Hollywood Reporter

Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard, Vanessa Redgrave Join ‘The Turning Door’ Animated Cast

Alicia Vikander, Jamie Dornan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Bill Nighy, and Gillian Anderson also voice characters in Nicholas Ashe Bateman's animated feature, which Mister Smith Entertainment are pitching to buyers at TIFF: The Market.

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘My Notes on Mars’ Review: Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend Play a Trauma-Shaken Couple in Clever Sci-Fi Puzzler

Written and directed by Hungarian Lili Horvat, the Venice premiere taps into current anxieties about what is human and what is love.

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Variety

Danny Boyle Celebrated at Variety’s Venice Pre-Opening Party as ‘Ink’ Star Jack O’Connell Praises His Ability to ‘Take Us Inside a World’

Danny Boyle was celebrated with Variety’s Creative Impact in Directing Award on Monday during a Venice Film Festival pre-opening night party at the poolside terrace of the Hotel Excelsior. The Oscar-winning British filmmaker is set to open the festival on Wednesday night with “Ink,” a juicy exposé of how British tabloid The Sun propelled Rupert […]

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Variety

‘My Notes on Mars’ Review: Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend Star in an Imperfect Breakdown of Marriage and Memory

A relationship drama verging on sci-fi, Lili Horvát’s “My Notes On Mars” begins with an intriguing premise that eventually loses steam. It follows the disappearance of an American astrophysicist in the Hungarian mountains who mysteriously returns to her husband on the day of her own memorial. With no memory of who she is or where […]

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The Joke’s On Us. Literally

The Hollywood Reporter joins the illustrious tradition of being spoofed by The Harvard Lampoon.

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Maggie Gyllenhaal says film industry has a ‘systemic problem’ with sexism

Speaking at the opening of the Venice film festival, the actor-director addressed why the jury of which she is chair will only be shown two films made by female film-makersMaggie Gyllenhaal said there is a “systemic problem” that explains why only two female directors are in the running for the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival this year.“It’s harder for women to get films financed,” said the actor-director, who is heading up the jury of the world’s oldest cinema showcase this year. Contin

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Variety

Robert Pattinson Says ‘The Batman 2’ Action Scenes Are ‘Significantly Harder’ and ‘I’m Feeling My Age When Fighting a Lot’

Robert Pattinson turned 40 years old ahead of filming “The Batman: Part II,” and he’s definitely feeling his age on set. Production on the long-awaited superhero sequel kicked off in June in London with Pattinson back as the Dark Knight opposite new cast members Scarlett Johansson and Sebastian Stan, whose roles remain a closely guarded […]

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Messy, clever and can barely conceal its rage: is Furious the most outstanding TV show of the year?

The story of a serial killer taking revenge on the rich predatory men who abused her just earned a fantastic finale. With career-defining acting, daring Epstein parallels and super dark comedy, it’s a total must-watchYou could easily watch the first few minutes of Furious without knowing that it would turn out to be so special. It opens with a scene of pure horror: it’s Halloween night and a real monster is hiding among the pretend ones. A woman we come to know as Catherine Grace (an astonishing

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The Buzziest New Show on Netflix? A Video Game Trailer

Forget prestige TV. Why 'Grand Theft Auto' trailers and AI Andy Cohens may be the future of streaming entertainment.

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Emily Alyn Lind Is a Proud “F***ing Know-It-All”

From a Gaspar Noé set at age 7 to her long-overdue Venice debut in Casey Affleck's 'Company,' the actress weighs in on growing up in showbiz and refusing to have it all together in her 20s.

