Silence took Martin Scorsese nearly 30 years to make – and it shows
The period drama set in feudal Japan is an epic of divine proportion, tackling grand questions of faith and colonisation with remarkable fervour
Who needs looksmaxxing when you’ve got Catholicmaxxing? The TikTok trend making religion great again
Some of the young Americans swept up in the movement are looking for the meaning of life; others for a new partner. Well, it’s a broad church …
An AI company with an arsenal of spacecraft: what exactly is SpaceX?
Elon Musk’s company filed confidentially for an IPO last week – but SpaceX itself is a bizarre agglomeration
Row over ‘virtual gated community’ AI surveillance plan in Toronto neighbourhood
Rosedale residents considering car licence plate-scanning Flock system in bid to tackle property crime
Musk’s SpaceX courts retail investors as it aims for record-breaking stock market flotation
Elon Musk’s aerospace to AI company will host summer event to try to convince buyers it is worth $2tn
Porn, dog poo and social media snaps: the ‘taskers’ scraping the internet for AI firm part-owned by Meta
Scale AI gig workers describe desperation of using people’s personal profiles and copyrighted work to train AI
‘There’s a lot of desperation’: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat
They have degrees, expertise and years of experience – but can’t find work. For many Americans, AI training has become a last refuge in a brutal job market
The Stranger review – lustrously beautiful and superbly realised modern take on the Camus classic
François Ozon’s adaptation of the 1942 novella L’Etranger passionately honours the original text while bringing a contemporary perspective to its themes of empire and race
Slither review – James Gunn’s Troma-style comedy horror debut gets a reboot in reputational glow-up
DC Universe supremo Gunn’s thinly conceived debut feature gets a glossy repackaging for seemingly no other reason than his later success
Sluts, simps and body shaming: the rise of Africa’s manosphere
Experts have been alarmed at the growth of deep misogyny dressed up as self-help on social media. We profile seven men from across the continent who are gaining traction
Children in UK report online sextortion attempts in record numbers
Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34%
‘I felt ashamed and scared’: how an online friendship became a sextortion nightmare
Thomas found connection online after moving to a rural village with no friends nearby. Then things started to spiral
‘Coke and booze didn’t help my creativity’: Joe Eszterhas on his wild times – and his supernatural, anti-woke Basic Instinct reboot
He was the screenwriting colossus behind Flashdance, Jagged Edge, Showgirls and more. Now clean, ‘Hollywood’s Shakespeare’ talks about today’s scared studios, his refugee trauma – and taking acid with Hunter S Thompson
Tech companies are cutting jobs and betting on AI. The payoff is far from guaranteed
AI experts say we’re living in an experiment that may fundamentally change the model of work
The Drama: sex, secrets and that gobsmacking twist – discuss with spoilers
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s dark dramedy is a stylish acting showcase, but does it do justice to its weighty themes?