Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes

With its hyper-sexualised Black female revolutionary and fetishised depiction of interracial relationships, Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded latest raises questions about how white male directors depict Black women

Seven out of 10 women in creative industries experience bullying and harassment, survey finds

Exclusive: Only half of victims report incidents – and of those who do, 42% say response was insufficient

Last and First Men review – sci-fi dance can’t match Tilda Swinton’s cool apocalypse

Composer Jóhann Jóhannson’s moody film, narrated by Swinton and inspired by a classic novel, gains little from a live dance interpretation

Labour plans to consult on use of live facial recognition before wider roll-out

Policing minister says government will ‘put some parameters’ around its deployment in England

Devil in the Dust review – Guy Pearce leads old west outcasts on a supernatural mission with a message

A little girl with a fatal touch becomes an intriguing metaphor for the white man’s burden in an impressive film from Ned Crowley

Scurry review – crawlspace nightmare thriller turns into apocalyptic insect horror

Two survivors of a city massacre find themselves in a critter-infested tunnel – a premise that, even with savvy cinematography, leaves little room for manoeuvre

‘An unhealthy fascination’: why Fast X is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films is a celebration of the action franchise’s brilliantly baffling 10th chapter

Dress the part: London exhibition celebrates 60 years of film and TV period costumes

From Colin Firth’s wet shirt in Pride and Prejudic to Meryl Streep’s safari gear in Out of Africa, Cosprop’s outfits achieved cinematic realism

Power Station review – solar power and solidarity on a Walthamstow street

Activism merges with everyday life in a documentary where film-makers Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn attempt to turn their neighbourhood into a renewable power hub

Knit’s Island review – comradeship and survival in brutal and bloody online zombie game

This inventive film, made entirely inside the multiplayer game DayZ, finds moments of community and wonder amid the zombies, factions and virtual bloodshed

Anemone review – Daniel Day-Lewis returns for a bleak and painfully serious misfire

New York film festival: the actor unretires, with his son onboard to direct, for a portentous and plodding film about war-torn men

Ed Miliband says it is ‘possible’ that UK government should leave X

Energy minister says platform’s owner Elon Musk is a ‘dangerous man’ who is part of a ‘global network of right’

The Guardian view on AI and jobs: the tech revolution should be for the many not the few

Editorial: Britain risks devolving its digital destiny to Silicon Valley. As a TUC manifesto argues, those affected must have a greater say in shaping the workplace of the future

The Guardian view on the 2025 Booker prize: bringing posh bingo to the BookTok generation

Editorial: With this year’s shortlist announced live to the public, Britain’s most prestigious literary award is finding ways to engage new audiences

‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever

When Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught on mic talking about living for ever, it seemed straight out of a sci-fi fantasy. But for some death is no longer considered an inevitability …