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Elaine C Smith anchors Eilidh Loan's 'Cathy' at Traverse
Eilidh Loan's new female-centred family comedy "Cathy" opens at Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, with Elaine C Smith delivering the title role of a newly widowed working-class woman navigating grief with a
TIFF Debuts Inaugural Market with Irons, Palmer Projects
Toronto International Film Festival is launching its inaugural TIFF: The Market (Sept. 10-16), featuring 40 film, 6 series, and 5 innovation projects with major talent attached including Jeremy Irons,
Fortner's Katrina Album Ditches Self-Editing
Jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner channels Hurricane Katrina trauma into his most unfiltered release yet, 'Leave That in There,' drawing its title from Spike Lee's Katrina documentary.
Iranian Satire 'Head to Head' Forces Male Cast Into Hijabs
Iranian director Ghasideh Golmakani's satirical first feature "Head to Head" (Sar beh Sar), in which a female director forces her male cast to wear skirts and headscarves, has landed DreamLab Films fo
Summer films tackle Gen Z's 'sex recession'
This summer's films including 'One Night Only,' 'I Want Your Sex,' and 'Camp Miasma' are zeroing in on Gen Z's so-called sex recession, reframing it as existential alienation rather than low libido.
Beryl Bainbridge's Novels Ranked, Worst to Best
A literary ranking places Beryl Bainbridge's ten major novels in order from worst to best, crowning her 1973 gothic-comedy "The Dressmaker" as her masterpiece and her 1996 Titanic novel "Every Man for
How Norway’s Øyafestivalen Became One of Europe’s Best Music Fests: Balancing Huge Headliners With Homegrown Artists, Prioritizing Gender Parity and More
Øyafestivalen in Oslo is drawing global attention with its intimate 22,000-person capacity, gender-balanced lineups, and sustainability initiatives, attracting repeat bookings from the Cure, Nick Cave
Harris & Wilson Headline BFI LFF Industry Forum
Producers Pippa Harris and James Wilson will each headline individual spotlight conversations at the 70th BFI London Film Festival's Industry Forum, with the festival's director framing this year's pr
Spider-Man Becomes India's Top-Grossing Hollywood Film
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has become the highest-grossing Hollywood film ever released in India, surpassing Avatar: The Way of Water after just 11 days with a $52.8M cumulative take.
Sayani Gupta Lands U.S. Debut in 'Arya'
Sayani Gupta, the Indian star of Delhi Crime and Axone, will make her U.S. feature film debut in Neil Tuli's indie drama "Arya," which is now filming in Duluth, Minnesota.
Mad World Acquires 'Al Baraneya' for Worldwide Sales
Mad World has acquired worldwide sales rights to 'Al Baraneya,' the debut feature from Dutch-Egyptian filmmaker Ashgan El-Hamus, ahead of its world premiere at Venice's Giornate degli Autori parallel
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
Divers Pull Hundreds of Amphorae From Roman Wreck
Italian Carabinieri divers have discovered a Roman-era shipwreck off Sicily's coast near Mazara del Vallo, recovering hundreds of amphorae and anchor fragments from a vessel resting about 3 miles offs
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
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
Nolan's The Odyssey Tops $1.1bn, His Biggest Film Ever
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has grossed $1.104bn worldwide less than a month after its July 17 release, surpassing The Dark Knight Rises to become the highest-grossing film of his career.
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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