‘Can kick me out of any funk’: why Sullivan’s Travels is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series on writers’ top comfort films is a reminder of why Preston Sturges’s 1941 comedy is unbeatable
Screamboat review – rodent IP horror sends Mickey Mouse on a ferry rampage
A genetically modified mouse goes on the rampage in bloody Disney pastiche that offers Sharknado-level performances and kill scenes hindered by poor lighting
Living Together review – how Austrians teach immigrants to find their place in society
New arrivals sit in drab spaces and are learn how to fit in, in a film that quietly addresses the costs of integration to minority groups
James Bond should not be a woman due to franchise’s ‘profound sexism’, says Helen Mirren
Actor says she is opposed to the possibility of a female 007 and that cinema should focus on telling stories of ‘extraordinary’ real female spies
‘Woodstock for elder millennials’: the Garden State soundtrack anniversary concert
The music from Zach Braff’s seminal comedy drama took centre stage for one special night bringing back artists from Imogen Heap to The Shins
Richard Chamberlain obituary
Dashing American actor best known for his many roles in hit TV series including Dr Kildare, The Thorn Birds and Shogun
Novocaine review – Jack Quaid is put through the grinder in ultraviolent action comedy
A man’s inability to feel pain comes in handy in this extravagantly gory bank heist caper
‘Drawings do not lie’: film-maker Michel Hazanavicius on his animated feature about the Holocaust
The Oscar‑winning director of The Artist spent five years creating The Most Precious of Cargoes. He talks about why he would never have made it as a live action movie
A Working Man review – Jason Statham puts the hours in, to no avail
The actor dons a hard hat for more knuckle-dusting mayhem but is let down by David Ayer’s portentous direction
The Woman in the Yard review – uncanny chiller loses its way
A mysterious woman gradually advances on a widow’s isolated home in Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra’s creepy latest
La Cocina review – Rooney Mara stars in overstuffed New York kitchen drama
The frenetic action is beautifully choreographed, but Alonso Ruizpalacios’s take on Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play The Kitchen feels stagey
The week in theatre: The Women of Llanrumney; North By Northwest – review
Azuka Oforka’s bold, ambitious play confronts the horrors of slavery, while Emma Rice takes on Hitchcock’s classic, sidelining suspense but springing surprises
‘It’s soul-destroying’: actors’ fury over the rise of self-tape auditions
Equity union says filming audition scenes at home amounts to unpaid labour and reinforces elitism
Visions of America: 25 films to help understand the US today
From The Apprentice to 13th, our critic selects titles that shed light on the US under Trump
The End review – post-apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton is catastrophically self-indulgent
In their luxury bunker, the ultra-wealthy last survivors of a global disaster break into song – to sometimes painful effect – in Joshua Oppenheimer’s bloated if visually stunning debut fiction feature