Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement
Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work
Elon Musk says Grok Imagine will make ‘historically accurate’ AI adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey
The billionaire says the AI-generated film will stay true to Homer’s original, after repeatedly criticising Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster over its casting choices
Nostalgia review – Tarkovsky’s yearning cine-poem is deeply mysterious and profound
In the Russian director’s Italy-set 1983 great, a scholar has an existential crisis while researching the life of a composer
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender review – engaging TV-to-movie adventure
A feature-length continuation of the much-loved animated series provides enough for fans as well as the uninitiated
Pinocchio: Unstrung review – public domain slasher turns beloved puppet into sick serial killer
Like the grisly Winnie-the-Pooh films, the latest in the Twisted Childhood Universe franchise offers feeble satire and shock-free ‘horror’
Go woke, get rich: why rightwing hate campaigns don’t affect the box office
After a bigoted online backlash, led by Elon Musk, The Odyssey achieved a monster weekend – the latest example of a targeted takedown that didn’t work
‘I come from a murderer’: the woman who found out Charles Manson was her grandfather
Difficult new Hulu documentary follows a 26-year-old woman’s startling discovery that she’s related to the notorious, murderous cult leader
Ask E Jean review – Trump survivor turns out to be tougher than he thought as she fights on
Ivy Meeropol’s engrossing film follows as former star columnist E Jean Carroll, now in her 80s, battles through an unfinished series of legal disputes
On the Sea review – tender fishermen’s boat-based tale of forbidden love far from prying eyes
Away from the disapproval of their Welsh fishing community, two men embark on a passionate affair in Helen Walsh’s poignant drama
Godzilla vs Kong actor Kaylee Hottle dies aged 18
The deaf actor, who played a major role in Godzilla vs Kong and its 2024 sequel, was killed in a car crash in Maryland
The Dink review – Jake Johnson’s pickleball comedy serves up engagingly silly laughs
Johnson is delusional ex-tennis player The Hammer, who has to switch to the sport he loathes after injury
Zendaya faces backlash for wearing ancient Iranian jewellery at Odyssey event
Film star promotes Christopher Nolan film epic wearing gold artefacts dating back almost 3,000 years
Shin Kamen Rider: who wouldn’t want to watch an action flick about a grasshopper-man hybrid?
Based on a 70s series, this film by Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno is a thrilling lesson in standing up to evil (and driving very fast)
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary review – fawning portrait of the king of cashmere
Giuseppe Tornatore traces Italian fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli’s life from poor farming family to billion-dollar empire in a sentimental vanity project
Headaches for Silicon Valley as China chips away at the US’s lead in the AI race
Google’s AI struggles scream trouble as new Chinese models (again) throw US tech dominance into question