The Odyssey sets a new box office record months after its release Christopher Nolan’s Greek epic has toppled Jurassic World to become Universal’s highest-grossing film ever The Independent UK · Sep 12
Woman Unknown wins Venice film festival as NAZA takes special jury prize May el-Toukhy becomes eighth female director to take Golden Lion as Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love and Guardian-produced exposé of Israel’s Gaza killings also awarded The Guardian - UK · Sep 12
John Malkovich becomes Best Actor Oscar frontrunner after winning Venice Film Festival prize Danish drama ‘Woman Unknown’ won the Golden Lion prize for Best Film The Independent UK · Sep 12
Practical Magic 2 tops box office as Spider-Man nears major record ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ is very close to matching the all-time domestic box office record The Independent UK · Sep 12
Danish WWII drama wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival A Danish WWII drama about a woman trying to hide a wartime relationship with a Nazi was awared top prize on Saturday at The Venice Film Festival, while Gaza documentary NAZA snagged the special jury prize. "Unknown Woman" had been a major talking point of the festival due to its… France 24 · Sep 12
NAZA awarded the Special Jury Prize at Venice International Film Festival NAZA, a new film directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and produced by the Guardian, has been awarded the prestigious Special Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. The Guardian - UK · Sep 12
Liam Neeson describes ‘rage’ at Catholic scandal that shocked Ireland The Northern Irish star is one of the producers behind the new biographical drama ‘The Lost Children of Tuam’ The Independent UK · Sep 12
Film producer Jeremy Thomas was a cross between a kindly Cambridge don and the movie world’s cool uncle The man behind The Last Emperor had the confidence of an old-fashioned studio boss along with the soul of a cineaste The Guardian - UK · Sep 12
Gary Oldman says new Harry Potter series will be ‘more satisfying’ than the films The ‘Slow Horses’ actor played the much-loved Sirius Black The Independent UK · Sep 12
Jeremy Thomas, British producer of The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, dies aged 77 An outstanding figure in the UK film industry, Thomas was noted for collaborations with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci and David Cronenberg The Guardian - UK · Sep 12
Jeremy Thomas death: Oscar-winning movie producer dies aged 77 Thomas worked with directors such as David Cronenberg, Bernardo Bertolucci, Johnathan Glazer, Stephen Frears and Nicolas Roeg during his lengthy career The Independent UK · Sep 12
Oscar-winning film producer Jeremy Thomas dies aged 77 Thomas ‘passed away peacefully’ at his country home in Oxfordshire on Friday. Evening Standard · Sep 12
The Weirdest Horror Sci-Fi Of The 2010s Just Got A Huge Upgrade With writer and director Alex Garland on a winning streak, now's the time to revisit one of his more confounding films. Inverse · Sep 12
Venice Film Festival ends with Golden Lion at stake after 'NAZA' draws record ovation The 83rd Venice Film Festival wraps up Saturday with the jury awards, including the Golden Lion The Independent UK · Sep 12
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11 Man to Man review – Tilda Swinton’s perfect pacing makes this multi-character monologue compelling Starting in Germany in the 1930s, there is a stinging topicality to Manfred Karge’s play addressing the renaissance of Nazi ideology
Inverse · Sep 11 2026's Most Controversial Superhero Movie Suddenly Feels Redeemed On Streaming 'Supergirl' is on HBO Max. Should the film have started there?
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11 Faith review – intense performances power startling and unsettling tale of mysterious suitor Erin Doherty plays a happily single mother in a downbeat town courted by an enigmatic James McAvoy in this expertly taut drama
The Independent UK · Sep 11 What's happening at TIFF: MIA studios, a taxidermy musical and a disability rights crowd pleaser A running question through film festivals this year has been: Where are the major movie studio movies
The Independent UK · Sep 11 ‘CODA’ didn’t change Hollywood for the disabled. Siân Heder hopes ‘Being Heumann’ can “CODA,” the first film featuring a largely deaf cast to triumph at the Oscars, marked a watershed moment for the film industry
The Guardian - US · Sep 11 River review – so-so survival slasher offers more of the same and little else Strong performances from two experienced scream queens and some surprisingly thoughtful direction can’t elevate yet another stalk-by-numbers horror
Evening Standard · Sep 11 Joey King: ‘Nothing more powerful’ than when girls come together Practical Magic 2 follows a family of witches who were cursed with a spell that meant any partner they fell in love with would die a horrible death.
The Independent UK · Sep 11 Gary Oldman addresses clashes with Francis Ford Coppola on Dracula: Directors are ‘all a bit nuts’ Oldman starred as the titular vampire in 1992’s ‘Bram Stoker's Dracula’
Salon · Sep 11 Snobbery is making a comeback — finally Two corporate giants are pushing back on slop. Viewers should too
The Guardian - US · Sep 11 The Housewife review – Naomi Watts is a secret suburban Nazi in an overcooked melodrama The chilling true story of a woman who tried to hide from her wartime crimes gets turned into a strangely inert misfire
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11 Gore, gimps and a potty-mouthed magpie: welcome to the Lisbon horror festival where nightmares are a dream MotelX – Portugal’s only film festival dedicated to horror – hopes to inspire local film-makers by showcasing world-class scares. Now in its 20th edition, its directors say truly nerve-shredding cinema is its holy grail