The Guardian Culture

‘Pure, unyielding torture pornography’: is Half Man too unpleasant to be good TV?

Richard Gadd’s follow-up to Baby Reindeer is a relentlessly punishing look at characters being crushed by the unending horror of their lives. At times, it feels like it was made by emo teensIf you look up Baby Reindeer on Netflix, you’ll find it categorised as a comedy series. This may come as news to anyone who has actually seen it, because they might have been labouring under the delusion that it was a terror-filled rolling panic attack of a show, sitting somewhere between psychological thrill

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘A new way to express myself’: Harlem teens share their lives through photography – in pictures

For the past 25 years, Expanding the Walls program has allowed teenagers to express their identities and their lives via photography. In Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History, and Community on view until 8 June at the Studio Museum in Harlem, a survey contrasts the past and the now with a selection of images for an insight into the world and minds of teens in New York City Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

Karlovy Vary Film Festival Artistic Director Karel Och Unveils Lineup for 60th Edition: ‘The Program Boasts Extraordinary Geographical Diversity’

Karel Och, artistic director of Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, has unveiled a lineup of almost 40 titles in the main program, premiering at the 60th edition of the event in the Czech spa town at the beginning of July. Och said, “One of the defining characteristics of the films in this year’s main program […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Karlovy Vary Unveils Lineup, Including Competition Film ‘Hijamat’ From Nader Saeivar, Jafar Panahi

Jurors, such as 'Sentimental Value' co-writer Eskil Vogt, and cineasts can look forward to titles from around the world, including KVIFF's first-ever Burmese, Colombian and Swiss competition titles and "a relentless search for the relationship between the artistic and the political, the intimate and the societal."

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

My Only Boy by Rosa Rankin-Gee review – a darkly funny near-future dystopia

A surprising romance is set against a backdrop of climate crisis, political instability and corporate corruption in this bleak but witty novelRosa Rankin-Gee follows her 2021 near-future climate-crisis dystopia, Dreamland, with a similar but more politically focused work. As I read My Only Boy, I kept having to remind myself that the nation it describes is not (yet) real, because, for a reader living abroad, the novel’s England seems unnervingly close to what might come next. Any political

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Acting review – Cheek by Jowl masterclass in how to strut and fret upon the Shakesperian stage

Sophie Fiennes’s thoughtful documentary follows director Declan Donnellan as he helps actors find their way through Macbeth’s linesDocumentary film-maker Sophie Fiennes returns with another palate-cleansingly meditative, unhurried and intelligent movie about artistic process; in this case, the process of acting – or to be more specific, rehearsing and workshopping ideas. Actors are shown developing approaches to Macbeth under the cool eye of Cheek by Jowl director Declan Donnellan.This is the pa

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

‘Backrooms’ Smashes A24 Record With Dominant Debut at U.K. and Ireland Box Office

The U.K. and Ireland box office witnessed a historic opening weekend as A24’s psychological horror “Backrooms” seized the top spot, grossing £4.2 million ($5.7 million). The film delivered the biggest opening weekend in A24’s history for the territory. Disney’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” moved to second place in its sophomore frame, earning $3.5 million. The […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

“My Grandmother Told Me Not to Bring Home a Blue-Eyed Wife. But I’m a Gay Guy”

Greek director Thanasis Neofotistos on 'The Boy With the Light-Blue Eyes,' his SXSW London debut — a folk horror allegory about otherness, queer identity and the randomness of being born different.

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult review – wildly juicy TV about the guru possessed by an alien

This tale of the Studio 54 stunner-turned-extraterrestrial who lured models to his Manhattan apartment for sex, money – or to give them mint face masks – is fascinating … yet fails to explain quite why so many believed his baloneyDocumentaries about cults all have the same task, at which they nearly all fail: explaining exactly how so many people fell under the spell of a man (it’s always a man) who was, to outside observers, so obviously a damaged charlatan. None of it makes sense; it wouldn’t

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Netflix’s New Releases Coming in June 2026

Take a look at the movies and TV shows that are hitting the streaming service this month.

