The Guardian Culture

Marginalized for her ‘immense ambition’, the genius of director Elaine May is finally being recognized

As a new retrospective opens, collaborators of the Mikey and Nicky film-maker explain how she blazed a trail for female directors in HollywoodIn 1975, after more than two years of sifting through footage, Elaine May was still in the weeds editing her deeply personal gangster film, Mikey and Nicky, and Paramount Pictures and its CEO Barry Diller were losing patience. In a desperate move to retain control, the director sold the film out from under Paramount to Alyce Films, a phoney production comp

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Variety

Anthony Boyle, Sam Claflin, Tom Hollander and Josh Finan Among Ensemble Joining Keira Knightley and Alicia Vikander in Dark Comedy ‘The Worst’ (EXCLUSIVE)

With shooting now underway in the south of France on dark comedy “The Worst,” the production has added a major cohort of names to its already buzzy cast. Sam Claflin (“F.A.S.T.,” “Daisy Jones and the Six”), Tom Hollander (“Gosford Park,” “The Night Manager”), Anthony Boyle (“I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” “The Altruists”), Josh Finan […]

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

James Murdoch-Backed Art Basel Owner Pushes Into Media Events Business (Exclusive)

MCH Group, in which the Fox scion is the largest shareholder, is launching an event titled the Jupiter Festival with an eye toward becoming a stop on the thought leader circuit.

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Virginie Efira to Receive Locarno Leopard Club Award

”Bold yet thoughtful, instinctive yet ironic, she offers contemporary cinema a fresh perspective that continually reinvents itself.”

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Variety

Comcast-Owned Sky Agrees on Terms to Buy ITV’s Broadcast and Streaming Unit (Report)

Sky, the Comcast-owned U.K. pay-TV operator, has agreed on terms to buy British broadcaster ITV’s media and entertainment division, which is its network arm. Reuters reported the development on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the negotiations. As part of the £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) deal, ITV Studios – the standalone production unit – would […]

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Asa Butterfield, Jonny Lee Miller and Christine Tremarco Join BBC Beatles Drama ‘Hamburg Days’

Set in the early 1960s in the smoke-filled clubs of Hamburg’s St. Pauli red light district, the six-parter follows the Beatles' team-up with two young German artists.

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

In ‘The Lion at My Back,’ A Teenage Asylum Seeker and a Cypriot in Her 40s Form an Unexpected Bond (Exclusive Clip)

The second feature from Cypriot writer, director and producer Tonia Mishiali, world premiering in the Crystal Globe competition at Karlovy Vary, shows that family feelings can blossom in unlikely places.

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Furious review – dial-shifting dadsploitation mayhem as father goes in search of kidnapped daughter

There’s more than a whiff of Taken in Kenji Tanigaki’s exhilarating martial-arts movie, in which a handyman goes after some evil people traffickers It keeps happening: every few years, usually during a run of lethargic Hollywood spectacles, the Overton window of screen violence gets recalibrated by a muscular wonder from the east. Thundering along in the bloody footsteps of the Raid films and the Hindi punch-’em-up Kill, this martial-arts showcase from Japanese-born, Hong Kong-based director Ken

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Variety

Mubi to Publish Lost ‘Faust’ Bible on Centenary of F.W. Murnau’s Silent Cinema Classic (EXCLUSIVE)

Arthouse distributor, streamer, production company and — since 2015 — publisher Mubi is set to release a book about the silent era classic “Faust” containing material that was until recently thought lost. “The Faust Bible: The Making of F.W. Murnau’s Masterpiece” is being published by Mubi Editions, presented in partnership with la Cinémathèque française, which will publish globally […]

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Gary Oldman to Receive Edinburgh TV Fest’s Golden Icon Award (Exclusive)

The Oscar-winning actor has seen a late-career revival with his turn as shambolic spy Jackson Lamb in 'Slow Horses.'

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Variety

ACM Honors Event Sets Kacey Musgraves, Ella Langley, Leslie Fram and Other Country Heavyweights for Special Awards

The lineup of country music heavyweights due to receive special awards from the Academy of Country Music this summer has been set, with Kacey Musgraves, Ella Langley and Eric Church among the stars being feted at the 19th annual ACM Honors program. It will take place Aug. 19 at the Pinnacle in Nashville. Others being […]

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Variety

’Baahubali’ Animated Feature Director, Producer on Taking Indian Cinema Global and Bringing Indian Audiences to Animation

The “Baahubali” universe is one which has been continually transformative for mainstream Indian cinema and the latest entry, the animated feature “Baahubali: The Eternal War – Part 1,” might be on the verge of doing it again.  A co-production between India’s Arka Mediaworks and France’s Alcyde, as well as Zaratan and Aniventure in the U.K., […]

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Rude, heavy-drinking and a committed communist’: the Frida Kahlo you can’t buy in the gift shop

The artist’s likeness has become a symbol of resistance and heroism – but the truth is more complicated. As a major exhibition opens in London, has brand Frida obscured the real Kahlo?I spend a lot of time in museum gift shops, and no matter where I might be in the world, I will see Frida Kahlo. Her likeness appears on socks, dolls, puzzles, water bottles, cushions, jewellery, mugs, eggcups, phone cases, shopping bags, votive candles, notebooks, keychains – just about any consumer goods, in fact

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Variety

Power, Discrimination, Difference, Motherhood and Rural Diaspora Brought Into Focus at Women in Animation from Spain

Six emerging female animation directors in Spain, some with a considerable career in cinema such as IDFA Audience Award winner Lucija Stojević (“La Chana”), will unveil their latest projects at Annecy June 25 at Women in Animation from Spain. The titles say much about the state of animation – in Spain and beyond. Three of […]

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Variety

Lionel Richie Cuts Set Short After Falling Ill During Opening Night of Tour in Minnesota

Lionel Richie fell ill during the opening night of his joint tour with Earth, Wind & Fire, cutting his set short after about an hour on stage at St. Paul, MN’s Grand Casino Arena. Several videos circulating on social media showed Richie, 77, sitting down on the stage several times while performing “Dancing on the […]

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Marek Eben Hosts KVIFF Ceremonies With Hollywood Stars and the Czech ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ Which One Is More Stressful?

Ahead of Karlovy Vary's 60th edition in 80 years, the Czech TV personality and musician shares how he joined the fest in time to chat with Gregory Peck and the two big names he'd love to interview.

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Variety

Fellini Forever: Italian Global Series Festival Honors Rimini’s Favorite Son

In a bid to streamline transport and logistics — and spare attendees from spending half the festival shuttling up and down the Italian Riviera — this year’s Italian Global Series Festival has drawn a clearer line between its two host cities. Rimini takes the opening days (July 3–6), Riccione the central stretch (July 7–10), before […]

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

Variety

‘Star Trek’ Celebrates 60th Anniversary With Italian Global Series Festival Spotlight

Running July 3–11 along the Adriatic coast, the Italian Global Series Festival returns for its sophomore edition with a leaner lineup and sharper focus. As international attendees hit up Rimini and Riccione, the showcase once again transforms the Riviera Romagnola into a beachfront crossroads for the television industry. “We wanted to open this festival to […]

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Above all, there is love’: single mothers caring for disabled children – in pictures

Carol Allen-Storey’s intimate images capture the struggles mums face looking after kids with disabilities – but also the huge hearts of both parents and children Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Bello! Why gen Alpha subconsciously speaks the language of the Minions

From global loanwords and garbled Italian, the slang of the children of millennials doesn’t just share elements with Minionese – it may have absorbed itI was four years old when Despicable Me was released in cinemas and the banana-coloured, overall-clad Minions took the world by storm. By the time I was seven, my siblings and I were using The Official Minion Manual to teach ourselves Minionese.Minionese is, of course, the made-up language spoken by Kevin, Stuart, Bob and company, which consists

entertainment  Jun 25, 2026