Melania debuts at No 29 at the UK box office
Distributors breathe a sigh of relief as the documentary defies the disastrous opening many anticipated to land a screen average of £212 on its first weekend of release
The rise and rise of Australia’s cinematheques: ‘There’s just a particular magic’
Around the country, arthouse film programs hosted in galleries and independent cinemas are booming – and their audiences are filled with young viewers
‘A mixed blessing’: crowdfunding has changed the way we give, but is it fair and effective?
Millions of dollars have been raised for Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed, while campaigns are backing families hit by Victoria’s bushfires. What does this way of giving mean for the charity sector?
‘I was on stage and she started kicking!’: Lucie Jones on Les Mis, performing pregnant and defying gravity at Glastonbury
After playing Elphaba in Wicked, packing out a tent at Worthy Farm and returning to Les Misérables, the star is headlining the Palladium with songs that sum up her life
Iron Lung review – YouTuber Markiplier crash lands with big-screen sci-fi horror
Online gaming legend Mark Fischbach writes, directs and stars in this feature about a convict on a vague intergalactic mission – but his barebones production has nothing to show
Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror
The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online series
Meryl Streep is as withering as ever in first full-length trailer for Devil Wears Prada 2
Promo for the much-anticipated sequel, in which Streep is reunited with Stanley Tucci, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, clocks up 2.8m views in nine hours
Anti-ICE protests, brilliance by Bieber and the Dalai Lama’s first win: the 10 biggest moments at the 2026 Grammys
From the Cure winning their first Grammys to a posthumous award for Chick Corea, it was a night of heartening wins and robust politics
‘Marketplace for predators’: Meta faces jury trial over child exploitation claims
New Mexico attorney general accuses Meta of failing to safeguard children against trafficking and sexual abuse
‘Make your homes weird,’ urges an interior designer. Me? I’ve a stuffed magpie and three pewter goats
Not to mention my dad’s lifesize wooden sheep. All homes are wacky in little and large ways. Instagram pundits please stand down, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
Hold on to Her review – horrific death of a two-year-old puts immigration crackdown in spotlight
Robin Vanbesien’s documentary uses the horrific killing of two-year-old Mawda Shawri in Belgium as the starting point to explore the dehumanising machinery of border policy
Co-writer of Oscar-nominated film It Was Just an Accident arrested in Iran
Mehdi Mahmoudian detained after signing statement condemning Iran’s supreme leader for recent bloodshed
‘Endlessly quotable’: why Wayne’s World is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their most rewatched comfort films is a trip back to 1992 for the unique rock comedy
Shelter review – super-soldier Jason Statham does the business as he takes on Bill Nighy in action thriller
Ric Roman Waugh’s predictable plot redeemed by fight choreography as Statham faces up to Bill Nighy, and casting of young Hamnet actor Bodhi Rae Breathnach
Seasons review – it’s Ibsen vs Peter Pan in chronicle of actors messing up their lives on and off stage
Polish director-writer Michal Grzybowski’s film has inspired flashes, but mostly eschews humour for a drearier take on the intertwining of stage and life