Interstellar’s second life: how Christopher Nolan’s most divisive film became his most loved

When Nolan’s space epic was released in 2014, critics picked at the plot holes and scientists picked at the science – now, 11 years later, it’s the internet’s favourite film. Was it just ahead of its time?

‘Every kind of creative discipline is in danger’: Lincoln Lawyer author on the dangers of AI

Michael Connelly says tech is moving so fast that he feared his new novel would seem ‘archaic’ before it was published

100 Nights of Hero review – Emma Corrin leads starry cast in a queer fable with a serious streak

Gender, sexuality, status and power are all in flux in Julia Jackman’s playful medieval fairytale, adapted from Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel, also starring Maika Monroe and Charli xcx

Secret Cinema company is bought by Hollywood power broker

Owner of London-based immersive film and TV business sold for undisclosed sum to Ari Emanuel’s Mari

Strange Harvest review – lurid horror expertly disguised as true crime

Stuart Ortiz’s convincingly faked crime documentary details the hunt for a Los Angeles serial killer dubbed Mr Shiny

‘I hope he goes to jail’: Brazil’s Cannes-winning director on Bolsonaro and political amnesia

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s gripping thriller The Secret Agent is set in the 70s but casts light on present-day politics

Robert De Niro on Donald Trump: ‘You have to fight. There’s no other way to face a bully’

The actor has renewed his vocal opposition to the US president and spoken in support of the millions-strong ‘No Kings’ street protests

‘A monument to kindness’: the rise of Britain’s community cinemas

With more than 1,600 screens, people share how local-run venues are taking them on a film-worthy adventure

Go bald or go home: LA cinema offers free Bugonia ticket to those willing to shave their heads

In homage to Emma Stone’s character in the new Yorgos Lanthimos film, who has her hair shaved off by conspiracy theorists, an LA cinema will have a barber in its foyer

Diamond Sky review – fairytale heist thriller has its head in the clouds

Mesmerising leads Hassan Najib and Elena Rivers play a pair of young hotel workers who carry out high-end robberies in this oddly unconvincing story

‘Stole my heart’: why My Best Friend’s Wedding is my feelgood movie

The next in our series of writers sharing their all-time favourite comfort films is a trip back to 1997 with Julia Roberts’s charmingly chaotic anti-hero

The one change that worked: I had terrible insomnia – until I hit upon a gory solution

I had tried elaborate mind games, herbal teas and even a military method. Nothing worked. So I gave in, tuned into some macabre podcasts and had a very surprising reaction

Levers review – gloom-laden experimental eclipse drama about the play of light and darkness

An opaque, inert film by Canadian director Rhayne Vermette despite its scrupulously intended meanings

The Uncool by Cameron Crowe review – inside rock’s wildest decade

From shadowing a cocaine-addled David Bowie to winning over Joni Mitchell, deliciously readable tales by the director of Almost Famous

AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies

Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost