arts
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Shining a light on the best of humankindThe visionary sci-fi series first aired in September 1966 – and its utopian, confident blueprint for society still resonates in the age of Trump -
The revolutionary artists of the 60sThe decade’s cultural shift was fuelled by the innovative, colourful work of illustrators and poster artists, showcased in a forthcoming exhibition at the V&A
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There is so much more to her than Bridget JonesAfter a six-year absence, the actress returns to our screens this month as cinema’s highest profile singleton. But don’t mistake the much-analysed star for the character she plays -
Dolly Parton on her inspirationsThe country megastar on her first song, her vast vault of unheard material and the lifetime’s experience of love in her new album
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Female war poets from the Middle EastThe carnage in Turkey and Syria has led to a blossoming of poetry – with women at the forefront. Here, two of them tell their stories
autumn film festivals
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I’m just getting bigger and older. That's not goodSpeaking at a screening of Bright Lights, about her relationship with mother Debbie Reynolds, the actor and writer reveals she is taking classes to cope with the ageing process
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Wakefield: two hours with Bryan Cranston in an attic is less fun than it soundsThe Breaking Bad star gives a showy performance as a businessman who leaves his job to hole himself away and spy on wife Jennifer Garner in this grating and bizarre adaptation of EL Doctorow’s short story
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Safari: Ulrich Seidl turns horror lens on real-life African tourist huntersThis brutal, illuminating change of direction from the Austrian dramatist of the grotesque is a semi-staged documentary provoking legitimate revulsion
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The Young Pope: Jude Law's sleek pontiff shines in Sorrentino's Twin PeaksThe first two episodes of the Italian director’s lavish series have premiered in Venice: a heady taster boasting extraordinary visuals, fascinating Vatican machinations – and Diane Keaton in a wimple
people
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I build bridges between tech and the human things we doIcelandic singer brings her 360-degree VR show to London’s Somerset House, putting the universe of Vulnicura on display
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You can't make identity the outer limit of your politicsThe author reveals at a Guardian Live event that his new novel, narrated by an unborn foetus, critiques current obsessions on university campuses
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the big picture
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From beautiful freaks to the pornography of violenceA look back at the front covers of the controversial countercultural magazine Oz, co-founded and edited by the late Richard Neville
reviews
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Don’t Breathe is a clever masterclass in tensionFede Alvarez’s simple housebound horror film is sparse on dialogue but its editing and sound design lend to a slow roll of dread that makes it a triumph
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Pure and Simple – toning down the schmaltz … a bitThe country legend’s latest isn’t quite the kind of back-to-basics project that gave Johnny Cash’s late career such a boost, but it’s a step in that direction
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pictures & video
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Toby Jones reads John le CarréTo celebrate the publication of John le Carré’s first memoir The Pigeon Tunnel this month, actor Toby Jones reads from the author’s 1974 novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Jude Law in The Young PopeIn The Young Pope, Jude Law plays Lenny Belardo – a saint, a sinner, a chain-smoker, and the first American Pope in history. Take a first look at the extended trailer before the programme’s world premiere at Venice film festival
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Rachel Weisz reads John le CarréTo celebrate the publication of John le Carré’s first memoir The Pigeon Tunnel, actor Rachel Weisz reads from the author’s novel The Constant Gardener
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I helped build Toronto’s CN TowerYvon Rainville works on one of Canada’s landmarks, 26 September 1973
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Exclusive trailer for the Venice documentaryShortly to premiere at the Venice film festival, David Lynch: The Art Life takes viewers on a journey with the iconic American director, back to his formative years in small-town Montana and the harder streets of Philadelphia
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Watch Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke's Beautiful PeopleThe eerie, misty video to Beautiful People, shown at Sundance, is now online exclusively for the Guardian. Take a look
Shakespeare Solos
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Now, gods, stand up for bastardsRiz Ahmed speaks Edmund’s soliloquy from King Lear, in which Edmund reflects upon being an illegitimate son and plots against his half-brother, Edgar
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All the world’s a stageJaques’s speech about the seven ages of man from As You Like It is performed by Zawe Ashton
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Are you meditating on virginity?In a speech taken from the first scene of All’s Well That Ends Well, Sacha Dhawan’s Parolles stresses the importance of losing one’s virginity
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Our revels now are endedDavid Threlfall speaks Prospero’s speech in which the sorcerer contemplates the end of life – and the playwright, perhaps, considers the end of his career
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I left no ring with herJoanna Lumley speaks Viola’s soliloquy from Twelfth Night in which, disguised as a page boy, she wonders whether Olivia has fallen in love with her
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If wives do fallEileen Atkins speaks Emilia’s lines from Othello, act IV scene 3. Emilia, Iago’s wife and Desdemona’s maid, counsels Desdemona on marital fidelity
The Obama years Leading novelists assess his legacy