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Zurich, El Gouna Film Festivals Form Strategic Partnership
Switzerland's Zurich Film Festival and Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival have formed a strategic partnership to collaborate on programming and industry initiatives, launching with a Swiss marine biologis
Bäck's 'Brave New Love' Premieres at Locarno
Maria Bäck's 'Brave New Love' premiered in Locarno's main competition, a Scandi marital drama that reframes a wife's three-year affair as a meditation on self-knowledge rather than a moral problem wit
Netflix Reunites With Canet For 'Ad Vitam' Sequel
Netflix has begun principal photography on 'Ad Vitam Eternam,' a sequel to its 2025 French action thriller 'Ad Vitam,' reuniting with star and co-writer Guillaume Canet.
Greenlink cable rerouted to spare Dobby's fictional grave
The £430m Greenlink interconnector between the UK and Ireland has been rerouted around a fictional elf's 'grave' on a Welsh beach after Harry Potter fans bombarded the project with complaints followin
Odyssey Sales Jump 1,400% as UK Poetry Hits Record Highs
Poetry sales are set for record highs in the UK, with Christopher Nolan's film adaptation driving a 1,400% spike in print sales of Homer's Odyssey, while Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgin
Bella Hull Lands SNL UK Writer Role at 28
Profile of Bella Hull, a 28-year-old British standup who broke through hostile comedy clubs to sell out the Edinburgh Fringe and land a writer's role on the new UK version of Saturday Night Live.
Jacob Sparrow's 'Sanctuary' Debuts at Edinburgh Fringe
Jacob Sparrow's debut two-hander 'Sanctuary' — about two gay men confronting HIV/Aids and 1990s village prejudice — opens at Edinburgh's Pleasance Dome, running alongside a major revival of 'Angels in
Overton's Vibrant Berger Bio Captures Critic in Full
Tom Overton's biography 'John Berger: From Life' captures the late cultural critic in all his contradictions — Marxist politics, BBC revolution with 'Ways of Seeing,' and a self-imposed exile in the A
Mermaid Beach Review: Mermaidcore Undone by Nylon Tail
A review of Mermaid Beach, a Welsh-set family film about a teenager who transforms into a mermaid, criticizes the unconvincing nylon tail and stilted screenplay, suggesting the movie would work better
China Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Retains Crown as ‘Once Upon a Time in the Middle East,’ ‘The Odyssey’ Surge in Previews
Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day held the top spot at mainland China's box office for the Aug. 7–9 weekend with $28.9M, while 2026 year-to-date revenue tracks 31.8% below the same period in 2025.
Oliver Roasts Trump's DOJ, Own Network's DC Flops
John Oliver on Sunday's 'Last Week Tonight' skewered Trump's DOJ over dismissed indictments and failed probes, then joked the department's losing streak was good news for Warner Bros.' struggling DC s
Movie paradise? How Malta became a magnet for big film shoots
Malta hosted a record 36 major film and TV productions in 2025 — all qualifying for a 40% cash rebate that a Napoleon and Gladiator II producer called "probably the most generous cash rebate in the wo
Bayreuth Festival Sells Out 150th Edition in 90 Minutes
A music critic endured nearly 23 hours of Wagner across six operas in seven days at Bayreuth's sold-out 150th-anniversary festival, describing rock-hard seats, no surtitles and a heatwave as tests eve
Olga Koch's 'Fat Tom Cruise' Pulls Bait-and-Switch
Olga Koch's Edinburgh Fringe show 'Fat Tom Cruise' performs a structural bait-and-switch, beginning by mocking men's self-esteem before pivoting at the end to argue that male vulnerability deserves to
Mekai Curtis on Raising Kanan Finale, Power: Origins
Mekai Curtis reflects on the Raising Kanan series finale, where Jukebox kills Raq and Kanan accepts the loss as the culmination of his character's arc, and discusses reprising young Kanan in the new p
SDSA TV Awards: Widow's Bay, Fallout, Wednesday Win
The Set Decorators Society of America announced its TV Awards winners tonight, with Apple TV+'s Widow's Bay, Netflix's Wednesday, and Amazon's Fallout among the big winners in the hour-long categories
House of the Dragon Changes Helaena's Book Death
Phia Saban discusses Helaena Targaryen's suicide in the 'House of the Dragon' Season 3 finale, calling it a tragedy while explaining how the show rewrote her death from George R.R. Martin's 'Fire & Bl
Phoebe Bridgers Returns With 'Lost Weekend' After Six-Year Hiatus
Phoebe Bridgers returns after a six-year solo hiatus with 'Lost Weekend,' an album that braids gallows-humor eulogies for her late father with frank romantic songs aimed at boyfriend Bo Burnham, set f
Porter Flight Canceled After Child Refuses Seatbelt
A Porter Airlines flight in Canada was canceled after a child refused to sit down and buckle up, with the incident forcing the entire flight to be scrapped.
Verona Verbakel's OnlyFans for Therapy: Edinburgh Review
Belgian performer Verona Verbakel premieres "OnlyFans for Therapy" at Edinburgh Fringe, a solo show that repurposes the direct-to-camera online format to disclose childhood sexual abuse and its afterm
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