Hedda review – Ibsen meets Downton Abbey in Nia DaCosta’s exotic rendering of classic play

High society in 1950s Britain is the setting in which the free-spirited but manipulative Hedda marries for money. Cue jaded pleasure and absurdity

Killer hounds, rabid chimps and a tiny Jean Dujardin – the Sitges film festival 2025

Pets gone rogue, vomiting and martial arts were recurrent themes in this year’s annual roundup of fantasy, horror and cult movies

Chain Reactions review – famous fans of Texas Chain Saw Massacre go deep into the legendary slasher

Stephen King, Takashi Miike and Karyn Kusama are among the contributors to this documentary about Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror masterpiece

Star Trek’s Chris Pine to make London theatre debut in Ivanov next summer

The Hollywood actor will star in a new version of the Chekhov classic by writer-director Simon Stone at the Bridge theatre from July

‘A force of nature who took no prisoners’: a tribute to Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki

The driving force behind Team Ninja was a game development samurai who almost always won his battles

The Spin review – laughter and vinyl in wacky Irish road movie as pals try to save their record store

Bizarre dialogue riffs add flavour to this likable film about two friends on a road trip to track down some super rare records

Post your questions for Terry Gilliam

The Monty Python star will celebrate 50 years in film at a Guardian Live Q&A on 29 October. Here’s your chance to find out everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the legendary director

Shelby Oaks review – junky Halloween horror delivers zero scares

There is really nothing to be scared of in this clumsy hodgepodge of found footage, mockumentary and conventional narrative

iPhone 17 review: the Apple smartphone to get this year

Standard iPhone levels up to Pro models with big screen upgrade, double the storage and more top features than ever

Love+War review – Lynsey Addario’s courageous photojournalism shines out in occasionally odd study

The Pulitzer prize-winner has worked across the developing world, braved war zones and been taken hostage in Libya, but do we really need a tour of her beautiful home?

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle review – serviceable 90s thriller remake

There are some smart updates to the psycho-nanny hit but without the searing presence of Rebecca De Mornay, this one is unlikely to stick around for quite so long

Harry and Meghan join AI pioneers in call for ban on superintelligent systems

Nobel laureates also sign letter saying ASI technology should be barred until there is consensus that it can be developed ‘safely’

‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’

The ad campaign for the wearable AI chatbot Friend has been raising hackles for months in New York. But has this companion been unfairly maligned – and could it help end loneliness?

Elon Musk feuds with US transportation chief in social media posts: ‘2 digit IQ’

SpaceX owner said Sean Duffy was ‘trying to kill Nasa’ after acting head said agency would reopen contracts for Artemis mission

TikTok: Murder Gone Viral review – this icky show dramatically cheapens these victims’ stories

The families of young people whose lives were tragically cut short deserve better than to be shoehorned into this sensationalist series. Its overreliance on TikTok clips of rubbernecking strangers is in very poor taste