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Two Renoir Paintings Stolen from French Riviera Museum
Two thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera early Tuesday and escaped with two Renoir paintings worth an estimated €9m, both on loan from the Musée d'Orsay.
Bardem & Cruz Debut as Onscreen Couple in ‘Bunker’ at Venice
Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz premiered their first film together as a married couple at Venice, discussing how their real relationship informed their roles in Florian Zeller’s thriller *Bunker*.
Tallest Man on Earth Returns to Swedish Folk
Kristian Matsson, the Tallest Man on Earth, has returned to Dalarna and turned his grief for his father into an album that embraces the Swedish folk traditions he once rejected.
Guadagnino's 7-Hour Bertolucci Doc Premieres at Venice
Luca Guadagnino's 435-minute Bernardo Bertolucci documentary "Joie de Vivre" premiered at the 2026 Venice Film Festival, positioning itself as both a personal love letter and a bid to reclaim the Ital
John Turturro to Receive Zurich Golden Eye Award
John Turturro will receive the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival, with an in-person ceremony and Masters session accompanying the honor during the festival’s September 24–October 4, 2026 ru
Casey Affleck on 'Company' at Venice: Conflicts and Grief
Casey Affleck premiered his gothic drama 'Company' at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, telling reporters the film responds to 'raging conflicts in the world' and to personal grief over losing both
Monty Don Leaves Gardeners' World After 23 Years
After 23 years at the helm, Monty Don is stepping down from BBC's Gardeners' World at the end of the current series, confirming it is not a full retirement.
Musk review – epic study of the world’s richest and most banal man
Alex Gibney's four-hour Elon Musk documentary channels the structural rhetoric of films about Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried, profiling DOGE's deficit impact, family tragedies, and federal sub
Gibney Warns Musk's DOGE Data Could Fuel Election AI
Filmmaker Alex Gibney used the Venice Film Festival press conference for his four-hour documentary "Musk" to warn that citizen data accessed by Elon Musk's shuttered DOGE operation could be used to bu
Alex Gibney Unveils Musk Doc At Venice Film Festival
At Venice, Alex Gibney premiered his 'Musk' documentary where a trailer calls Elon Musk 'manifestly cruel' and 'a fascist,' and ex-partner Ashley St. Clair reveals she rejected a $40M NDA to speak.
Detroit exhibit reframes O'Keeffe through architecture
The Detroit Institute of Arts has opened 'Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture,' a nearly 40-work exhibition curated by Dia's Ben Coleman that spotlights the artist's lesser-known depictions of skyscrapers,
Serkis Premieres XR Film 'Nevatars' at Venice Immersive
"Nevatars," Andy Serkis's passion-project XR experience about concept-art rejects escaping a digital trash bin, premiered at Venice Immersive on Google-powered XREAL Aura AR glasses as one of only two
Star Trek at 60: A Newcomer's Verdict
A New Scientist journalist sampled episodes across the Star Trek franchise to mark its 60th anniversary, consulting three colleague superfans for episode picks and ultimately finding Voyager's Captain
Star Trek at 60 Amid Paramount's 'Woke' Cancellation
As Star Trek turns 60, William Shatner reflects on the franchise's utopian origins, its entanglement with America's culture wars, and Paramount's post-merger cancellation of its latest series — while
Prime Video Reveals First 'Boys of Tommen' Images
Prime Video unveiled the first images from its upcoming YA adaptation 'Boys of Tommen' at its Obsessed Retreat in Germany, revealing Conor Sánchez and Nancy Surridge in the lead roles of Johnny Kavana
Blue Eyes to Sell Norowzian's 'A Time In Eternity' at TIFF
Blue Eyes Film & Distribution has acquired worldwide sales rights to Mehdi Norowzian's latest film A Time In Eternity, starring Leila Hatami, and will introduce the Tehran-set drama to international b
Swiss CHFD Stablecoin Sandbox Testing Begins with Nine Firms
Nine Swiss companies have begun testing CHFD, a Swiss franc stablecoin, in a regulatory sandbox that added financial market operator SIX and payment app TWINT as new participants to test programmable
Colin from Accounts Finale Returns to the Vet's Office
Colin from Accounts' third and final season wraps the Australian romantic comedy with the same caustic warmth that defined it, returning to the veterinary clinic from its 2022 pilot in the finale and
Dizzee Rascal Makes Surprise Appearance at Wallingford BunkFest
Grime artist Dizzee Rascal made a surprise, unofficial visit to BunkFest, a free volunteer-run folk festival in the small Oxfordshire market town of Wallingford, posing for photos at a riverside pub b
Oasis reunion doc hits cinemas: what we learned
The two-hour documentary "Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger," directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern with Steven Knight, was filmed throughout the Gallagher brothers' sold-out 2025 reunion tour an
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