The Guardian Culture

Post your questions for Ezra Collective at Love Supreme festival

The Guardian is partnering with Love Supreme this year, where we will have a live Q&A with the UK jazz heroes – leave us your questions for themVanguards of the London jazz scene, five-piece instrumental group Ezra Collective have spent the past decade electrifying stages from Glastonbury to Wembley Arena with their high-energy antics. Making history in 2023 by becoming the first – and to date only – jazz act to win the Mercury prize, and going on to win best group at the Brit awards in 2025

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Raveheart by Graeme Armstrong review – ravers rebel in a Scottish political satire

A veteran techno DJ embarks on a campaign of civil disobedience in this passionate and at times hilarious tale of underground resistanceMidway through his firecracker of a debut, 2020’s The Young Team, Graeme Armstrong hurls the reader into an exuberant account of a rave, from protagonist Azzy’s pre-party pharmaceutical prep, through the resulting mystical abandon and euphoria, and on to the inevitable crash back to earth. The description of the anguished comedown is a welcome noughties update o

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Father Alberto and the Flying Girl by Timothy X Atack review – a fable of medieval madness

A parish priest cares for the mentally afflicted in an absorbing tale that combines antic comedy with serious moral themesIn 1474, in a fictional location in southern Europe, Father Alberto arrives from Jormel Abbey, where he has failed in his ambition to become a manuscript illuminator at their renowned scriptorium. He is the new parish priest of the villages of Hem and Long, whose congregants are generally “piebald and errant”, but not the most peculiar or refractory of his flock. Among his du

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Last Assassins review – shades of Blade Runner in dystopian thriller shrouded in silty-green murk

Athena Park flees futuristic marauders in a post-apocalyptic tale that looks handsome but very familiarClose to a decade after the year in which Blade Runner was set, that movie continues to be the gold standard for dystopian futures. That’s obvious from the silty-green murk and Asian signage of the broken-down metropolis where this ponderous sci-fi thriller kicks off; the last remnants of civilisation after an obscure catastrophe called the Event. With the Earth locked in a new dark age, outsid

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

Variety

Korea Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Stays No. 1 While Thriller ‘The Eyes’ Opens in Second Place

Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” maintained its hold on the top spot at the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jun. 26–28. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the blockbuster animation pulled in $3.3 million from 502,939 admissions over the three-day window, securing a […]

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

Variety

Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund Names 12 Recipients for 2026

The Asian Cinema Fund (ACF), the film production support program operated through the Busan International Film Festival’s industry market, has named 12 projects as its 2026 recipients, selected from 798 total submissions across three funding streams. The 12 selections – three for script development, two for post-production and seven for documentary production – represent seven […]

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

Variety

How the Director’s Grandma Inspired Her to Make Feel-Good Comedy ‘Agnes & Amir’: ‘She Lived the Story We Were Telling’

Feel-good comedy “Agnes & Amir,” which had its world premiere on Sunday at the Munich Film Festival, probably wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for the grandmother of director Helena Hufnagel. The film was inspired by the true story of a 101-year-old Berlin woman, Agnes, and a young, gay Iranian refugee, Amir. In order […]

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

Variety

China Box Office: ‘Crossing’ Debuts at Number One as ‘Toy Story 5’ Places Second

Bona Film Group’s historical war epic “Crossing” captured the top spot at the mainland China box office during the June 26–28 weekend, opening with RMB79.3 million ($11.7 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway. Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Long March, the film has brought its cumulative total to $12.8 million. Directed by Xu […]

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The uneasy story about an alleged Russian spy: best podcasts of the week

Nicky Woolf’s investigation into a rightwing YouTuber reveals much more than state interference in social media. Plus, why did a kid pretend to be Steven Spielberg’s nephew?Lauren Southern tells journalist Nicky Woolf she feels as though she’s in a spy movie, “but the dumbest ever made, because I’m just a YouTuber”. Along with other members of the right-wing commentariat, the Canadian found herself linked with the Kremlin when a company she had worked for was revealed as a front for the Russian

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Fragments of Ice review – fascinating chronicle of Soviet collapse through the lens of a Ukrainian ice skater

