Joker: Folie à Deux review – Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga musical spirals out of tune
There’s a great supporting cast and a barnstorming first act but Todd Phillips’s much-hyped Gotham sequel proves claustrophobic and repetitive
‘Let them kick the crap out of the songs’: how we recreated the Beatles to make Backbeat
‘I knew people who said John Lennon was angry, insecure and cruel in the early days. When I met Ian Hart, I saw he could provide that’
From Sing Sing to Star Wars Outlaws: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Colman Domingo stars in a touching drama about prison inmates who stage a musical, and a new adventure game lets you play an interstellar scoundrel in a galaxy far, far away
One to One: John & Yoko review – fun, fierce, full-blooded portrait of Lennon and Ono
Kevin Macdonald’s surprising documentary catches a radioactively charismatic Lennon enjoying his rambunctious post-Beatles heyday in New York
Maria review – Angelina Jolie plays the diva in magnificent stroll around the cult of Callas
Jolie is a painting to be stared at in Pablo Larraín’s opulent drama, tottering around Paris in the 70s and drawing us in to tragedy as thoroughly as Bellini or Puccini
Jason Schwartzman: ‘I was the kid driving around all the record stores buying all the Oasis singles’
The actor answers your questions on auditioning for Wes Anderson, his love of Britpop, his telepathic mother and never hearing back from Ringo Starr
‘His spirit is everywhere’: the fascinating story of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady studio
New documentary takes a look back to the late 60s when the star commissioned a recording studio that has since taken on a life of its own
Kneecap review – fictionalised origin story is one of the funniest films of the year
Belfast rappers Kneecap use the Irish language as their weapon in Rich Peppiatt’s exhilarating comedy drama co-starring Michael Fassbender
Blink Twice to Fontaines DC: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Sinister larks abound in Zoë Kravitz’s whip-smart directorial debut, and the Dublin post-punk posse return with a triumphant fourth album
Kneecap review – Irish-language hip-hop trio in fiercely riotous Belfast romp
The story of Northern Irish teenagers who reinvent the political purpose of hip-hop, the film is most uproarious when the energy of the music lets loose
Bennifer is over – again. But why does Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s divorce feel so sad?
It was genuinely nice seeing two middle-aged stars reunite 18 years after their wedding was called off. But it didn’t last
‘They couldn’t even afford a bag of chips!’: Scotland’s great lost all-female bands
From the Edinburgh duo who toured with the Beatles to the ribbon-festooned Strawberry Switchblade, Scotland produced thrilling girl bands. So why couldn’t they sustain their success? A new film tells their stories
AI-generated parody song about immigrants storms into German Top 50
Artist Butterbro accused of walking fine line between parody and discrimination and helping make racial slur mainstream
How Northern Irish rap trio Kneecap rose to fame by subverting the Troubles
As an Oscar-entry film about the rappers opens this week, Kneecap speak about fusing irony and provocation – and the anti-immigrant riots
‘The party is back’: rise in European music festivals banning smartphones
This summer organisers are asking festival-goers to stop filming the event and live in the moment instead