The Guardian Culture

Add to playlist: the anxiety-ridden sugar rush of Tiffany Day and the week’s best new tracks

Day’s latest album Halo is all high-energy exhaustion, injected with a crushing electroclash chaos that illuminates her insecurities in bright neonFrom Los AngelesRecommended if you like Slayyyter, Charli xcx, UnderscoresUp next Halo out now. UK and Ireland tour starts in DecemberRight now popstar breakthrough and burnout are a hair’s breadth from one another. Enter Tiffany Day, a Wichita-raised artist who first went viral in 2017 when a video of her singing Hallelujah on a school trip blew up o

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Variety

Starz Revenue Declines 4% in Q2 as Streaming Stabilizes, Company Takes $147 Million Charge Related to Ending Universal Output Deal

Starz saw total revenue slide again in the second quarter of 2026 — but the media company reported its first year-over-year growth in streaming revenue in 18 months. Company execs believe the business is turning around, and they’ve raised their outlook for adjusted OIBDA (operating income before depreciation and amortization) growth for full-year 2026 from […]

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Target Audience review – zingy satire puts media types in an apocalyptic pickle

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWith characteristic wit, Dan Bishop’s comedy develops from a jolly send-up of the vacuous TV industry into a politically astute play about power‘I’ve never read anything Greek, but I bet if feels exactly like this,” says Isabelle (RhéAna Kamalu) at the apocalyptic height of this zingy comedy. She is a gen Z intern whose end-of-times neuroses have suddenly become justified after she receives a government alert to stay indoors. Maybe she did not want to die young, aft

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Variety

Luca Guadagnino to Receive Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at Venice Film Festival

Luca Guadagnino will receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The Italian director, who is premiering his seven-hour Bernardo Bertolucci documentary “Joie de Vivre” at this year’s festival, is being honored as “a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry,” according to […]

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Werner Herzog to Receive San Sebastian Film Festival’s Donostia Award

The German filmmaker joins a prestigious list of Donostia Award recipients, including Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Pedro Almodóvar, David Cronenberg, Juliette Binoche and Javier Bardem.

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Variety

Werner Herzog to Be Honored at San Sebastián Film Festival

Prolific filmmaker Werner Herzog will receive the San Sebastián Film Festival’s prestigious Donostia Award during its 74th edition in September. The German director will be honored at the Spanish festival’s opening gala and will screen his latest film “Bucking Fastard,” following its world premiere at Venice Film Festival. “Over a career spanning six decades, Werner […]

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Strange Loops: Clarinet Quintets album review – drama, imagination and sonic flair

Van de Wiel/Soloists of the Philharmonia(Signum)Clarinettist Mark Von de Wiel performs music by Anna Clyne, Ruth Gipps and WeberMark van de Wiel was principal clarinet of the Philharmonia from 2000 until 2025, during which time he gave the UK premiere of Anna Clyne’s Strange Loops. The title, derived from Douglas Hofstadter’s 1979 bestseller Gödel, Escher, Bach, describes a cyclic system where, by moving up or down through different hierarchical levels, you unexpectedly find yourself back at the

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Variety

Bella Thorne Is Also Directing and Writing the ‘Spring Breakers’ Sequel She’s Starring In: ‘From Start to Finish, It’s Lit as F—’

Bella Thorne is about to go full “Spring Breakers.” The former Disney star has revealed that in addition to starring in an upcoming sequel to Harmony Korine’s 2012 cult classic, she’s also directing and writing the film. Variety exclusively announced the sequel and its cast in May 2025, which also includes “Stranger Things” breakout Grace […]

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Variety

Danny DeVito-Produced Heist Comedy ‘Drag’ Boards Blue Finch Films for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Blue Finch Films has taken on international sales rights, outside North America, for the heist thriller comedy “Drag” from directors Greg Yagolnitzer and Raviv Ullman. The U.K. sales and distribution company plans to launch the title at the market during the Toronto Film Festival. Danny DeVito, Lucy DeVito and Jake DeVito produced the film, which […]

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Variety

Claes Bang Plays a Masseur of Nazi Leader Heinrich Himmler in ‘I Is Another’ – But John Paul in ‘Bad Sisters’ Is Still One of His ‘Worst Characters’ 

Claes Bang plays Heinrich Himmler’s personal physical therapist in Locarno premiere “I Is Another.” Directed by Felix Randau, it focuses on the true story of Felix Kersten. Kersten, who passed away in 1960, claimed to have saved numerous lives during the war due to his influence over the Nazi leader. However, many have disputed his […]

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

How teen TV is replacing repetition with authenticity: ‘a reprieve from the algorithm’

