Is Jacob Elordi really what Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights should look like?

Bad boy Heathcliff is described as ethnically ambiguous and ‘dark’ in the novel, yet is played by a pretty straightforward white Australian Elordi

Tell us: has the new Wuthering Heights film adaptation inspired you to read Emily Brontë’s novel?

We want to hear people’s thoughts on reading the novel ahead of the new adaptation – and if you’ve watched the film how does it compare?

The Taste of Things to Romancing the Stone: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The award-winning French foodie romance is a perfect filmic feast for Valentine’s Day, while Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner serve up an adventurous rom-com ride

Down with the neo-puritans: I say a true Christian can watch horror films – and Emmerdale

My praise for the movie Send Help drew brickbats. If it’s new Puritans versus liberal cavaliers, I know which side I’m on, says vicar and standup comedian Ravi Holy

‘We thought Midnight Cowboy might end everybody’s career’: the diverse, disruptive, Oscar-winning cinema of John Schlesinger

In the 60s and 70s, he pioneered kitchen-sink drama and made bisexuality mainstream. So why did the director end up making Tory ads? Those who knew him best reveal all

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die review – AI is the bad guy in lively yet overstuffed caper

There’s fun to be had in Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski’s satisfyingly tech-fearing adventure – but some restraint wouldn’t have gone amiss

James Van Der Beek obituary

American actor best known for his role in the television drama Dawson’s Creek

The Uncool by Cameron Crowe audiobook review – memoir of an awestruck insider

The film-maker and author narrates this vivid account of his wide-eyed adventures as a young music journalist in 70s America, hanging out with heroes from David Bowie to Led Zeppelin

‘Movies can change the world but not in a political way’ says Wim Wenders

At a press conference to open the 76th edition of the Berlin film festival, the jury president said ‘cinema has an incredible power’ but little influence on political decision-makers

Wuthering Heights set to ravish Valentine’s weekend box office

Early projections suggest Emerald Fennell’s adaptation could recoup its $80m production budget in its opening three days – with strong US and overseas takings expected

Fundraiser for James Van Der Beek’s family surpasses $1m in under 24 hours

Dawson’s Creek star, who died on Tuesday, had been open about struggling to meet high expenses of cancer treatment

‘People ought to know’: Blue Boy Trial brings Japan’s trans history up to date

Kasho Iizuka’s feature casts trans actors to revisit a notorious 1965 trial that made gender reassignment illegal for more than 30 years. He explains why the history remains unfinished

‘I wasn’t acting: that was me’: how non-actors took over Oscar season

From One Battle to Another to Marty Supreme, supermarket magnates, professors and special agents have been stealing scenes on screen

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley review – a sympathetic, urgent look at a life cut tragically short

Amy Berg’s arresting documentary delves into the early life and untimely death of the 90s singer-songwriter, with extensive contributions from his mother and girlfriends

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up review – still capers after all these years

The trusty cartoon franchise brings Daffy Duck and Porky Pig back for fresh antics, updated pretty neatly for our times