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Japanese cinema ticket prices go up for first time in 26 years

Major multiplex chains raise standard price to help pay for technology upgrades and building work, though not all follow suit

Streaming: a feast of Korean film for free

Following South Korea’s first Palme d’Or, the country’s film archive on YouTube offers plenty of further exploration

Sunset review – murky Hungarian drama

A young woman seeks her way in pre-first world war Budapest

In Safe Hands review – lives collide in intelligent adoption drama

In a welcome but heavy-handed tale, a fortysomething woman embarks on a momentous quest to bring a child into her home

Sibyl review – silly comedy about a psychotherapist breaking all the rules

Justine Triet makes her Cannes competition debut with this unconvincing film about an alcoholic therapist who mines a patient’s life for drama

Cannes 2019: Peter Bradshaw’s picks – and Palme d’Or predictions

Our chief critic’s considered verdict on new movies from big-hitters Almodóvar, Tarantino, Malick and Loach, as well as the buzz around homegrown talent Céline Sciamma

Matthias & Maxime review – Xavier Dolan’s heartfelt tale of male longing

Two friends’ playful kiss rekindles suppressed feelings in a film swept along by rattling dialogue and simmering tensions

Too Late to Die Young review – misty tale of a changing Chile

A teenager seeks to escape from her remote commune just after the fall of Pinochet in this atmospheric but elusive drama

Oh Mercy! review – self-admiring French murder drama

Roschdy Zem is an annoyingly wise police captain in northern France, as Arnauld Desplechin’s lofty pretensions fatally split the tone of his new crime film

Memoir of War review – Parisian wartime drama fails to ignite

The tale of a woman whose husband is caught by the Nazis muffles the fury and anger of Marguerite Duras’ book

Parasite review – creepy invasion of the lifestyle snatchers

Bong Joon-ho’s bizarre black comedy about a rich Korean family and a poor one in a modern-day Downton Abbey situation gets its tendrils in you

Lux Æterna review – self-parodic silliness from Gaspar Noé

Noé’s mockumentary about a movie shoot going horribly wrong goes … horribly wrong

Young Ahmed review – subtle and timely tale of radicalisation

This powerful film from the Dardenne brothers, about a Muslim boy living in a small Belgian town who is attracted to dangerous ideologies

The Whistlers (La Gomera) review – thrilling Romanian corrupt-cop noir

A bent detective becomes entangled in the crimes he’s investigating in Corneliu Porumboiu’s nifty, twisty drama

Portrait of a Lady on Fire review – burning desires and flashes of Hitchcock

Girlhood director Céline Sciamma’s gripping 18th-century story of obsession demonstrates a new mastery of classical style

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  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s
  • ‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
  • Bologna’s niche festival of forgotten films captures the streaming generation
  • Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls
  • Voicemails for Isabelle review – Netflix romcom picks creepy over cute
  • The Guardian view on OnlyFans: revelations of abusive middlemen merit MPs’ attention
  • Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
  • ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
  • Don’t wait for Prime Day. We found the 31 best early deals from Amazon and its competitors
  • Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol
  • Post your questions for Minions supremo Pierre Coffin
  • We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people
  • Girls Like Girls review – Sapphic teen romance is a precious and predictable yawn-a-thon
  • Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype

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