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Tony Gatlif obituary

Algerian-born French director of more than 20 films that celebrated Roma culture

NAZA review – Israeli intelligence officers cast chilling light on civilian deaths

Under the cover of night, anonymous personnel discuss AI, error rates and problematic intelligence units in a documentary produced by the Guardian

I turned off my algorithm for 24 hours. Is this how social media used to be?

Thanks to a little-known feature in Instagram, I try to travel back to 2012 – before everything on the internet was an ad

Alex Winter: ‘Michael Winner was the most erudite sociopath I’ve ever met’

The Bill & Ted actor on Keanu Reeves, whether there will be a fourth instalment and nights out in Brixton with the Death Wish director

The Odyssey and Spider-Man propel record-breaking summer box office worldwide

The biggest May to September of all time was recorded in US cinemas, with the UK enjoying a 56% rise in audiences, outstripped by an 88% lift in the Middle East and Africa

Elon Musk attacks film-maker behind documentary about him

Tech mogul calls director Alex Gibney a ‘bitter old man’ who has ‘zero integrity’ in series of posts on X

OpenAI not on track to reduce risk of ‘catastrophic’ loss of control, says board member

US government adviser Paul Christiano warns of risks to AI industry as he joins OpenAI’s non-profit foundation

‘An embodiment of white fears’: how zombies went from Haitian spiritual tradition to Hollywood monsters

Maya Annik Bedward’s fascinating new documentary goes beyond reductive imagery to place the zombie and vodou in their true historical context

Driverless cars are taking us on a road to nowhere

Some inventions, like the dishwasher, improve our lives. But driverless cars will lobotomise us

Two times a charm: Is Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman’s agelessness the real trick of Practical Magic 2?

A film about sisterhood with fifty- and sixtysomething female leads is something to cheer – but would it have been made if its stars had aged like mere mortals since the 1998 original?

From Chris Rock to Helen Mirren: 10 films to look out for at the Toronto film festival 2026

This year’s festival offers an unusual Patricia Highsmith thriller, an adaptation of a hit stage show, a harrowing prison drama and a new way into the Rocky franchise

‘People waited 24 hours for a potato!’: how viral queues help – and harm – restaurants

It has become common for people to wait in long lines for cafes, bakeries and ice-cream shops. But why? And what do the owners think?

La Femme Infidèle review – Chabrol’s eerie domestic thriller is a brilliant ballet of repression and fear

Claude Chabrol’s eerie 1969 film charts a complex marriage in which a husband suspects his wife is cheating on him

Pressure review – stormy weather in tense D-day forecast retelling

Andrew Scott finds levels of complexity in a stoic character based on meteorologist James Stagg, the man who persuaded Eisenhower to delay Operation Overlord, for this slick wartime drama

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  • Russell Brand suspected to have attacked at least 10 other women
  • Global stocks fall amid ‘big worries over AI’ after Democrats’ midterms triumph
  • Three men charged in US with using AI to impersonate CEOs and steal millions
  • Several Democrats renew calls for datacenter pauses after blue wave
  • The nine best personalized gifts, from a timeless tote bag to custom stationery
  • Activists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam
  • Struggling to spell ‘male chauvinist pig’? Apple’s grey list means your iPhone won’t help you
  • US tech stock rout: is the AI bubble bursting?
  • Marilyn Monroe is a magnetic misfit in Speculations, a spicy conspiracy drama full of bombshells
  • EU charges TikTok with failing to protect users’ mental health
  • The 36 best Christmas gifts in the UK for every kind of teenager – chosen by teens
  • Teachers and parents: what are your experiences of AI-generated emails?
  • Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production as Elon Musk focuses on robotics and AI
  • Russia and US seek to block plan for binding rules on autonomous weapons
  • Being Heumann to Avedon: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Police turn to charities for help with teenagers caught up in online child abuse
  • Powerhouse Parramatta opens this weekend – and it’s dazzling inside and out
  • Google, Meta and TikTok sue California to block law protecting children from addiction risk
  • Winner of the Prix Goncourt literary prize admits to using AI
  • UK government considers smart glasses ban over secret filming concerns
  • Elke Sommer obituary
  • The best Christmas gifts in the UK for dads, grandads, uncles and friends – tested for 2026
  • John Leeson obituary
  • The downfall of Russell Brand: from Big Brother and Hollywood to convicted rapist
  • Raise the Red Lantern review – Gong Li gives a decade-defining performance in an addictively ruthless masterpiece
  • I Play Rocky review – Anthony Ippolito adds knockout sweetness to the story of Stallone’s Hollywood triumph
  • Jimmy review – simple-minded James Stewart biopic is too straightforward
  • Tech barons cozied up to Trump. What will they do in newly blue America?
  • Activists across Europe prepare two days of protests against datacentres
  • Think of England review – far-fetched tale of state-sponsored second world war porn turns deadly serious

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