The Guardian Culture

Yours for just £228: a Kevin Spacey stainless steel gold-tone Fourth of July ‘adversity ring’

For true patriots with short memories and cash to waste, his limited-edition bling might be an ideal giftAmerica’s 250th anniversary celebrations are not exactly going to plan. A wealth of acts have pulled out of semiquincentennial concerts. An mock-up of Donald Trump’s planned Triumphal Arch at the Great American State Fair is visibly oozing. Some of Disney’s celebratory Americana apparel range was found to have been made in China. But, as ever, things could be worse. After all, you could have

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Not afraid to do it the old-fashioned way’: Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey set to see off YouTube upstarts

The summer’s most anticipated film will raise epic questions about culture wars, classics and the nature of film-makingIn a plot twist worthy of the ancient bards themselves, the hottest movie of the summer isn’t a superhero flick, or an alien-invasion yarn, or a crinolines-and-bonnets period drama. Instead, it is an adaptation of a nearly 3,000-year-old epic poem, which film-maker Christopher Nolan is releasing as a follow-up to Oppenheimer, his grim, Oscar-winning study of the origins of nucle

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Variety

‘Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World’ Review: A Portrait of America’s Favorite Poet That Reckons With Her Popularity and Her Privacy

Few modern poets are as readily quotable — and indeed as widely quoted — as Mary Oliver, the late Pulitzer winner whose graceful but plainly worded reflections on the natural world have been taken to heart by millions as mantras for a calmer, more mindful way of life. Depending on who you talk to, that’s […]

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Variety

Morocco Set to Build International Cinema City Studios in Ouarzazate Where ‘Gladiator 2’ Was Shot

The Moroccan government is launching construction of a major new film production hub called the International Cinema City in Ouarzazate in southern Morocco know to Hollywood directors as the perfect set for epics such as Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2.” The flagship project, led by Morocco’s Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication, officially kicked off on […]

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

The Guardian Culture

–320°F review – join Cleopatra, Faust and the Pied Piper on a zany odyssey

Sadler’s Wells, London Hideki Noda’s spectacular vision of villainous biotech and bone conduction is full of dazzling coups but gets bogged down in its earnest messageThis wacky futuristic fantasy by Japanese writer-director Hideki Noda aims high. It opens with none other than God observing the Tower of Babel, which creeps up to the heavens in the shape of a skyscraper. Cue an irreverent satirical drama that covers the age of dinosaurs, Cleopatra’s frozen eggs (were they fertilised by Julius Cae

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Seasonal Quartet: Ali Smith and New European Ensemble review – words and music connect

Spitalfields festival, LondonNew pieces written in response to the novelist’s works by Kate Moore, Alice Yeung, Seung-Won Oh and Sara Zamboni made for ravishing harmonies and interplay in an unusual concertWhy write words about music, Hans Keller once asked, when you could just write music about music instead? His mid-century essays in sound were never more than an experimental curiosity, but one that exposed the acts of translation, mediation and re-creation we undertake without thinking every

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Alan Gignoux: Homeland Lost review – a landscape as bereft as its people

P21 Gallery, London Resonant black and white photographs show Palestinian refugees and the sites today of the homes they were forced to leave during the 1948 Arab-Israeli warThese places were once filled with conversation, smells of cooking, laughter, comfort. Now I’m staring into a silent, rubble-strewn abyss. Eyewitness accounts that accompany documentary photographer Alan Gignoux’s black and white portraits of Palestinian refugees and the homes they were forced to leave refer repeatedly to th

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Variety

Busan, Palm Springs Selection ‘Max, Min & Meowzaki’ Sets India Theatrical Release With Platoon One Films (EXCLUSIVE)

“Max, Min & Meowzaki” will release in cinemas across India, distributed by Platoon One Films. Directed by Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy, the film debuted in Busan, was part of the Best of Fest selection at Palm Springs and played at the International Film Festival of Kerala. The Hindi and English-language feature also earned audience honors in Sonoma […]

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Living Image: Chapter 1 review – five days to reanimate a legendary show you’ve never seen

Siobhan Davies Studios, London Watching a group of artists produce new work based on Davies’s 1977 classic Sphinx, which none of them know, makes for a rewarding eveningThe project: five choreographers create new dances in response to Siobhan Davies’ 1977 solo Sphinx. A potential glitch: they’ve never actually seen Sphinx. The starting point for this year-long project (there will be 20 choreographers by the end) is not a gimmick, but typical of the ever-questioning Davies, now 75, who was one of

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Variety

‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Introduces Young [SPOILER], Character to Appear in ‘Power: Origins’

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” Season 5 Episode 4 The fifth and final season of “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” just introduced the young version of a pivotal character in the “Power” lore. In this week’s episode, Kanan (Mekai Curtis) and Tiana (Asjha Cooper) are discussing the nature […]

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

What Do You Buy Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? Apparently Nothing

The soon-to-be newlyweds reportedly told their A-list friends 'no gifts.' But does anybody really think that'll happen?

