arts
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Léa Seydoux: 'I have got lighter as I’ve got older'She is the darling of independent French cinema who’s also been a Bond girl. On the eve of her latest film – and as she becomes a mother for the first time – she tells Will Lawrence how she balances her crippling anxiety with an exhibitionist streak -
Midnight CowboyContinuing a series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Gwilym Mumford explains why the 1970 winner remains a vital and progressive triumph
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'I didn’t want to be a woman – being a monster was the best solution'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is finally out, after the artist battled West Nile virus and the publisher battled copies being held hostage at the Panama Canal -
Who has the policies to be senator for Michigan?We’ve assessed the policy statements of potential Republican senatorial candidates Kid Rock and Ted Nugent. Be afraid
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Angelina Jolie speaks out on 'difficult' Brad Pitt divorce for first timeActor says ‘we are and forever will be a family’ in emotional BBC interview before screening of new Cambodia film
people
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Why I love Moonlight actor Mahershala AliHe always seems coiled and controlled, fleshing out minor TV and movie roles until he fills the screen
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Author announces Neverwhere sequel, The Seven SistersAuthor says the new fantasy novel has been inspired by his work with UN refugee agency and ‘the shape London is in now’
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the big picture
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City of ice: Jan Erik Waider's chilling landscapes – in picturesIceland-based photographer Jan Erik Waider captures the beautiful yet sinister Arctic twilight of Greenland
reviews
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A Cure for Wellness – evil spa horror has eels, incest and aqua aerobicsAn alternately intriguing and frustrating chiller has flashes of elegance but settles for unhinged hokum with bizarre results
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Evening at the Talk House – Wallace Shawn's dark comedy plays it safeDespite a strong performance from a perfectly cast Matthew Broderick, this play about a play doesn’t cut as deep as it should
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pictures & video
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The intelligence explosion: how do you stop a robot from turning evil? – original drama videoIt’s 2027 and Mental Endeavours Ltd has a problem with their flagship robot Günther. How do you program an intelligent machine not to annihilate humanity?
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How Alan Aldridge made the 60s swingThe graphic artist’s swirling, kaleidoscopic images – made for everyone from the Beatles to Andy Warhol and the Who – perfectly captured those heady days of psychedelia
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A Quiet Passion trailer: Cynthia Nixon in Terence Davies' biopic of poet Emily DickinsonSex and the City star Cynthia Nixon plays the great 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson in the new film from British director Terence Davies, of Sunset Song and House of Mirth renown
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John Oliver: there's no escape from Trump ... like a fart in a car – videoJohn Oliver, host of HBO’s The Last Week Tonight, ridicules President Donald Trump
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'You're all fake news': comedians mock Trump's press conference – videoDonald Trump’s first solo press conference provided the bulk of material for late-night hosts on Thursday
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Katkin Tremayne: ‘Dad would climb over people to get his picture’Roger Mayne captured a world of optimism amid poverty on the streets of 50s and 60s Britain. As a major retrospective comes to London, we talk to the photographer’s daughter
Film Lorraine Bracco on Goodfellas, therapy, and almost turning down The Sopranos