Ignore all the fresh horrors of reality … two School of Rock co-stars just got married!

Child actors Caitlin Hale and Angelo Massagli met on the set of the 2003 film, fell in love and have now become husband and wife. This year only goes downhill from here

Crime, comedy and The Count of Monte-Cristo: French flock to cinemas … to watch homegrown films

Cinephiles and industry insiders explain why the most-watched films in 2024 were made in France

Unstoppable to Alien: Romulus – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer Lopez shine in a triumphant biopic of the US wrestler Anthony Robles, plus a youthful new twist on the classic sci-fi saga

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger review – Rory Kinnear files a solid return as the bloke from Burnley

The businessman with a heart takes on crooked payday lenders in this predictable sequel that gets by on its heartfelt performances

Rowan Atkinson at 70: his best films – ranked!

To mark his birthday this week, we celebrate his versatility from bumbling Mr Bean to his punctilious headteacher in The Secret Policeman’s Ball

But what about … the most overlooked performances of this awards season

As Oscar voting kicks off and other bodies continue to reward a similar rotation of actors, there are others who deserve inclusion

Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton and Eugene Levy among celebrities to lose homes in California fires

Crystal ‘heartbroken’ after losing family home of 46 years in historic fires that have killed five and destroyed more than 1,100 buildings

Jackie Briggs obituary

Other lives: Advocate for parents of LGBTQ+ children, passionate community volunteer and actor

Philippe Carden obituary

Other lives: Accountant who was passionate about theatre and combined this with a talent for making personal tax less daunting

Charles Shyer obituary

Film director and producer whose hit comedies, co-written with his second wife Nancy Meyers, drew on their relationship

More fizzle than pop: the limits of Nicole Kidman’s erotic drama Babygirl

Despite bold scenes for mainstream American cinema, the sexy dom/sub age-gap film can’t quite figure out what it’s saying about desire

Wicked, A Complete Unknown and Shôgun lead Screen Actors Guild nominations

This year’s SAG noms see a strong showing for music-led films while Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie are snubbed

Celebrities among thousands to flee homes as Los Angeles wildfires rage

Blazes devastate affluent Pacific Palisades with more than 30,000 people under evacuation orders

Maria review – Angelina Jolie’s Callas commands the screen as a great diva in decline

Pablo Larraín’s strange and mordant drama portrays Callas’s haughty struggle as her voice begins to fail but her stardom remains undimmed

A Real Pain review – Jesse Eisenberg’s sauntering Holocaust tour comedy is a masterpiece

The writer, director and actor effortlessly walks a tonal tightrope in this film about Jewish American cousins on a Holocaust tour in Poland. But Kieran Culkin steals the show as the more mischievous cousin