Off Campus, The Summer I Turned Pretty and Sterling Point are winning viewers with grounded coming-of-age themesAnnie Jacobson has a 10-step skincare routine, a voice-activated white noise machine, the wardrobe of a Uniqlo mom, and no desire for anything other than getting into Wharton Business School. “You’re 17. You’re acting 30,” her twin brother Connor tells her, encouraging her to spend her summer partying instead. As central characters in Prime Video’s new coming-of-age drama Sterling Poin

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Pony Island 2 Panda Circus: gallop out of hell in this phantasmagorical follow-up to 2016’s indie hit

Daniel Mullins explains how he plans to follow up his quirky classic without losing what made it stand out in the first placeGlitchy aesthetics. Literally collapsing menu boxes. The game taunting you by “possessing” your Steam friends. Technical tricks of this nature may sound gimmicky in 2026, but they felt excitingly unorthodox a decade ago, when Pony Island came out to critical acclaim.Fans of Daniel Mullins, the celebrated indie developer of Inscryption, will be forgiven for forgetting that

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Power. People. Data. But in Which Order? At Locarno Pro, a Film Panel Had Widely Different Thoughts

In a session with execs from mk2, Design Otherwise and Lucky Red, 'Ida' by Pawel Pawlikowski and Barry Jenkins' 'Moonlight' were name-checked as powerful films that data or algorithms may not have picked.

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Variety

Locarno’s Match Me! Projects Push New Voices, Timely Relevance and Authenticity as a Younger Generation Moves Center Stage 

Arthouse movies are increasingly made for younger audiences who are replacing ageing stay-at-home baby boomers at Europe’s upscale cinema theaters. That impact is now working its way through new arthouse projects, seen at Locarno’s 2026 Match Me!, its vibrant co-production meet this year welcoming projects from Europe and Latin America, where a younger generation move […]

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Variety

Locarno Open Doors Buzz Title ‘Chapa 100,’ From Ique Langa, Adds Luminalia, Mo Harare, Mostafa El Kasha (EXCLUSIVE)  

“Chapa 100,” the 2025 Atlas Workshops Development Award winner, now a potential highlight at Locarno’s Africa-focused strand Open Doors, has been boarded by Italy-based sales agent Luminalia. Written and directed by Mozambique’s Ique Langa, “Chapa 100” has also added as an associate producer Mo Harawe, whose “The Village Next to Paradise” screened in Cannes Festival’s […]

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Tell us your favourite true crime TV

We would like to hear your favourite true crime TV documentary and whyFrom OJ: Made in America to Tiger King, the Guardian has compiled TV’s best true crime shows. Now, we would like to hear yours. What is your favourite true crime TV documentary and why?If you’re having trouble using the form click here. Read terms of service here and privacy policy here. Continue reading...

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Flo: Therapy at the Club review – skirting the dancefloor and overly sweating the small stuff

(EMI)The British R&B girl group’s follow up to 2024’s Access All Areas is lyrically spicy and musically diverse but lacks the hedonism the title suggestsWhen Flo burst out in 2022, the trio were hailed as the second coming of the R&B girl group, and even paid homage to their harmonising forebears Destiny’s Child, Sugababes and SWV in the intro to debut album Access All Areas. They didn’t quite hit as expected – only one single scraped the Top 40 – but they sound undeterred on a vibey sec

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘At Night’ Features “Stories Women Share Together But Rarely to an Audience” (Exclusive Locarno Clip)

Beatrice Gibson's full-length feature debut, premiering in Locarno's Filmmakers of the Present Competition, blends autofiction and poetry into what she calls "a love letter to friendships."

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

Variety

Thomas Heise’s Final Documentary ‘Übergang,’ a Potential Locarno Highlight, Reflects on Time and Transience  

Thomas Heise’s final film, “Übergang,” arrives at the Locarno Film Festival as both a portrait of one of Germany’s most influential documentary filmmakers and the completion of a project left unfinished by his death. Premiering in the festival’s out of competition section, the film traces Heise’s life through newly shot footage, archival material and photographs, […]

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Arun Sood and Angeline Morrison: Donn/Dubh review – British folk giants startlingly transform sacred histories

(Real World)Leaning on their Hebridean heritage, the duo meld 10th-century Celtic cantos with distortion, dream-pop and post-rock, with shades of Twin Peaks and Boards of CanadaTwo of Britain’s most exciting folk musicians, both of Hebridean heritage, are behind Donn/Dubh (Black/Brown), an album inspired by Saltair na Rann, a 10th-century Celtic collection of cantos in which sacred history is foretold, and winds are given colours. Angeline Morrison and Arun Sood expand its spectrum of northerly

entertainment  Aug 7, 2026