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‘It is the riskiest film I’ve ever made’: Pedro Almodóvar on being the villain in his own movie theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/… #PedroAlmodóvar #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Netflix #Culture #Comedy #Europe #Spain #Media #Film

‘It is the riskiest film I’ve ever made’: Pedro Almodóvar on being the villain in his own movie

As his new film Bitter Christmas is released the legendary Spanish director turns his fire on Donald Trump, Will Smith, Netflix – and himself
Ryan Gilbey (the Guardian)
#Film #culture #europe #Worldnews #Netflix #sPAIN #Media #comedy #dramaFilms #Comedyfilms #PedroAlmodovar

The Odyssey review – Nolan goes god-tier with breathtaking epic of men, monsters and moral metamorphosis theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/… #ChristopherNolan #RobertPattinson #SamanthaMorton #CharlizeTheron #LupitaNyong'o #AnneHathaway #TheOdyssey #TomHolland #ElliotPage #Dramafilms #MattDamon #Zendaya #Culture #Homer #Books #Film

The Odyssey review – Nolan goes god-tier with breathtaking epic of men, monsters and moral metamorphosis

Doing full justice to the Homeric legend, Christopher Nolan amasses an epic cast to convey the true cost of war with film-making of thrilling ambition
Peter Bradshaw (the Guardian)
#Film #culture #Books #mattdamon #robertpattinson #Zendaya #Homer #TomHolland #CharlizeTheron #theodyssey #christophernolan #elliotpage #dramaFilms #SamanthaMorton #annehathaway #lupitanyong

‘He made wine and he shared it. What more do you want?’: Sam Neill remembered by his co-stars theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/… #Television&radio #LindsayDuncan #Dramafilms #Television #Worldnews #SamNeill #Culture #Film

‘He made wine and he shared it. What more do you want?’: Sam Neill remembered by his co-stars

The actors Lindsay Duncan and Charles Dance, alongside director Peter Webber, pay tribute to a practical joker, unpretentious craftsman and ‘very cool guy’
Guardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
#Film #culture #Worldnews #Television #samneill #dramaFilms #lindsayduncan

The Invite review – Seth Rogen adds zest and bite to fruity dinner party comedy theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/… #PenélopeCruz #EdwardNorton #Lifeandstyle #Comedyfilms #OliviaWilde #Dramafilms #SethRogen #Culture #Comedy #Film #Sex

The Invite review – Seth Rogen adds zest and bite to fruity dinner party comedy

Olivia Wilde directs and stars alongside Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton in bizarrely moving tale, with Rogen’s levity keeping the outrageous plot points in check
Peter Bradshaw (the Guardian)
#Film #culture #comedy #Sex #sethrogen #PenélopeCruz #lifeandstyle #dramaFilms #oliviawilde #Comedyfilms #EdwardNorton

‘David Bowie was a crazy workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an oral history theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/… #Animationinfilm #TheMuppets #Dramafilms #DavidBowie #Puppetry #Culture #Music #Film

‘David Bowie was a crazy workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an oral history

Today, Jim Henson’s dark fairytale is seen as a classic of 80s high camp. But on release, it bombed. Here, members of the cast and crew remember laughter, tricky puppets and Henson’s ‘joyful magic’
Ann Lee (the Guardian)
#Film #culture #music #davidbowie #themuppets #puppetry #dramaFilms #Animationinfilm

#Film #culture #westerns #kurtrussell #valkilmer #dramaFilms #actionandadventurefilms

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The Stranger review – lustrously beautiful and superbly realised modern take on the Camus classic theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/… #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Filmadaptations #FrançoisOzon #AlbertCamus #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Worldnews #Algeria #Culture #France #Africa #Europe #Books #Film

The Stranger review – lustrously beautiful and superbly realised modern take on the Camus classic

François Ozon’s adaptation of the 1942 novella L’Etranger passionately honours the original text while bringing a contemporary perspective to its themes of empire and race
Peter Bradshaw (the Guardian)
#Film #africa #culture #europe #Worldnews #France #Algeria #Books #AlbertCamus #middleeastandnorthafrica #dramaFilms #francoisozon #filmadaptations #Crimefilms

#Film #culture #robertpattinson #Zendaya #dramaFilms #usguncontrol

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#Film #culture #leonardodicaprio #thrillers #TildaSwinton #alexgarland #dramaFilms #dannyboyle

‘Our bond is private. Some things have to stay between us’: Paolo Sorrentino and Toni Servillo on smoking, cinema and secrets theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/… #PaoloSorrentino #TheGreatBeauty #Dramafilms #Culture #Europe #IlDivo #Italy #Film

‘Our bond is private. Some things have to stay between us’: Paolo Sorrentino and Toni Servillo on smoking, cinema and secrets

A drama about a president at the end of his career, La Grazia is the director’s finest film since The Great Beauty.
Xan Brooks (the Guardian)
#Film #culture #europe #Italy #PaoloSorrentino #dramaFilms #ildivo #thegreatbeauty

#Film #culture #Brazil #thrillers #worldcinema #dramaFilms #oscars2026

‘Every role I do, I’m going to be a Black man first’: David Jonsson on winning Baftas, rebooting Alien and leaving TV’s hottest show theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/… #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #DavidJonsson #Dramafilms #Culture #Alien #Film

‘Every role I do, I’m going to be a Black man first’: David Jonsson on winning Baftas, rebooting Alien and leaving TV’s hottest show

He went from being the east London boy who was expelled from school to becoming the Bafta award‑winning star of Alien: Romulus. Ahead of his prison drama Wasteman, David Jonsson discusses the pressures of being a leading Black British actor
Sasha Mistlin (the Guardian)
#Film #culture #alien #DavidJonsson #dramaFilms #sciencefictionandfantasyfilms

The President’s Cake review – sweet portrait of life in wartime Iraq builds to an explosive climax theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/… #Periodandhistoricalfilms #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #SaddamHussein #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Culture #Film #Iraq

The President’s Cake review – sweet portrait of life in wartime Iraq builds to an explosive climax

Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredients
Peter Bradshaw (the Guardian)
#Film #culture #Worldnews #Iraq #saddamhussein #middleeastandnorthafrica #dramaFilms #Periodandhistoricalfilms

Wuthering Heights review: too hot, too greedy adaptation guarantees bad dreams in the night theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/… #Filmadaptations #EmeraldFennell #MargotRobbie #MartinClunes #Romancefilms #Romancebooks #JacobElordi #EmilyBrontë #Dramafilms #Charlixcx #Culture #Books #Music #Film

Wuthering Heights review: too hot, too greedy adaptation guarantees bad dreams in the night

Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë is an emotionally hollow, bodice-ripping misfire that misuses Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi but makes the most of Martin Clunes
Peter Bradshaw (the Guardian)
#Film #culture #music #Books #MargotRobbie #EmeraldFennell #charlixcx #romancebooks #emilybronte #dramaFilms #jacobelordi #romancefilms #martinclunes #filmadaptations

Meet your descendants – and your future self! A trip to Venice film festival’s extended reality island theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/… #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Venicefilmfestival #Virtualreality #Installation #Dramafilms #Technology #Computing #Festivals #Culture #Film

Meet your descendants – and your future self! A trip to Venice film festival’s extended reality island

A flourishing lineup of immersive storytelling experiments are taking visitors into novels, nightclubs and outer space
Xan Brooks (The Guardian)
#Film #technology #culture #VirtualReality #computing #installation #artificialintelligence #festivals #VeniceFilmFestival #dramaFilms

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