‘A kitchen film with no food porn’: how Alonso Ruizpalacios sold Rooney Mara on his abortion drama

The Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios on making movies under the Trump-Vance administration, why Oscars don’t matter and his time as a khaki-shorted waiter at the Rainforest Cafe

Donald Trump criticises George Clooney as ‘second-rate movie star and failed political pundit’

Trump was responding to Clooney’s call to defend press freedoms while promoting his new stage version of Good Night, and Good Luck

Time Travel is Dangerous review – likable mockumentary is Back to the Future meets Bargain Hunt

Real-life vintage shop owners Ruth Syratt and Megan Stevenson raid the past for sellable trinkets in this charmingly funny, quintessentially British comedy

‘A loose-limbed trifle’: why Manhattan Murder Mystery is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers on their go-to comfort watches is a look back to Woody Allen’s smart and nimble 1993 comedy

War Paint – Women at War review – female conflict artists get their moment in the spotlight

From quilting in Japanese prisoner camps to graffiti in Sudan via Rachel Whiteread, Maggi Hambling and Lee Miller, this documentary covers myriad artistic responses to war

A sinner, a killer and a very controversial erection: has director Alain Guiraudie surpassed Stranger By the Lake?

He caused a scandal with his erotic tale of lakeside cruising. Now the French film-maker is back – with a funny yet tragic story of lofty ideals, base passions and a lusty priest

La Cocina review – Rooney Mara gets stuck in in New York restaurant kitchen drama

The tempestuous chef trope has been done better elsewhere and this kitchen as a microcosm of exploited migrant workers is a disappointment

From The Simpsons to Werner Herzog: the coolest, craziest, scariest Nessies ever

Loch Ness Monster hunters have included the Chuckle Brothers – and even David Lean. As the Scottish icon is honoured in a new stamp and a stirring musical, we separate the classy from the crackpot

Brianna Ghey’s mother calls for social media ban for under-16s

Esther Ghey describes social media as ‘absolute cesspit’ at screening of film exploring teenage daughter’s murder

Starmer is warned against ‘appeasing’ Trump with tax cut for US tech firms

Labour MP and Lib Dem leader express concern social media companies could be let off hook just as benefits are cut

The Guardian view on China’s EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises

Editorial: BYD, a Chinese carmaker once dismissed by Tesla’s CEO, claims to have outpaced western rivals with charging tech that’s as fast as filling petrol engines

Andrew Tate and brother Tristan return to Romania for court appearance

Self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’ says he and Tristan Tate returned because ‘innocent men don’t run from anything’

Gérard Depardieu to appear in Paris court over sexual assault allegations

Actor, 76, denies claims made by assistant director and set designer who worked with him on Les Volets Verts

Is the Simba Hybrid Pro mattress worth the hype? I slept on it for three months to find out

This premium mattress comes with a chunky price tag. Here’s what impressed me – and what could be better

The Alto Knights review – Robert De Niro mob movie makes an offer you can refuse

The actor’s false nose is the star attraction as he plays dual roles in Barry Levinson’s baffling latest