Sovereign review – Nick Offerman v Dennis Quaid in rage-fuelled anti-government crime drama
Based on a true story, Offerman plays a ‘sovereign citizen’ extremist pitted against Quaid’s police chief in this uncomfortably chilly drama
‘They told me what their bodies had lived through’: how Syrian vigilantes inspired new thriller Ghost Trail
Director Jonathan Millet contacted a secret cell that hunts down Assad’s collaborators while researching a new film. He soon realised that it could not be a documentary …
How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg review – spinning Silicon Valley
Instead of recognising that social media harms mental health and democracy, the former deputy PM and Meta executive repeats company talking points
Deaf review – cinema as empathy machine as a deaf mother struggles with parenting issues
Angela’s apparently idyllic family life begins to fray when she becomes pregnant and the hearing world’s old prejudices are reawakened
Don’t log non-crime hate incidents, says head of police watchdog
Andy Cooke says the cases take up little time for forces in England and Wales but create intense controversy
Apple debuts thinner, $999 iPhone Air at ‘awe-dropping’ annual product event
Company also augments AirPods earbuds with live translation and reveals upgrades to Apple Watch
Couture review – Angelina Jolie is the wrong fit for inert fashion drama
The Oscar winner is adrift in Alice Winocour’s uninvolving film, premiering in Toronto, about three thinly written women involved in Paris fashion week show
Hollywood tycoon poised to swoop on Secret Cinema owner
Exclusive: Ari Emanuel, whose entertainment agency owns UFC and WWE, looks to buy TodayTix Group
Lesbian Space Princess review – a fizzy animated film with loads of laughs and a lot of heart
This award-winning Australian feature mixes madcap comedy with a who’s who of queer performers to produce a magical, joyful gem
Before Knives Out, there was Brick: Rian Johnson’s alluring, hard-boiled debut
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a teen detective in a world of high school drug rings and two-bit thugs, Johnson’s first film is a fine showcase of his now-trademark thrills, chills and twists
How Google dodged a major breakup – and why OpenAI is to thank for it
An antitrust apocalypse has been averted, and it’s all down to its biggest competitor, according to the judge who could’ve forced Google to sell Chrome
Nepal prime minister quits after deaths at protests sparked by social media ban
KP Sharma Oli resigns as police meet protests with deadly force, leaving 19 dead, and federal parliament is set alight
Nuns vs the Vatican: documentary alleges sexual abuse and misconduct in the Catholic church
A new film, premiering at the Toronto film festival, follows women who claim to have been abused by a former Jesuit priest
From Ground Zero: Stories From Gaza review – scenes of ordinary life in extremis
This heartbreaking collection of short films mentions neither ‘Israel’ nor ‘Hamas’, instead offering a mosaic of everyday living under nonstop attack
Michael Caine comes out of retirement (again) for Vin Diesel sequel
The veteran actor will be reprising his role as a priest who helps Diesel’s immortal warrior stop the plague in The Last Witch Hunter 2