Magic Farm review – Chloë Sevigny can’t lift flat comedy of inept Americans abroad

A farcical tale of entitled New Yorkers arriving in rural Argentina to make a docuseries is too limp and underbaked to hit its targets

Atropia review – military roleplaying satire is a frustrating jumble of ideas

Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner are participants in an odd exercise in a debut feature that never figures out what it should be

I’ve Never Wanted Anyone More review – Goethe’s Werther remade as charming contempo romcom

An 18th-century love triangle relocated to the well-to-do of modern Toronto is big on banter and farce even if real passion is sometimes lacking

Oh, Hi! review – promising romantic comedy takes awkward turn into farce

A couple’s weekend away turns into chaos when they find out they’re not on the same page, a clever concept that soon loses steam

‘Wonderfully sentimental’: why Defending Your Life is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their favourite feelgood watches is a tribute to Albert Brooks’s 1991 fantasy

‘I was 25 and done with playing a teenager’: Asa Butterfield on Sex Education, stage fright and his ‘terrifying’ one-man play

The actor was eight when he landed his first movie, and spent his teens working with the likes of Martin Scorsese and Harrison Ford. Now he’s making his theatre debut, in a role that mirrors his own experiences of big time rejection

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review – Rose Byrne is a knockout in anxious dark comedy

The often under-utilised actor gives a monumental performance as a mother on the edge in an exhausting spiral of a movie

Twinless review – dark, inventive comedy takes an unexpected path

James Sweeney’s tightrope-mastering mix of genres and tones is an incredibly effective feat, veering from funny to creepy to devastatingly sad

Florian Wild: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

Need to keep the existential ennui at bay? This comedian and drag artist shares what makes them laugh, including an AI attempt at ballet and some naughty horses

‘An unmitigated joy’: why Married to the Mob is my feelgood movie

The next entry in our series of writers recommending their favourite comfort films is a tribute to Jonathan Demme’s zesty gangster comedy

Mother Father Sister Brother Frank review – frantic night of murder, mayhem and family bonding

This tale of nice ordinary folk doing bad things is a cartoonishly grisly comedy with a hint of Fargo, though without the off-kilter humour

Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite critics

Adam McKay says the Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio-starring satire resonates with a widespread feeling of being deceived by government and media

Back in Action review – Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx slum in Netflix comedy

Combined star power only takes this overfamiliar caper so far, let down by an unfunny script and a lack of originality

Tony Slattery obituary

Comedian and actor who found television fame in the 1980s on Whose Line Is It Anyway?

One of Them Days review – Keke Palmer and SZA take a bumpy but fun ride

The stars shine in bright and boisterous new buddy comedy, executive produced by Issa Rae, that only stumbles when it leans into cartoon