To a Land Unknown review – Palestinian refugees seek a better life, whatever it takes
Director Mahdi Fleifel’s tale of displacement, desperation and the lengths one man will go to survive makes for suspenseful, melancholic viewing
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – giant laughs for Hugh Grant but weepie sequel is strangely dazed
Renée Zellweger looks as if she’s thinking of something else in weird fourquel that sees our heroine choosing between new suitors Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor
The Stepford Wives at 50: a compelling idea in search of a better movie
The 1975 adaptation of Ira Levin’s influential sci-fi thriller has its share of unnerving moments but its brainwashed housewives concept is still in search of a better vehicle
Elon Musk owning OpenAI would be a terrible idea. That doesn’t mean it won’t happen
My heart says he is settling scores and making mischief. My head fears Trump might like an ally controlling the key AI company, says tech writer and author Chris Stokel Walker
Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 review: Apple’s best workout buds are back with a bang
Better fit, great sound, noise cancelling, longer battery life and heart rate sensors upgrade just about everything
My Husband, the Cyborg review – the raging narcissism behind rich-man body modification
Susanna Cappellaro’s intimate documentary follows her spouse as he gets a body implant, the process serving to demonstrate the self absorption behind it
UK universities automating interviews face ‘deepfake’ applicants
Automated online application processes save time and money but are being targeted by ‘the future of fraud’
Elon Musk appears with Trump and tries to claim ‘Doge’ team is transparent
Key presidential ally, whose agency has operated in secrecy, also makes claim – without evidence – of fraud at USAid
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep review – gore flows in bloody animated mer-western
Lovejoyish dude with magical powers wanders into a seaside kingdom where merpeople and regular humans are at loggerheads
Musk’s ‘Doge’ guts nearly $1bn in US education department’s research office
Cuts in effect wipe out Institute of Education Sciences, one of the country’s largest funders of education research
US and UK refuse to sign Paris summit declaration on ‘inclusive’ AI
Confirmation of snub comes after JD Vance criticises Europe’s ‘excessive regulation’ of technology
How Musk and Trump are flooding the zone
Musk raids a dizzying swath of agencies with the goal of ‘slashing waste and fraud’ as the two deploy brinkmanship
How Anora became this year’s surprise Oscar frontrunner
It had seemed like the year of Emilia Pérez or The Brutalist but Sean Baker’s comedy won three major awards over the weekend, turning the best picture race on its head
Women achieve gender parity with men in US big screen lead roles for first time
Two studies find the top-grossing films of 2024 were led by female protagonists as much as by men, buoyed by the success of Wicked and The Substance
Liz Walker obituary
Other lives: Waxworks creator whose Walkers Tussauds business ran tourist attractions across the UK