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

From petrol pump attendant to Dylan-feted rocker and Judd Apatow muse: the delightfully unlikely life of Graham Parker

Fifty years ago Parker was hailed as rock’s next big thing, but he picked a different path: cult records, a Hollywood diversion, an aversion to stardom. Ahead of a UK tour, he looks back at his strange trajectoryTo say Graham Parker enjoyed a swift rise to fame is an understatement. He played his first live show with his most famous backing band, the Rumour, in October 1975, at the Newlands Tavern, a pub in Nunhead, south-east London. By the start of the following year, he had a record deal and

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Grand Theft Auto VI is a phenomenon – but there is much more to the gaming world

As Rockstar’s blockbuster prepares to dominate the headlines, it’s time for the mainstream media to stop treating video games as a novelty that needs explainingPredictably, the Grand Theft Auto VI “extended look” which premiered on Netflix last week was a success for all involved. The 30-minute preview scorched to No 1 on the viewing chart and even brought the site down for a few minutes as millions of gamers tried to watch what was, effectively, a very long teaser trailer. According to data col

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Fall 2: Deadpoint review – silly seat-edge sequel can’t reach heights of the original

There are just about enough hand-over-mouth moments to please thrill-seekers in this B-movie follow-up but eyerolls soon prevailThere was plenty of silliness but also plenty of suspense in 2022’s modestly successful don’t-look-down thriller Fall, a surprisingly well-made micro-budget marvel that ultimately found its audience on Netflix. While certain elements, such as the no-name leads and increasingly hokey script, might have made it seem like yet another churned out low-rent original for the s

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Variety

‘The Girl With The Leica’ Review: An Impressionistic Portrait of Gerda Taro, the Woman Who Shared the Artistic Identity of Robert Capa

For many people, the name Robert Capa evokes a mysterious, jet-setting American photographer responsible for some of the mid-20th century’s most iconic images from the frontlines of war. In the fascinating “The Girl With The Leica,” Italian director Alina Marazzi puts paid to that myth. The time-jumping film reclaims the legacy of German-born photojournalist Gerda Taro (née Gerta Pohorylle) […]

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Variety

‘Fall 2: Deadpoint’ Review: A Mostly Successful Sequel to the Dizzy Word-of-Mouth Sensation

A sequel should be similar to the film that preceded it, but not the same. That’s the conventional wisdom that, for better or worse, not all filmmakers observe when picking up the mantle of a series or franchise. But when they’re working from a high-concept premise, it’s a challenge especially fraught with risk. And following […]

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Variety

Wrongful Terrorism Case of Sri Lankan Student Set as Feature Doc ‘Framed’ by Australia’s Anupam Sharma, First-Look Poster Unveiled Ahead of Toronto Market (EXCLUSIVE)

The wrongful terrorism case of a Sri Lankan student in Sydney has been set as a feature documentary by Australian filmmaker Anupam Sharma, with the first-look poster for “Framed” unveiled ahead of the Toronto Film Festival’s inaugural market. “Framed” follows the case of Kamer Nizamdeen, a 25-year-old overseas student who was arrested and held in […]

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Variety

Jordan Firstman, Matteo Lane Lead U.S. Voice Cast of Cannes Breakout Comedy ‘Jim Queen’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Jordan Firstman, fresh off Cannes buzz for his feature directorial debut “Club Kid,” leads the English-language voice cast of “Jim Queen,” alongside comedian, actor and singer Matteo Lane (“Chicago”). The pair voice Jim and Lucien in the Cannes breakout gay animated comedy from filmmakers Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané. Global Constellation will introduce this English-language […]

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Runner’ Review: Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson in an Impressively Visceral Buddy Thriller That Leaves Behind a Bad Taste

A courier with very special skills battles cartel members to deliver a desperately needed human organ in Scott Waugh's film.

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Why Casey Affleck Cast His Family in His Gothic New Film ‘Company’ (First Look)

The Oscar winner’s sons, parents and girlfriend appear in the Venice-bound drama, which was made for very little money and with a rotating crew: “I suddenly felt an enormous amount of pressure,” he says.

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Joey Ramone smiling! And having fun! At the beach! Roberta Bayley’s best photograph

‘Joey didn’t surf. And he didn’t like this photo. He said, “You made my legs look thin.” Like it was my fault he had skinny legs’The first band I ever saw were the Beatles, on 19 August 1964 at the Cow Palace Arena near San Francisco. I was 13. I remember every 29 minutes of it: 17,000 screaming girls making a deafening din and thousands of flashbulbs going off at once, lighting up the entire stadium. I’d been a Beatlemaniac since seeing a clip of them at the London Palladium on the Jack Paar sh

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026