Film-maker Maria Stoianova mines her father’s video diaries from the 1980s and 90s to document the decline of communism – and his obsession with western shopping mallsHere is an interesting film which does not render up its meaning easily: a personal piece about memory, and an enigmatic essay about the decline and fall of the Soviet Union as it was experienced by one family in Ukraine, based entirely on home-movie video footage. It is innocent and transparent, and yet subtly encumbered by the sa

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Communion by JD Vance review – a strange, poignant book about faith and the modern world

JD Vance’s Christian vision is thoughtful – but impossible to square with the political company he keepsAt the heart of this strange, perhaps rather poignant, book is the biblical question: “What must I do to be saved?” Not in the crude sense of how to secure a place in heaven, but as an urgent challenge to a whole repertoire of destructive assumptions and habits endorsed by the majority culture. Vance’s famous first book, Hillbilly Elegy, chronicled, among other things, the impact of substance

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

Variety

Jeremy Clarkson Set for More Episodes of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ and ‘Millionaire Hot Seat’

Jeremy Clarkson is set to return for more episodes of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” and spin-off “Millionaire Hot Seat” following news he is in remission from cancer. U.K. network ITV has ordered 15 episodes of the flagship quiz show as well as 20 episodes of the “Hot Seat” spin-off, which launched in January […]

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: warm up for Wimbledon with this lively look at tennis legends

The inside story of the men who ruled the tennis courts, starting in the 1970s. Plus: the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tapes. Here’s what to watch this evening10pm, Channel 5Just in time to get you in the mood for Wimbledon, this four-part series explores the careers of the only 29 male players who have made it to No 1 in the ATP rankings. It begins in the 1970s (arguably the liveliest era in tennis history) with the controversial but charismatic figure of Ilie Năstase, a Romanian with a sw

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

Variety

Variety Wins 16 Southern California Journalism Awards

Variety scored 16 first-place wins Sunday night as the Los Angeles Press Club handed out the 68th annual Southern California Journalism Awards. Variety’s first place finishes included wins for music criticism, for Variety’s music chief Jem Aswad; Owen Gleiberman, for film criticism under 1,000 words; and Aramide Tinubu, for TV criticism. The kudos were presented […]

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

John Oliver Likens the Current Condition of D.C. Reflecting Pool to Sex With the Grinch: “Green, Smelly”

"Another of Trump's pet projects continues to unravel," the 'Last Week Tonight' host said on Sunday's show.

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

Variety

John Oliver Reveals ‘Days of Our Lives’ Guest Appearances: ‘Clearly a Huge Honor’

After going nuclear on President Trump and Fox News’ Jesse Watters for spreading conspiracy theories about vandals harming the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and previously announcing a three-episode arc on the ABC soap “General Hospital,” John Oliver revealed on Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight” that he’ll also be appearing in a week of episodes on the […]

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Bill Maher Defies White House Pushback to Claim Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center

Whitney Cummings, Louis C.K., Woody Harrelson, Arianna Huffington, Stephen A. Smith, and Jay Leno were on hand to pay tribute to the veteran comedian and host of 'Real Time.'

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings – podcast

For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts took me up closeWritten and read by Stephen Phelan Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Meet me at the dancing dogs tent!’ What’s behind Britain’s festival frenzy?

They used to mean crusties, hippies, all-male lineups, near riots and burning toilets. Now, from Dorset to Inverness, there’s a festival – and a costume – for everyone. What caused this boom? And is there a dark side?It’s 7pm on the first day of Gala festival in Peckham Rye park and dry ice drifts into the trees as grime MC Novelist, born just miles away, raps about a south London bus. “Four eight four! Going on raw on the 484,” he spits with a grin, bouncing like the sweaty moshpit in front of

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026

Variety

John Oliver to Guest Star on ‘General Hospital’

Late-night host John Oliver is headed to daytime. The “Last Week Tonight” host will guest star on the long-running daytime soap opera “General Hospital” in a three-episode storyline, which will air July 2, 3 and 6. Oliver announced the casting on the June 28 episode of “Last Week Tonight” after previously voicing his interest to […]

entertainment  Jun 29, 2026