‘It’s a distraction-free zone’: Gen Z on why they love going to the movies
Filmgoers born after 1997 are reviving cinemas’ hopes of survival. They tell us about the social experience where ‘there’s absolutely no commitment to chat’
Is God Is review – fiery revenge thriller flies from stage to screen
There are echoes of both Kill Bill and Thelma & Louise in Aleshea Harris’s sharply told tale of sisters heading to kill their father
Top Gun review – now impossible to view Tom Cruise’s testosterone-swamped film without affection
This gave a young Cruise entry into the A-list, as the brilliant, courageous rule-breaking pilot, frenemy of Val Kilmer and in love with Kelly McGillis
Post your questions for Tom Hanks and the cast of Toy Story 5
Tim Allen, Joan Cusack and Greta Lee join Hanks to answer your enquiries about the forthcoming animation and its previous instalments
Spit, vomit and a banned baby: Cannes controversies – ranked!
For every standing ovation there’s a riotous backlash – the film festival’s history is littered with boos, protests, furious rows and career-defining disasters
Fit for a king: Ian McKellen to play Lear at newly rebuilt Yard theatre in east London
Role marks a major return for the actor after falling off the stage in 2024 and is a coup for the forward-thinking theatre
Gotta catch an MP! Players ‘debate’ UK politicians in Pokémon-style game
Creator of Politidex hopes free online app will help humanise politics and act as a way of ‘flipping the narrative’
Space Jam review – Michael Jordan’s 90s merch-hocking basketball blockbuster rises again
The Jordan-fronted live-action/cartoon hybrid is 30 years old – and with its R Kelly soundtrack, it feels it. Cue Seinfeld’s Wayne Knight to rescue it for a second time
Anderson juices up the vibes for Dior with spotlight on Hollywood
Designer suggests decision to stage show in Los Angeles is part of strategy to deepen label’s cinema presence
‘I never thought people might feel threatened by us’: YouTuber Curry Barker on his big horror ascent
The 26-year-old has received rave reviews for his micro-budget horror Obsession, support from Ari Aster and control of a Texas Chain Saw Massacre remake
‘There are no rules’: spotlight on Gossip Goblin as AI film-making enters new era
Defying criticisms of ‘slop’ and ‘theft’, the growing culture of AI-powered creativity is attracting interest from Hollywood
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review – Gillian Anderson superb in queer slasher spectacular
Cannes film festival: Young indie film-maker Kris tracks down Anderson’s Final Girl for a remake of a beloved horror, to find fantasy and reality collapsed
The Christophers review – Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are the double act of the year
Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon provide a vision of haughty Englishness up there with Gosford Park and Phantom Thread
‘Do you want all the scenes to be penetrative?’: how working with an intimacy coordinator made my film better
Largely shunned in France, the work of these consultants is now being recognised at Cannes. Film-maker Anubha Momin describes how they make for more confident movies – and directors