Variety

Guillermo del Toro, Kim Novak, Ari Aster Lined Up for ‘The Fall,’ Investigating Hitchcock’s ‘Biggest Mystery’ – the Stunning ‘Vertigo’ Finale (EXCLUSIVE)

Guillermo del Toro, Kim Novak, and Ari Aster are among several star “witnesses” already lined up for Alexandre O. Philippe’s two-parter doc feature “The Fall,” which is set to be unveiled July 22 at Fantasia’s Frontières as part of its International Co-Production Market pitch event. A two-part film, “The Fall” will be produced by Medianoche […]

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Pinocchio: Unstrung review – public domain slasher turns beloved puppet into sick serial killer

Like the grisly Winnie-the-Pooh films, the latest in the Twisted Childhood Universe franchise offers feeble satire and shock-free ‘horror’The so-called Twisted Childhood Universe, a bad-taste British slasher franchise, continues to get mileage out of turning beloved kids’ characters into sicko serial killers. After a pair of satanic Winnie the Pooh movies, we now get a cash-in of Pinocchio, directed again by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, and like the Pooh duo, it’s a nasty piece of work. Cheerfully nas

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Go woke, get rich: why rightwing hate campaigns don’t affect the box office

After a bigoted online backlash, led by Elon Musk, The Odyssey achieved a monster weekend – the latest example of a targeted takedown that didn’t workThe Odyssey: jaw-dropping action, dark magic and dolphin cameos – discuss with spoilersElon Musk was a man on a mission. Yes, he’s supposedly intent on colonizing Mars, or the moon, or maybe, if you give him some more time to move the goalposts, just a really, really tall mountain, but this spring, a more pressing task presented itself, a sequel to

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

Variety

Venice Days Unveils Female-Centric Selection, Kicking Off With Lili Horvát’s ‘My Notes on Mars’ Starring Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend

Hungarian filmmaker Lili Horvát’s first English-language feature, “My Notes on Mars,” starring Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend, will open the Venice Film Festival’s independently run Giornate Degli Autori. The section has unveiled a richly assorted lineup that featuring works by female directors and those exploring the female universe, regardless of who is behind the camera. This […]

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Mia Wasikowska, Catherine Denueve, Rupert Friend in 2026 Venice Days

The Venice independent sidebar unveiled its 2026 lineup on Wednesday.

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Mia Wasikowska, Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Friend in 2026 Venice Days

The Venice independent sidebar unveiled its 2026 lineup on Wednesday.

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Elon Musk Says Grok Will Make Feature-Length, AI-Generated and “Historically Accurate” ‘The Odyssey’ Movie Before the Year Ends

But for all of the outrage Musk has drummed up around 'The Odyssey' — particularly over the casting of Lupita Nyong'o and Elliot Page — the film has not notably suffered at the box office at all.

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

Variety

Top Trumps Panel Show, New Seasons of ‘Mock the Week’ Unveiled as Part of Warner Bros. Discovery U.K.’s TLC Comedy Slate

TLC in the U.K. has ordered a Top Trumps-themed panel show set to be hosted by comedian Katherine Ryan. Based on the card game and tentatively titled “Top Trumps: The Comedy Pack,” it will see Ryan in charge of proceedings as team captains Joel Dommett and Jon Richardson battle it out with classic card face-offs, […]

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Pass the pit diapers! Why are fans wetting themselves to stand front row at concerts?

Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan and Morgan Wallen have all dealt with audience effluence in recent weeks – but that’s only one part of a fearsome subculture that has built up around fandom, endurance and ‘getting barrier’The front row of a gig is a sacred space. When you love an artist, you want to be as close to them as possible, without a view obscured by someone else’s hairdo. You want the possibility that the artist will pluck you from the crowd, form a deep and enduring connection and end up mar

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

After German Broadcaster Yanks “Antifascist” Song, Musicians Give Guerrilla YouTube Concert

ZDF's decision to pull Danger Dan and Igor Levit from prime time backfired spectacularly, with critics calling the move "cowardly" and warning of a chilling effect on free expression.

