James Bond producers give Amazon full creative control of 007
Deal is struck with heirs to film producer Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, long-serving stewards of franchise
‘I love bass, bass, bass and bass’: DJ Paulette, Carl Craig and more on the best DJ headphones
We asked top DJs to share their favourite headphones for seamless sets
Cycling to school almost became extinct – until one man revived the bike bus
Sam Balto took the idea from a local school to the White House and beyond, inspiring a global movement in which children feel the benefits of cycling together
Nihilistic, anarchic, repugnant: Sam Peckinpah’s 10 best films – ranked!
The revered but divisive American director, who died in 1984, would have turned 100 this week. We rate his greatest movies, from Straw Dogs to The Wild Bunch
Civil servants are leading the American resistance – with GameStop as a guide
As Elon Musk tries to drive them out, federal workers are initiating a short squeeze on the broligarchy
‘Tears were running down my face’: why Bridget Jones 4 is the most moving romcom of modern times
Word back from the cinemas is united – and sniffly: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is leaving audiences in surprising puddles. Our writers reveal the moments that made then sob loudest, and why
Why Conclave should win the best picture Oscar
Sturdy, classic storytelling and a peerless cast led by Ralph Fiennes’s anxious cardinal make this drama of Vatican intrigue a solid bet
War of words: who is winning the Oscar for best acceptance speech?
This season’s awards circuit has seen Demi Moore and Sean Baker praised for their speeches, but how much does that contribute to the big win?
Picnic at Hanging Rock review – Australian fever dream still dazzling 50 years on
Peter Weir’s 1975 parable of imperial anxiety and sexual hysteria, rereleased for its 50th anniversary, is a classic of Australian new wave cinema
‘Politically, it’s important. It’s important for humanity’: the long-lost civil rights images of Ernest Cole
A new Raoul Peck documentary showcases the recently rediscovered work of the photographer who drew parallels between apartheid South Africa and America’s battle for equality
Schmeichel review – a spirited celebration of Man United’s great Dane
Goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel reflects on his Champions League triumph, on-pitch aggression, double-agent dad and son Kasper in a fan-friendly documentary
Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself ‘king’
US president made comparison after administration rescinded New York City’s congestion pricing plan
Kontinental ’25 review – scattergun satire on a tour of Romania’s social ills
A bailiff has an identity crisis after a tragedy in Radu Jude’s new film, a scornful polemic on 21st-century Europe set between hope and despair
The Monkey review – slapdash splatter comedy is a grating misfire
Writer-director Osgood Perkins follows up horror hit Longlegs with a tiresome, juvenile adaptation of a Stephen King short story about an evil toy monkey
Mark Zuckerberg’s charity guts DEI after assuring staff it would continue
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ends internal inclusion efforts and ‘social advocacy’ grants and scrubs site of commitment