Guardian writers on their ultimate feelgood movies: ‘Unfailing ability to cheer me up’
Our writers highlight the films they find endlessly rewatchable, including Notting Hill, The Wedding Singer and Mamma Mia!
Until Dawn review – efficient, if unscary, video game horror
A solidly made adaptation of the Playstation hit sees a group of twentysomethings stuck in a gory death loop
Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut and Lynne Ramsay’s latest among significant Cannes additions
Ramsay’s Die, My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, helps take number of female directors in competition to a record-breaking seven
Tell us: what are your favorite video store memories?
A new physical video store has opened in New York and we want to know about your most memorable experiences
Paddy Higson obituary
Producer and production manager who worked in the Scottish film industry with Bill Forsyth and Peter Mullan
Clean up on aisle four: the Toys R Us movie shows shopping and cinema are now interchangeable
The retail chain that filed for bankruptcy in 2017 believes a film starring mass produced kids’ merch will be a good way to refresh its brand relevance. Let’s all blame Barbie …
Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII review – mesmerically peculiar portrait of band on cusp of greatness
Gilmour, Waters, Wright and Mason are space rock whippets in the burning Italian sun in this outrageously indulgent yet vivid and beguiling music documentary
A high school singing audition inspired by Flashdance haunted me for years – until I found my voice again
My singing voice is rarely tested, except for the occasional Happy Birthday. But a music festival choir singalong changed everything
Dominic Sessa and Antonio Banderas to lead Anthony Bourdain biopic
The Holdovers breakout and Oscar nominee will head the cast of Tony, which will follow the food world legend in 1976
Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen to bring 10 Things I Hate About You to Broadway
The 1999 teen hit is set to become a Broadway musical with the Girls creator and pop singer-songwriter teaming up
The holy screen: a brief history of popes on film and TV, from Peter O’Toole to Robbie Coltrane
Jonathan Pryce was humorous, O’Toole capricious, Liv Ullman secretly female and Jude Law memorably Speedo-clad – onscreen pontiffs have come in all forms
Raphael’s School of Athens review – rewarding study of Renaissance fresco
During the latest in Howard Burton’s Masterpiece series, the art historian turns his low-tech but scholarly attention to Raphael’s interior decoration in the Vatican palace
Former child actor Sophie Nyweide dies aged 24
Nyweide began her career aged just six in Bella and went on to work on films including And Then Came Love, Margot at the Wedding and Noah
Conclave viewership rose 283% on day of Pope Francis’s death
Ralph Fiennes was Oscar-nominated for his role in the thriller which follows cardinals wrangling to replace a fictional pontiff after his death
‘Where is the adult?’: how Leonardo Van Dijl filmed the story of a child tennis star’s abuse
Julie Keeps Quiet casts real-life tennis ace Tessa Van den Broeck as a teenage player facing peril ignored by adults. The director explains how telling the story well required a care the sport itself neglects