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

Variety

Elon Musk Says Grok Will Make an AI ‘Odyssey’ Film That Is ‘Historically Accurate’ by the End of the Year

Elon Munk has — finally — broken his silence on “The Odyssey” (well, at least since Christopher Nolan’s epic was released and started breaking various box office records). The tech mogul and recently-crowned trillionaire — who spent some time before the film’s launch rallying against various casting decisions — wrote on his social media platform X that his AI […]

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I come from a murderer’: the woman who found out Charles Manson was her grandfather

Difficult new Hulu documentary follows a 26-year-old woman’s startling discovery that she’s related to the notorious, murderous cult leaderSophia Maddox spent her life hearing from her father about how he had never met his father. He would tuck her into bed as a child, she said, and tell her about how much he wanted to know him.Four years ago, following a match on a genealogy website, they finally learned the shocking truth: her father’s father – her grandfather – was Charles Manson, the notorio

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Rebel Wilson Cleared in ‘The Deb’ Defamation Case

An Australian court ruled against actress Charlotte MacInnes over claims her 'The Deb' co-star and director had made defamatory statements on Instagram.

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

Variety

Han Chae Young Scores a Hit With FlareFlow Korean Remake of Global Microdrama ‘Raising His Mistress’s Child’

Han Chae Young, the actor behind some of K-drama’s most recognized titles, has scored a hit with “Raising His Mistress’s Child,” a Korean-language remake of a global microdrama that generated more than $15 million in revenue. The series premiered July 10 on mobile-first platform FlareFlow and has already cleared 10 million cumulative views. The original […]

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Ask E Jean review – Trump survivor turns out to be tougher than he thought as she fights on

Ivy Meeropol’s engrossing film follows former star columnist E Jean Carroll, now in her 80s, battles through an unfinished series of legal disputesDonald Trump has almost succeeded in an insidiously sneaky trick of auto-uncancelling on the #MeToo issue, implying that he is above and beyond and constitutionally exempt, despite being caught on tape boasting of sexual violence. Through a combination of bluster, bad faith, threats, abuse and the simple fact of being US president and flooding the zon

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell review – art, desire and the rise of the Third Reich

This portrait of a Jewish painter in bohemian Berlin is filled with insightful observationsIn the summer of 1937, two exhibitions sponsored by the Nazis opened in Munich. For the Degenerate Art exhibition, hundreds of confiscated works by banned modern artists – including Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso – were gathered: a derisive demonstration of the supposedly anti-German spirit of contemporary culture. The show was also meant as a counterpoint to the first Great German Art Exhibit

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

Variety

Rebel Wilson Wins Defamation Case Against Charlotte MacInnes Over ‘The Deb’ Bath Dispute

Rebel Wilson has prevailed in a defamation case brought by Charlotte MacInnes, the lead actor in Wilson’s feature directorial debut, “The Deb.” Justice Elizabeth Raper of the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney dismissed MacInnes’ defamation and breach-of-confidence claims on Wednesday and ordered her to pay Wilson’s legal costs. MacInnes sued over four sets of […]

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

My advice to Claudia Winkleman: it’s not you, it’s the giant sofa –try a different kind of chatshow | Fiona Sturges

The popular presenter is by no means the first to have come a cropper hosting a talkshow. But new formats provide new opportunitiesYou might think the TV chatshow is an easy format to get right. Hire a well-liked host with comic chops and some successful shows under their belt. Build a cheerful set with a big sofa in the middle. Book some A-list celebs plus the obligatory comedian, invite a live audience et voilà! A prime-time hit is surely born.Except that time and time again, it has proved not

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

A Toxic Love Story review – this astonishing real-life saga will leave you goggle-eyed and barely breathing

In a jaw-dropping return to true-crime form, Netflix’s new documentary delves into the Anaheim Craigslist case – and it’s a horrifying monster indeedThe sound of barrel-scraping during true-crime documentaries is becoming more and more frequent at Netflix these days (the dismal Worst Neighbor Ever being the most recent case in point). Such are the perils of being the pioneer of a form; you run out of material first but must keep trying to recapture past glories while you search desperately for a

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Cherry Orchard review – RSC’s starry cast brings disappointing lack of sparkle

Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonTamara Harvey’s production of Chekhov’s final play can seem woolly in meaning and soft-edged tone mutes its forceLaura Wade’s reworking of Anton Chekhov’s final, plaintive play brings a dazzle of big names. Helen Hunt is the aristocratic matriarch Madame Ranyevskaya, Bill Pullman her brother, and Kenneth Branagh (so soon after his lead role in the Royal Shakespeare’s production of The Tempest) their nemesis, Lopakhin, a shopkeeper’s son here who takes over the re

entertainment  Jul 22, 2026