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Tonight the Music Seems So Loud by Sathnam Sanghera review – a heartbreaking portrait of George Michael

This affecting exploration of the troubled genius’s impact is packed with anecdote, sharp analysis and social contextIn 1998, George Michael was arrested for public lewdness in an LA lavatory, an incident that finally led the singer to publicly come out. The following day, Sathnam Sanghera found himself unable to leave his room at university: the doorway had been mockingly plastered with tabloid newspaper headlines – “ZIP ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO!” – by fellow students aware of his longstanding fa

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Köln 75 review – how a legendary jazz-improv show was cajoled into being by a German teenager

Watchable biopic charts how an 18-year-old German booked the sickly American pianist Keith Jarrett for what became a landmark concertHere is a niche drama about one of the most important chapters in the history of experimental jazz. It is however watchable, well acted and avoids the music-movie cliches – though I could have done without the fourth-wall-breaking lectures about the nature of jazz improvisation. They were perhaps inspired by similar setpieces in Adam McKay’s financial crisis movie

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘I wasn’t expecting that!’: Joel Meyerowitz and the art of surprise – in pictures

It could be the puff of steam from a manhole or a horse wandering into view – whatever the ‘moment’, the iconic US photographer has always had a camera in hand to capture it Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: Rebekah Vardy speaks out on the Wagatha Christie case

She kicks off a new reality series with husband Jamie. Plus: Strictly’s Amy Dowden makes shocking discoveries about her family. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, ITV1After Rebekah’s wild Wagatha Christie case and Jamie’s bittersweet departure from Leicester, the Vardys are on a mission to bolster their brand as they invite cameras inside their move to Italy. Yes, Rebekah speaks out on losing her libel case: “Never ever will I apologise for something I didn’t do.” But then they’re going about

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Like a Klingon prison’: inside Barack Obama’s audacious, near-windowless, $850m presidential library

Towering over a low-income area of Chicago, and wrapped in a speech that’s hard to decipher, this controversial monolith feels like a menacing sci-fi HQ. Is it a monument – or a mausoleum?The Egyptians had their pyramids. The Anglo-Saxons had their barrows. And the Americans have their presidential libraries – the chief difference being that the leaders the US venerates are usually still alive at the opening.Lacking a royal family or a state religion, the US presidency has swelled to fill the vo

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

I devoured classic novels as a teenager. In a world of distractions, can I relearn how to read them?

In less than a decade, surrounded by screens, I lost my ability to read some of the best books ever written. But, inspired by the Guardian’s 100 best novels list, I was determined to get it backIt is a privilege to be surrounded by books. My parents hail from the literary working class, a subsection of society that believes great works lead to a richer life. Reading for them was an inverted form of class snobbery. My dad could read as well as anyone. He’d prove it on package holidays, sitting on

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Not Suitable for Work review – Mindy Kaling tries to make the new Friends … and utterly fails

It takes a brave person to write about a gang of 20-somethings navigating life and love in neighbouring Manhattan apartments. Sadly this is not an instant classic – it’s a slice of schmaltzy pudding flopping on to a plateMore than three decades after Friends launched, it is still a brave writer who puts out a show about a gaggle of twentysomethings learning to navigate life and love in a brace of unfeasibly palatial apartments in Manhattan. Brave or, perhaps, foolish.The new sitcom from Mindy Ka

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

Jon Stewart Slams Donald Trump’s Crumbling Freedom 250 Concert: ‘Is Anyone Still Performing?’

On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart poked fun at President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 concert series after more than half the acts dropped out. “Man, I need good news. I need some relief. And I’ll tell you why,” Stewart said at the top of his monologue. “Because as many of you […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Na Hong-jin’s Record-Selling Cannes Monster Movie ‘Hope’ Sets September Theatrical Release

The Korean action maestro's first feature in roughly a decade lands in U.S. theaters Sept. 9 via Neon after a buzzy world premiere in France.

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Roadmap Writers Partners With Aevitas Creative Management For Emerging Author Development Program

The two companies will host a webinar later this month to share the goals and vision of the service, along with answering questions in real time.

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026