Ice Cream Man review – Eli Roth’s junky slasher is one of year’s worst horrors
The Hostel and Thanksgiving director takes a massive stumble with a rushed retro horror made on the cheap
Himmler’s ‘anti-Nazi’ masseur: Claes Bang stars as SS chief’s ‘magic Buddha’
Felix Kersten, the personal therapist of Hitler’s principal enforcer, claimed to have saved countless lives from the Holocaust. A new feature film exposes him as a narcissist prone to myth-making
Analogue evil: why today’s horror film-makers are obsessed with obsolete tech
From Obsession to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, a new wave of movies are ditching minimalism for retro settings
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie review – plucky pups do their thing on Jurassic-style island
Stranded on an island full of prehistoric animals, the Paw Patrol squad get stuck in in a remarkably charmless animation
Democracy is at stake when foolish humans bet on machines being intelligent
We need an enlightened US president to make the case for global AI regulation. Donald Trump is the exact opposite of what is needed, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
Queens of the Dead review – drag performers slay on the party scene in playful zombie comedy
Tina Romero’s queer spin on the horror genre delivers plenty of laughs and splattery fun – even if the storytelling occasionally stumbles
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss
SpaceX beats revenue expectations in first earnings report after IPO crash
Company beat analysts’ predictions to post $7.81bn in revenue, following stock plummet after IPO
AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds
Researcher says simpler writing by AI is easier to read and digest, but this does not mean human authors are obsolete
Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy review – Mo Gilligan ruffles feathers in battle against ultra-processed foods
The ultra-likable comedian decides to go on a chicken shop diet for 28 days, but like a gen-Z Super Size Me uncovers some dark truths behind this billion-dollar industry
Trump administration reportedly drafting ban on Chinese datacenter components
Trump’s FCC is developing a measure to bar US imports of new models of Chinese datacenter devices, sources say
Tell us: has Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey stoked your interest in classics and poetry?
We would like to hear from people for whom the film has increased their interest in poetry or classics in general
Elon Musk’s X latest to block Saudi dissident accounts inside kingdom
Exclusive: More than 60 accounts on X have been made unavailable in Saudi Arabia, after similar action on Snapchat and Facebook
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey gives UK poetry sales an epic boost
Poetry sales surpassed £8m in the first 30 weeks of 2026 and are expected to reach a record high this year thanks to blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old poem