‘Clearly the worst film ever made by anyone ever’: inside John Boorman’s horrific Exorcist sequel

After landmark flop The Heretic, the director was considering ‘immolating myself on Hollywood Boulevard’ in 1977. But a new documentary premiering at Venice calls for its redemption

Sanatorium review – Ukraine health resort guests seek sanctuary amid shelling

Poignant documentary by Irish director Gar O’Rourke peers into a faded Soviet-era institution where visitors search for relief while war grinds on outside

Borderline review – Raymond Nicholson shines as a deranged fan in comedy thriller

It’s the 1990s and a famous pop star is taken hostage by a fan in Jimmy Warden’s stylish but confused film, loosely inspired by a real-life stalker case involving Madonna

Graham Greene, Dances with Wolves actor, dies aged 73

The trailblazing Canadian First Nations actor, who was nominated for an Academy Award, died in Toronto after a long illness

Children as young as 11 tempted to try betting after being ‘flooded’ by celebrity endorsement

Those in UK aged 11-17 said seeing a celebrity gambling or advertising it made them want to emulate them, survey finds

The Smashing Machine review – Dwayne Johnson only possible casting as crisis-riddled UFC champ Mark Kerr

Former pro wrestler Johnson takes on the role of man-mountain Kerr who goes into meltdown when the unthinkable happens – he loses

Clanker! This slur against robots is all over the internet – but is it offensive?

The term is used to insult AI chatbots and platforms like ChatGPT for making up information and generating ‘slop’. Some believe we should stop using it, pronto

Australian film-maker Alex Proyas: ‘broken’ movie industry needs to be rebuilt and ‘AI can help us do that’

Director of The Crow and I, Robot says technology will ‘streamline’ film industry workforce but will make projects easier and cheaper

Jerry Maguire, Top End Bub, and an Office spin-off: what’s new to streaming in Australia in September

Plus Jude Law on a downwards spiral, a new series from the Mare of Easttown creator and more crime-busting capers from Only Murders in the Building

Not just under-16s: all Australian social media users will need to prove their age – and it could be complicated and time consuming

The age assurance technology trial found errors are inevitable – meaning users might have to provide other ID, and appeal against wrongful bans

The Testament of Ann Lee review – strikingly strange portrait of radically ecstatic Shaker leader

Amanda Seyfried plays the 18th-century missionary who took her radical message to the New World, in Mona Fastvold’s elusive film

Kim Novak’s Vertigo review – the dizzying demands on Hitchcock’s leading lady

An intensely personal interview with the 92-year-old Hollywood star delivers showstopping moments for fans of the golden age of movies

Signs of Life review – no holiday from raw grief in downbeat Lanzarote-set drama

Sarah-Jane Potts speaks volumes without saying a word as a bereaved, selectively mute woman travelling alone who meets a talkative Irishman

Why more and more people are tuning the news out: ‘Now I don’t have that anxiety’

Emotional toll of constant negative news and unlimited access to ‘doomscrolling’ has led to record-high news avoidance

Afternoons of Solitude review – toe-to-toe with the bravado of bullfighting

Albert Serra’s riveting documentary follows star matador Andrés Roca Rey as he confronts the raw force of nature – but it’s a tough watch for animal lovers