Meta and Snapchat blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts
US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’
‘The days I had to have sex with randoms, I thought thank God!’ Jamie Bell on eye-popping drama Half Man
His starring role in Richard Gadd’s brutal toxic masculinity series is a far cry from his days as Billy Elliot. The actor opens up about gruelling shoots, dancing on toilets – and why he can’t ever just chill out
Why is Elon Musk so threatened by the casting of The Odyssey?
The world’s richest man can’t stop posting about how Lupita Nyong’o was chosen to play an imaginary woman
‘He’s a natural’: Andy Burnham’s allies give his social media style a thumbs-up
Labour MPs and PR experts praise his refreshingly forthright replies that are a marked contrast to Keir Starmer
Digested week: memories of Covid resurface with hantavirus and Ebola news
Plus, John Travolta’s beret, Rachel Reeves reclaims basic civility and Judy Garland comes to east London
The Mandalorian and Grogu shows Star Wars is a cursed franchise – on the big screen at least
As a standalone, the new adventure is perfectly fine matinee fodder – but the galaxy is now so congested that we seem doomed to shiny retreads of the same old story
‘We’ve got 25 to 30% already shot’: sequel to Michael Jackson biopic on way, says studio
Lionsgate’s Adam Fogelson says there is ‘a ton of incredibly entertaining story’ still to tell, which may include unused footage shot for the first film
Boots Riley: ‘Theft is not outside of capitalism, it’s what it was built on’
The outspoken musician and film-maker talks I Love Boosters, his colorful follow-up to 2018 hit Sorry to Bother You, and the criticisms of his partnership with an Ellison
‘We needed a Hitler who really vibed with the dog’: meet Lexie, the world’s first cinemadographer
A new film, Blondi, takes audiences inside the Führer’s bunker in the final days of the Third Reich, from the point of view of his beloved dog
Mars colony and Grok warnings: five strange details in SpaceX’s pitch to investors
IPO filing from Elon Musk’s company reveals look at finances, cosmic ambitions and insight into tech empire’s quirks
Number of air conditioned UK homes doubles to more than 4m in three years
Greater working from home and hot summer temperatures believed to be driving increase in ownership
Is This Thing On? to Fuze: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Will Arnett uses standup comedy to tackle his midlife crisis in Bradley Cooper’s hilariously biting drama. Plus, the bookies’ favourites to be the next James Bond have a blast in a winning bomb disposal thriller
Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud review – harmonic openness for Louis Malle’s haunting noir thriller
The trumpeter’s improvised soundtrack for the new wave director’s 1957 film still glows with sensuality, tension and nocturnal beauty in this lavish reissue
Ladies First review – Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike come last in one-joke Netflix comedy
A misogynist is made to learn the error of his ways in this painfully dated and embarrassingly star-packed sexism comedy
End of the Rainbow review – Jinkx Monsoon’s Judy Garland could be the talk of the town
The Drag Race star brings nuance to the vocals and has a hoot with a frisky script but this bio-drama is too limited and ultimately cramps her style