spider-Man propel record-breaking summer box office worldwide
The biggest May to September of all time was recorded in US cinemas, with the UK enjoying a 56% rise in audiences, outstripped by an 88% lift in the Middle East and Africa
Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
Elon Musk attacks film-maker behind documentary about him
Tech mogul calls director Alex Gibney a ‘bitter old man’ who has ‘zero integrity’ in series of posts on X
OpenAI not on track to reduce risk of ‘catastrophic’ loss of control, says board member
US government adviser Paul Christiano warns of risks to AI industry as he joins OpenAI’s non-profit foundation
‘An embodiment of white fears’: how zombies went from Haitian spiritual tradition to Hollywood monsters
Maya Annik Bedward’s fascinating new documentary goes beyond reductive imagery to place the zombie and vodou in their true historical context
Driverless cars are taking us on a road to nowhere
Some inventions, like the dishwasher, improve our lives. But driverless cars will lobotomise us
Two times a charm: Is Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman’s agelessness the real trick of Practical Magic 2?
A film about sisterhood with fifty- and sixtysomething female leads is something to cheer – but would it have been made if its stars had aged like mere mortals since the 1998 original?
From Chris Rock to Helen Mirren: 10 films to look out for at the Toronto film festival 2026
This year’s festival offers an unusual Patricia Highsmith thriller, an adaptation of a hit stage show, a harrowing prison drama and a new way into the Rocky franchise
‘People waited 24 hours for a potato!’: how viral queues help – and harm – restaurants
It has become common for people to wait in long lines for cafes, bakeries and ice-cream shops. But why? And what do the owners think?