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Yes review – a fierce satire of Israel’s ruling classes, radioactive with political pain

Nadav Lapid’s brilliant, showy set-pieces present a caricature of decadence and heartlessness in a society haunted by 7 October

Paul Mescal says comparing his film romance with Josh O’Connor to Brokeback Mountain is ‘lazy and frustrating’

In Cannes to promote The History of Sound, the actor said ‘I don’t see the parallels at all, other than we spent a little time in a tent’

‘Grifter loneliness is not for me any more’: Julia Stiles on dance, Dexter and her directorial debut

Following Wish You Were Here’s release, the actor answers your questions about Sunday roasts, being kept on her toes by Paul Greengrass and especially villainous villains

‘Grifter loneliness is not for me any more’: Julia Stiles on dance, Dexter and her directorial debut

Following Wish You Were Here’s release, the actor answers your questions about Sunday roasts, being kept on her toes by Paul Greengrass and especially villainous villains

Famous men’s toxic fandoms have become a tool for punishing women

From DDG to Tory Lanez, a male celebrity is accused of abuse – and his supporters reverse the roles of victim and offender

Romería review – Carla Simón’s gripping pilgrimage tackles Aids, parents and the legacy of secrets

A young woman arrives in a Spanish coastal city to meet the family of her dead father, who are hiding information about his life and death, in Simón’s distinctive drama

‘Breath-stoppingly tense’: which Mission: Impossible film is the greatest?

As The Final Reckoning hits cinemas, Guardian writers pick their favourites of the action-packed series

‘Shakespeare would be writing for games today’: Cannes’ first video game Lili is a retelling of Macbeth

Translocating the Scottish play to Iran with help from the RSC, iNK Stories’ version focuses on a Lady Macbeth contending with an oppressive surveillance state

Sentimental Value review – Stellan Skarsgård is an egomaniac director in act of ancestor worship

Joachim Trier’s entertaining drama sees Norwegian auteur-on-the-slide Skarsgård putting his showbiz family through the wringer in the service of his fading career

The History of Sound review – Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor romance is full-bodied but tin-eared

A love story of two folk song aficionados in the early days of recorded music is told with tiresomely mournful awe at its own sadness

The Six Billion Dollar Man review – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s rise, fall and limbo

Focusing on the rogue’s gallery of hypocrites and crooks surrounding him, Assange himself is in the background of a pretty definitive examination

Tom Hanks to co-write and star in off-Broadway play

The Oscar-winning actor will bring The World of Tomorrow to the Shed in New York later this year

George Wendt obituary

Actor who played Norm Peterson in the hugely popular American sitcom Cheers

Banned film-maker Jafar Panahi says friends lost hope he would direct again

Speaking during his first visit to Cannes in 22 years, Panahi who has previously been imprisoned in Iran said he wasn’t doing ‘anything heroic’

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  • The Young Mother’s Home review – outstanding return to form for the Dardenne brothers
  • ‘Revelatory, magnetic, unknown’: how Frank Dillane became a star at Cannes
  • ‘Revelatory, magnetic, unknown’: how Frank Dillane became a star at Cannes
  • ‘Revelatory, magnetic, unknown’: how Frank Dillane became a star at Cannes
  • Falling palm trees and a faltering Palme d’Or director: how Cannes 2025 went – and who will win
  • Digested week: high-end hen dos, pricey hoo-has and some horny history
  • ‘I should really be the world champion’: Ralph Macchio on kicking it as The Karate Kid for 41 years
  • ‘I should really be the world champion’: Ralph Macchio on kicking it as The Karate Kid for 41 years
  • ‘I should really be the world champion’: Ralph Macchio on kicking it as The Karate Kid for 41 years
  • Awkward clapping, no-sand beaches and Alexander Skarsgård’s thigh-high boots: a trip to Cannes to see my film
  • Fear Street: Prom Queen review – disappointing Netflix teen slasher
  • Resurrection review – fascinating phantasmagoria is wild riddle about new China and an old universe
  • Fountain of Youth review – Guy Ritchie’s Indiana Jones knock-off is a soulless misadventure
  • Woman and Child review – drama of rage and pain in the Iranian marriage market
  • On the road to somewhere … Cannes film festival reminds us world cinema and ‘globalism’ are not the same
  • Yes review – a fierce satire of Israel’s ruling classes, radioactive with political pain
  • Paul Mescal says comparing his film romance with Josh O’Connor to Brokeback Mountain is ‘lazy and frustrating’
  • ‘Grifter loneliness is not for me any more’: Julia Stiles on dance, Dexter and her directorial debut
  • ‘Grifter loneliness is not for me any more’: Julia Stiles on dance, Dexter and her directorial debut
  • ‘Grifter loneliness is not for me any more’: Julia Stiles on dance, Dexter and her directorial debut
  • Famous men’s toxic fandoms have become a tool for punishing women
  • Romería review – Carla Simón’s gripping pilgrimage tackles Aids, parents and the legacy of secrets
  • ‘Breath-stoppingly tense’: which Mission: Impossible film is the greatest?
  • ‘Shakespeare would be writing for games today’: Cannes’ first video game Lili is a retelling of Macbeth
  • Sentimental Value review – Stellan Skarsgård is an egomaniac director in act of ancestor worship
  • The History of Sound review – Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor romance is full-bodied but tin-eared
  • The Six Billion Dollar Man review – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s rise, fall and limbo
  • Tom Hanks to co-write and star in off-Broadway play
  • George Wendt obituary
  • Banned film-maker Jafar Panahi says friends lost hope he would direct again

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