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Variety

Cannes Winner Diego Céspedes Preps ‘Wild’ Second Feature, ‘The Case of the Boy Who Lost His Heart’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Chilean wunderkind Diego Céspedes whose debut feature “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo” (“La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco”) snagged the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard last year, is prepping his sophomore pic, “The Case of the Boy Who Lost His Heart.” News comes in the wake of another milestone in the 31-year-old’s fledgling […]

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Variety

Laura Jackson Returns to Host CNN’s Global Culture Show ‘Seasons’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Laura Jackson is set to return as host of CNN’s global culture show “Seasons” for four new episodes. The British TV broadcaster and entrepreneur — who joined the show last year for its second instalment — will one again explore shifting trends shaping global culture across fashion, travel, food, technology, design and art. Jackson previously hosted an episode […]

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

How a Czech Director Turned Festival Trailers Into a Karlovy Vary Institution — One Star at a Time

Ivan Zachariáš has been making the KVIFF's beloved pre-show spots since 2008 — coaxing Hollywood legends into black-and-white mischief, always for free, occasionally under impossible conditions.

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Suddenly I was a celebrity. I didn’t want to be!’ Sue Johnston on fame, loneliness and her new robot pal

She’s been a soap icon, a Royle and even a zombie pensioner. Now the actor is starring in Ann Droid, Diane Morgan’s madcap comedy about an elderly woman and her cybernetic companionSue Johnston is the kind of actor who usually can’t stand seeing herself on screen, but for Ann Droid she made an exception. The new sitcom by Diane Morgan and Sarah Kendall stars the 82-year-old as a recent widow whose son hires a humanoid robot called Linda (played with delightful uncanniness by Morgan herself) to a

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I saw Herbie Hancock play with D’Angelo, and got my head blown off!’: the festival keeping alive jazz’s golden age

From Miles Davis to Count Basie and Etta James to Prince, Rotterdam’s North Sea jazz festival has hosted the biggest names in music. As the event turns 50, musicians and organisers share their favourite memories from past years – and tell us why jazz isn’t deadFor a weekend in July each year, a vast warehouse complex in the port city of Rotterdam becomes home to the biggest names in jazz. Under the banner of the North Sea jazz festival, the labyrinthine, windowless space has played host to perfo

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Variety

TAICCA, MoMI Expand Partnership for Taiwanese Immersive Content in New York – Global Bulletin

IMMERSIVE INVESTMENT Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) have entered a three-year partnership expanding Taiwanese immersive work in New York, building on a 2025 collaboration that drew more than 3,000 screenings at near-90% daily capacity. The deal launches with two works running at MoMI through Sept. 6: “Proof […]

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Inside ABC News’ July 4 Plan to Pull Off “The Longest Commercial Broadcast in the History of TV”

From a light show and Brandi Carlile performance at the Statue of Liberty to a July 4 bash in Nashville, and visits to all 50 states and the seven natural wonders of America in between, ABC is going big for America's 250th.

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Venice Classics Line-Up Includes Cassavetes, Buñuel, Rossellini and Roger Corman

Highlights of the 2026 Venice Classics section include Ernst Lubitsch's anti-war satire 'To Be or Not to Be' and restored and seldom-seen works by Roman Polanski, Ann Hui, Andrzej Wajda and Alexander Kluge.

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Cafés by Holly Pester; The Acrobat by Wisława Szymborska; Volvelle by Rachael Boast; Tree of Knowledge by Victoria Chang; Talk a Blue Streak by Lila MatsumotoCafés by Holly Pester (Fitzcarraldo, £12.99)Beginning with a sequence of prose poems in which the speaker embarks on an anti-epic quest to open her own cafe, Pester’s second collection builds into a meditation on the nature of desire and disappointment. Comic timing remains a strength, as does her linguistic flexibility, wielding language a

entertainment  Jul 3, 2026