Stuart Craig obituary
Oscar-winning production designer who helped recreate the fantastical world of Harry Potter in intricate detail on screen
‘It’s silent but does the heavy lifting’: the soft power of the white shirt
The white shirt speaks of formality without trying too hard and is making a comeback on the catwalk and on screen
Film festival premieres promise a history-making Oscars showdown
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners could make him the first Black best director, Kathryn Bigelow could be the first woman to win best director twice – and there are more record-breaking contenders to come
Revenue from seatbelt fines spikes 1,400% in NSW as AI cameras peer into 140m cars
Exclusive: Isabel was fined three times in one week in Sydney. ‘I was like, there’s been some kind of malfunction,’ she said
‘It used to weigh me down’: UK readers on why they do or don’t carry a wallet
With research suggesting fewer than half of adults carry a wallet, four people reveal if they still do and what’s inside
Ten Years: has the hit film’s dystopian vision of Hong Kong in 2025 become a reality?
In 2015, a scrappy group of film-makers tapped into the ‘anxiety of what the city would become’ under Beijing’s increasing influence. Now screening at the Hong Kong film festival UK, it resonates in new ways
Dau director Ilya Khrzhanovsky: my ‘pornographic propaganda’ recreating the USSR is more important than ever
When Khrzhanovsky’s colossal immersive project on the horrors of the Soviet Union launched in 2019, it caused uproar in east and west alike. Now, he plans to release its ‘mother film’, to expose the ‘huge danger’ the world faces today
Virulent debater and clickbait savant: how Charlie Kirk pushed a new generation to the right
The far-right activist, who was fatally shot this week in Utah, galvanized young conservatives through online antics and inflammatory views
MP3 players are making a comeback – I tested 15 to find the best
Ditch the subscriptions and algorithms of the music streamers with our pick of the best modern digital audio players
Britain is ‘a terrible place’ to sell medicines, says drug firm executive
Sanofi’s market access chief urges ministers to come up with a roadmap to raise spending on new treatments
Swiped to Twiggy: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Lily James plays the co-founder of Tinder and Bumble in a damning film that shows up Silicon Valley’s toxic male culture – plus Sadie Frost pays homage to the fashion icon who became the face of the swinging 60s
The Wrong Paris review – Netflix Bachelor romcom makes few right choices
Miranda Cosgrove plays a woman involved in some reality show drama in another of the streamer’s many low-grade background watches
‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine – and toothache
As his most commercial film, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is re-released, the critically acclaimed director says he can’t get a movie off the ground now – but will never give in to the ‘Hollywood machine’
Steven Spielberg reflects on Jaws at 50: ‘I thought my career was over’
Director, marking new exhibition in LA, tells of chaotic filming – and says he’s ‘never seen so much vomit in my life’
Albania puts AI-created ‘minister’ in charge of public procurement
Edi Rama, PM, says digital assistant Diella will make Albania ‘a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption’