Mort à la révolution! Why UK film loves a failed rebellion

Paul Greengrass’s Peasants’ Revolt epic, The Uprising, is just the latest in a long line of movies depicting an unsuccessful attempt at remaking the nation

The missed opportunity of Jay-Z’s documentary series

Jay-Z in 8, the rap mogul’s HBO docuseries, covers his life and career in effort to mend his image – with no pushback. Why is he so fixated on the court of public opinion?

Hallowarrior review – apocalyptic Home Alone-style survival horror delivers inventive shocks

Debut feature from Ben Sottak provides outlandish Halloween-based scares, with Milly Shapiro superb as the naive yet resilient home-defender, Pumpkin

The one change that worked: numb with grief, I sat in the dark, surrounded by strangers – and began to heal

Life had come crashing to a halt when I lost my brother. But in the cinema I found comfort and a strange solidarity

‘I’ve become significantly more cautious’: six parents on limiting their kids’ social media and AI use

Quite a few parents aren’t convinced social media and AI are safe, and have been adapting accordingly

‘A rare indulgence’: why Black Swan is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers explaining their go-to comfort films is a tribute to Darren Aronofsky’s dark and unusually satisfying ballet nightmare

A Fidai Film review – Palestinian collage film transforms suppressed footage into works of art

Using archive material of destroyed houses, terrorised children and dead bodies, Kamal Aljafari adds humanity to the reels by overlaying poems by Palestinian authors

AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety

Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules for AI, including ‘kill switches’ and legal obligation to victims of rogue agents

Deadline review – shocking threat sends tremors through authoritarian school

Set in a dystopian private academy rife with surveillance and cut-throat competition, Kiwi Chow’s gripping drama cements his status as an important film-maker

iPhone 18 Pro Max review: Apple’s biggest, heaviest and longest-lasting superphone

A giant screen, big battery, rapid chip and top cameras push the great iPhone 18 Pro to the max with a price tag to match

Australian government says online platforms have ‘responsibility’ to block US military execution live stream

Federal government urged to prevent Australians from viewing planned broadcast of Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan’s execution

UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts

Kanishka Narayan to say Britain cannot rely entirely on tech companies amid rising global concern over AI dangers

Greens prepare for fight with Labor over social media algorithm reform, with ‘pervert glasses’ in its sights

Minor party plans to drive a bargain in exchange for support for digital duty of care legislation

Donations to major parties and an ex-premier as a lobbyist: how datacentres play the political game in Australia

As governments face community backlash for fast-tracking developments, big tech’s financial contributions face renewed scrutiny

Wildwood review – Laika’s pleasingly old fashioned stop-motion magic-forest odyssey

The makers of Coraline return with their distinctive animation style in a magical tale of a secret world of strange beasts, talking animals and evil governesses