‘My guitar was mangled – like my life!’ Goo Goo Dolls on how they made epic ballad Iris
‘I’m grateful to Taylor Swift, and others who have covered it, for introducing the song to a new generation. Three billion streams on Spotify is astonishing!’
‘He worked on his speech in French for months’: César awards boss rejects Jim Carrey clone conspiracy theories
Gregory Caulier has attempted to quash rumours that Mask actor was replaced by a heavily made-up impersonator for his appearance picking up an honorary award in Paris
Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku says Baftas win was ‘tainted’ by N-word incident
Actor has ‘no hard feeling’ towards Tourette activist John Davidson, but says BBC’s failure to edit out slurs kept her awake at night and brought tears to her eyes
The King’s Warden review – lively Korean period drama as 15th century deposed monarch takes refuge
Yoo Hae-jin’s confident performance redeems this disjointed parable about an exiled king, which awkwardly straddles satire, sentiment and social commentary
‘I watched it endlessly as a teen’: why Mrs Doubtfire is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers singling out their go-to comfort watches is a look back at a complicated comedy showcase for Robin Williams
Why The Secret Agent should win the best picture Oscar
Kicking off this year’s series in which our writers advocate for one Academy Award nominee, our chief critic on why the Brazilian drama-thriller is the most audacious and fully realised film in the race
Photophobia review – down in the Kharkiv rail tunnels with a 12-year-old as the bloodshed rages overhead
Warmly observed documentary follows Nikita, confined with thousands of others to the Ukrainian city’s metro as war goes on above ground
‘You know when you’ve hit it – it’s a transformation’: Ruth E Carter on building the bold world of Sinners
The two-time Oscar winner on dressing Michael B Jordan’s twin antiheroes, her start with Spike Lee and crafting the period detail of Ryan Coogler’s genre-bending epic
Macdo review – Mexican camcorder drama sees bickering siblings throw insults, telenovela style
Fractured relationships lead to shocking revelations in a film bogged down with stylistic embellishments that detract from the on screen drama
TV tonight: Jonathan Ross handcuffs mismatched pairs in a bold new show
Couples are sent on a road trip around the UK with hopes of winning a big cash prize. Plus: the must-watch season finale of Industry. Here’s watch to watch this evening
‘Some parents said they’d break my knees’: the teacher who exposed Putin’s primary school propaganda
Grenade-throwing contests replaced PE and ‘denazification’ speeches became homework. Pavel Talankin’s undercover film about his school’s indoctrination drive won a Bafta and is tipped for an Oscar, but has left him in exile
Actor awards 2026: Michael B Jordan, Jessie Buckley and Catherine O’Hara among big winners
The previously named Screen Actors Guild (Sag) awards also saw wins for the ensemble casts of Sinners and The Studio, while Harrison Ford took home lifetime achievement
Delroy Lindo thankful for ‘love and support’ after N-word incident at Baftas
Lindo speaks out after man with Tourette syndrome shouted slur while actor was on stage with Michael B Jordan
Baz Luhrmann: ‘There’s the image of Elvis and then there’s the man’
The singular director has made a second film about the King of Rock’n’roll and this time audiences will get to see a side of him they’ve never seen before
Dirty Business to Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir: the week in rave reviews
A damning fact-based drama about a UK water pollution scandal, and the French survivor of rape tells her harrowing story. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews