Hollywood Reporter
A Bangladeshi sci-fi drama, a German absurdist sitcom, and a French corporate thriller are among the international standouts at this year's festival.
The Guardian Culture
Richmond theatre, LondonSociety tries to quash the quirks of a spirited eccentric in Peter Quilter’s new play that fails to go beyond its lead character’s unworldlinessThere are some good jokes in Peter Quilter’s new play and Maureen Lipman knows how to land them. “Some do cocaine, I do cabaret,” she shrugs as Allegra, whose singing is annoying her neighbours. “The ironic thing is it’s the cabaret that gets up people’s noses.”Allegra’s spontaneous serenades – at the butcher’s, the bakery, the ha
Variety
An alliance of prominent French business, publishing and film figures has joined forces to revive one of the most storied venues in Paris cinephilia, with luxury house Chanel serving as lead partner behind the reopening of the historic Saint-Germain-des-Prés cinema. The Left Bank theater marked its return to public life last week with a gala […]
The Guardian Culture
This bleak investigation into allegations against the former West Ham owner and porn baron David Sullivan is incredibly valuable. It needs to spark widespread change – not least for all the women who’ve come forwardAt this point, is it even worth saying that British football has a problem with safeguards around club ownership? In the context of the various sports-washing petrostates, incompetent investment conglomerates, oddball entrepreneurs and publicity hounds who control the purse strings of
Hollywood Reporter
The deadline for the Competition and Markets Authority to decide on a possible phase 2 investigation is Aug. 7.
Variety
The U.K. and Ireland box office experienced a highly competitive frame as Paramount’s franchise revival “Scary Movie” secured the top spot, debuting to a robust £4.1 million ($5.6 million). Debuting in second place, Piece Of Magic Entertainment’s “The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act” captured $3.6 million. At No. 3, fantasy epic “Masters Of The […]
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Seeking: Business executive to help manage one of nation’s best-known news brands. Must enjoy long hours, fluid and fluid work schedule — and editorial chief with predilection for generating controversy. Paramount Skydance has been on the hunt for a business executive who can work with Bari Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News, who […]
The Guardian Culture
Partly inspired by the poem In This Place (An American Lyric) by Amanda Gorman, FotoFocus, a non-profit, has opened its inaugural exhibition at the new FotoFocus Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Titled Big Tent, the show is on view until 22 August 2026 and presents the work of more than 50 artists. The work created by each photographer reflects on the present state of US democracy and demonstrates the power of the image Continue reading...
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There are some advantages to being an older debutant, including knowing what it’s like to fail and not having your new novel overshadowed by early literary promiseRecently I was at a film event where I was introduced to a big producer by a very nice actor. The actor said, “this is Patrick, he has a debut novel coming out soon.”The producer looked me up and down and said, “You took your time.” Continue reading...
Variety
South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest), which unveiled its full program lineup Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur. The festival runs July 18–25 and will present 65 films from 35 countries and regions in 27 languages, including two world premieres, one international […]
Variety
Charades has enlisted a string of major international distributors for Emmanuel Marre’s “A Man of His Time” following the film’s acclaimed world premiere at Cannes, where it won the award for best screenplay. The Paris-based sales company has sold the French-Belgian drama to Frenetic Films (Switzerland), Filmin (Spain), Alamode Film (Germany), I Wonder Pictures (Italy), […]
The Guardian Culture
In an often chilling new documentary, the chefs of brutal leaders from Idi Amin to Saddam Hussein, talk about their unusual lives behind the scenesKim Jong-il loved pepperoni pizza. Saddam Hussein couldn’t resist a fish barbecue. Idi Amin reportedly had the capacity for an entire roasted goat. The menus may have differed, but the appetite was the same. For history’s most notorious strongmen, the dining table doubled as a stage for power. For the cooks who served them, every meal came with extrao
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White Cube Bermondsey, LondonA body falls through the sky, figures flail and thrash, while sagging skin and brittle limbs are scrawled on every work. This is the German painter’s last collection – and it’s both brutal and beautifulOn one wall, a body falls calmly through a serene blue sky. On the opposite, splat, it’s landed with a thud on the blood-spattered mud. You don’t need to be an expert in image analysis to figure out what Georg Baselitz’s final paintings are about: death was coming for
Variety
EFP Future Frames – Generation Next of European Cinema, a program for young European filmmaking talent, will return to the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival next month. Organized by European Film Promotion in cooperation with the festival, and with the support of Creative Europe – the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, this year’s edition […]
The Guardian Culture
From Thundercat’s all-star funk to Kacey Musgraves’ hymns to solitude, we look at some of our favourite music of the last six months from across the pop spectrum• Listen to a Spotify playlist of every album here Continue reading...
The Guardian Culture
Musical Bodies looks at 4,000 years of musical history and how humans have forged relationships with instruments‘A kind of reconnecting with the past’: the Met celebrates the art of the portraitMusic is very much at the heart of what it is that makes us human. While there is debate over precisely why we first started making music – with leading theories arguing that it arose for purposes of hunting, communication, spiritual practice, and forging community bonds – what’s not debated is that music
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U.S.-based Icelandic film, music video and TV producer Sigurjón Sighvatsson will be celebrated by the Locarno Film Festival with its Raimondo Rezzonico Award, dedicated to producers who epitomize the indie ethos. Sigurjón “Joni” Sighvatsson co-founded Propaganda Films with Steve Golin in 1986, building it into a powerhouse that produced hit TV shows such as “Twin Peaks” […]
Hollywood Reporter
The Iceland-born, U.S.-based film, TV and music video producer, who has also been behind Kathryn Bigelow and Jim Sheridan films, will he honored with the Raimondo Rezzonico Award.
The Guardian Culture
What does it mean to push the boat out, and can peacocking be more than just a beautiful gesture?A friend’s mother once told me that for a couple of years in the 1980s – as the Conservatives were waging war on the miners and she spent late nights at Marxist-feminist reading groups – she wore an almost daily uniform of jeans and a white T-shirt. On her wedding day she broke with habit and put on a dress she had bought, at great expense to her, that was fun, sexy and, although she didn’t use this
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James Bidgood’s experimental DIY movie, first released in 1971, starred Bobby Kendall and was shot mostly in Bidgood’s own apartmentJames Bidgood’s experimental homoerotic reverie is now reissued in restored form. The film was shot mostly in Bidgood’s own New York apartment throughout the 1960s; it was finally released in 1971 with Bidgood’s name removed from the credits after an opaque dispute with his backers and his authorship only revealed 20 years later.Pink Narcissus is a movie of garish c