Make films shorter if you want them shown in cinemas, says Picturehouse director
Clare Binns says three-hour runtimes deter audiences as she is named Bafta recipient for outstanding British contribution to cinema
‘Cinematic comfort food’: why Heat is my feelgood movie
The latest entry in our series of writers picking their most rewatched comfort films is a nostalgic trip back to 1995
Mother of Flies review – horror in the woods as house guests are microdosed with psychedelics
The Adams-Poser, a family of four who make low-budget horror films, return with a menacing tale of Solveig, a woman attempting to cheat death by strange means
Seeds review – stunning film following struggling Black farmers in the American south
Shot in black-and-white over seven years, Brittany Shyne’s film is poetic and political in its portrayal of families fighting to maintain a vanishing way of life
Roger Allers, Disney film-maker and co-director of The Lion King, dies aged 76
With Rob Minkoff, Allers directed 1994’s The Lion King, which remains the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time
Sentimental Value sweeps up at European Film Awards
Joachim Trier’s drama about an ageing film-maker and his estranged actor-daughter wins top five awards
Trump buys $1m in Netflix and Warner Bros bonds days after saying he’ll ‘be involved’ in merger
Warner Bros is also being pursued by Paramount Skydance, helmed by David Ellison, son of president’s ally
‘She had a hidden identity’: new film uncovers a mother’s second world war secrets
In harrowing documentary My Underground Mother, a woman finds out what really happened to her mother in the war
Hijack to Robbie Williams: the week in rave reviews
Idris Elba battles bad guys on the Berlin underground, while the former Take That star reconsiders his Britpop years. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
From 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple to A$AP Rocky: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Another visit to the UK’s putrid zombie aftermath, and the polymath rapper returns after eight years with a collb-packed blockbuster
‘Designed for uncertainty’: windbreakers are a hit in turbulent times
From Greenland’s prime minister to Timothée Chalamet, the anorak signals a shift from aspiration to realism
‘It had to be Jessie Buckley’: star-maker Nina Gold glimpses Oscar chance for Hamnet casting
Woman who paired Buckley with Paul Mescal in critics’ favourite is contender in new Academy Award category
‘Hollywood has stopped making films for adults’: Sentimental Value and Sirāt contend for European Film Awards – with Oscars set to take note
Films by Joachim Trier, Óliver Laxe, Mascha Schilinski and Jafar Panahi will jostle for recognition at tomorrow’s event – which has repositioned itself as a major tastemaker during awards season
The arrival of Two-Face in the new Batman sequel bodes well for a doom-laden moral epic
Sebastian Stan is being eyed as district attorney Harvey Dent and his supervillain alter ego – can Gotham residents expect an improvement in the city’s patchy justice system?
‘Soon I will die. And I will go with a great orgasm’: the last rites of Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Chilean film-maker’s psychedelic work earned him the title ‘king of the midnight movie’, and a fan in John Lennon. Now the 96-year-old is ready for the end – but first there is more living to do