Frontier Crucible review – Armie Hammer makes cautious acting return in talky, slow-burn western

A cast of handsome dudes, some beautiful scenery and violence reminiscent of 2015’s Bone Tomahawk make this a watchable, if plodding, ride

It’s the Hollywood sensation we’re all enjoying: ageing cinema megastars lured to a TV screen near you

The stars get big audiences and complex characters to develop. We’ve lucked out in this golden age of streaming shows, and so have they, says arts writer Fiona Sturges

Sham review – Takashi Miike revisits infamous ‘murder teacher’ trial in unflinching courtroom drama

Based on a real-life case of a teacher charged with abusing a child, Japan’s master of the extreme doesn’t sit on the fence in this two-sided retelling

Melania: Amazon’s $106m documentary takes $982 per screen in Australian opening weekend

Documentary about the US first lady debuted at No 31 at Australian box office, making $32,399 from 33 screens

Roman Polanski rape scandal movie to follow perspective of 13-year-old victim

The Girl, based on Samantha Geimer’s memoir, will revisit ‘one of Hollywood’s most notorious scandals through the eyes of the person most misrepresented by it’

One win after another: Paul Thomas Anderson film dominates London Critics’ Circle awards

Counterculture comedy One Battle After Another wins four awards, including best picture, director, screenplay and supporting actor for Sean Penn

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford review – Peter Mullan gives weight to quirky Scottish dramedy

The formidable Mullan delivers a tender performance in Sean Robert Dunn’s first feature, playing a cranky local historian obsessed with his obscure, unscrupulous ancestor

Melania debuts at No 29 at the UK box office

Distributors breathe a sigh of relief as the documentary defies the disastrous opening many anticipated to land a screen average of £212 on its first weekend of release

The rise and rise of Australia’s cinematheques: ‘There’s just a particular magic’

Around the country, arthouse film programs hosted in galleries and independent cinemas are booming – and their audiences are filled with young viewers

‘I was on stage and she started kicking!’: Lucie Jones on Les Mis, performing pregnant and defying gravity at Glastonbury

After playing Elphaba in Wicked, packing out a tent at Worthy Farm and returning to Les Misérables, the star is headlining the Palladium with songs that sum up her life

Iron Lung review – YouTuber Markiplier crash lands with big-screen sci-fi horror

Online gaming legend Mark Fischbach writes, directs and stars in this feature about a convict on a vague intergalactic mission – but his barebones production has nothing to show

Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror

The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online series

Meryl Streep is as withering as ever in first full-length trailer for Devil Wears Prada 2

Promo for the much-anticipated sequel, in which Streep is reunited with Stanley Tucci, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, clocks up 2.8m views in nine hours

Anti-ICE protests, brilliance by Bieber and the Dalai Lama’s first win: the 10 biggest moments at the 2026 Grammys

From the Cure winning their first Grammys to a posthumous award for Chick Corea, it was a night of heartening wins and robust politics

Hold on to Her review – horrific death of a two-year-old puts immigration crackdown in spotlight

Robin Vanbesien’s documentary uses the horrific killing of two-year-old Mawda Shawri in Belgium as the starting point to explore the dehumanising machinery of border policy