‘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
‘Yes, they would execute a child’: the film about a girl who has to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein
Warm, funny and heartbreaking, The President’s Cake tells the story of a brutal ruler and a girl forced to make him a present in a time of sanctions-induced hardship. Its Iraqi director Hasan Hadi remembers his own fearful childhood
Viral AI personal assistant seen as step change – but experts warn of risks
OpenClaw is billed as ‘the AI that actually does things’ and needs almost no input to potentially wreak havoc
Do You Love Me review – exhilarating documentary is ode to the collective courage of Lebanese people
In this freewheeling film Lana Daher draws from more than 20,000 hours of archival footage to channel the resilient spirit of Beirut
What is Moltbook? The strange new social media site for AI bots
A bit like Reddit for artificial intelligence, Moltbook allows AI agents – bots built by humans – to post and interact with each other. People are allowed as observers only
Why should renters like me have to trade away our privacy just to get a roof over our heads?
The rise in real estate tech means renters often hand over huge amounts of revealing information to digital third parties – at great risk
Steven Spielberg becomes an Egot after winning Grammy for John Williams documentary
Director says Grammy for best music film ‘means the world to me’ as he pays tribute to composer and collaborator
Snapchat blocks more than 400,000 Australian accounts but warns of ‘significant gaps’ in under-16s social media ban
Social media platform says there are still ‘real technical limitations to accurate and dependable age verification’
Dead Souls review – Alex Cox rides into sunset with anti-Trump spaghetti western
The Repo Man director relocates Gogol’s surreal novella to the old west in what he says will be his final film
Melania film earns $7m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade
Melania, however, cost significantly more than a typical documentary, at $40m to make and $35m to promote
‘It’s really sad’: US TikTok users rethink app over concerns about privacy and censorship
Some users are stepping away from the app after it made a deal to create a US entity and updated terms and conditions
Dozens of historic Maseratis recreated for movie about Italian car company
Film with a cast headed by Anthony Hopkins tells the story of a supercar marque that began in a small Bologna garage
‘Coffee is just the excuse’: the deaf-run cafe where hearing people sign to order
In-person interactions break down barriers in east London, as AI startups also try to bridge communication divide