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Unauthorised version of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey shared on X
By Dan Milmo Global technology editor

A high-quality pirated version of the summer’s hit movie was leaked on Elon Musk’s X platform and viewed more than 3m times before being removed

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/27/unauthorised-version-of-christopher-nolans-odyssey-shared-on-x

#TheOdyssey #Film #ChristopherNolan #ElonMusk #Culture #X #Dramafilms #Actionandadventurefilms #TheGuardian #DanMilmoGlobaltechnologyeditor

‘The plane movie I’ll watch anytime’: why Up in the Air is my feelgood movie
By Joe Ellison

The latest in our series of writers’ most pleasurable comfort films is a journey through US airports with George Clooney

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/27/up-in-the-air-george-clooney-movie

#UpInTheAir #Film #Culture #GeorgeClooney #AnnaKendrick #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #TheGuardian #JoeEllison

The Devil Wears Prada 2 to Eleanor the Great: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
By Simon Wardell

Miranda and Andy reunite to save Runway magazine in the jolly couture-drenched sequel, plus Scarlett Johansson’s moving comedy about a twinkly eyed 94-year-old liar

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/24/the-seven-best-films-to-watch-on-tv-this-week

#Televisionradio #Culture #Film #Dramafilms #Thrillers #TheGuardian #SimonWardell

Nostalgia review – Tarkovsky’s yearning cine-poem is deeply mysterious and profound
By Peter Bradshaw

A scholar has an existential crisis while researching the life of a composer in the Russian director’s Italy-set 1983 masterwork

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/nostalgia-review-andrei-tarkovsky

#Film #Dramafilms #AndreiTarkovsky #Italy #Russia #Culture #Europe #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

On the Sea review – tender fishermen’s boat-based tale of forbidden love far from prying eyes
By Peter Bradshaw

Away from the disapproval of their Welsh fishing community, two men embark on a passionate affair in Helen Walsh’s poignant drama

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/on-the-sea-review-fishermen-tale-forbidden-love-helen-walsh

#Film #Dramafilms #LGBTQrights #Wales #Culture #Romancefilms #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Shin Kamen Rider: who wouldn’t want to watch an action flick about a grasshopper-man hybrid?
By Paul F Verhoeven

Based on a 70s series, this film by Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno is a thrilling lesson in standing up to evil (and driving very fast)

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/shin-kamen-rider-movie-hideaki-anno-grasshopper-man-hybrid

#Film #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Culture #Dramafilms #AmazonPrimeVideo #Japan #Superheromovies #TheGuardian #PaulFVerhoeven

The Odyssey: jaw-dropping action, dark magic and dolphin cameos – discuss with spoilers https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/21/odyssey-christopher-nolan-discussion #TheOdyssey #Film #Culture #MattDamon #LupitaNyongo #SamanthaMorton #CharlizeTheron #AnneHathaway #RobertPattinson #TomHolland #Zendaya #ChristopherNolan #ActionAndAdventureFilms #DramaFilms #Homer

The Odyssey: jaw-dropping action, dark magic and dolphin cameos – discuss with spoilers
By Owen Myers

Inside all the blink-and-you-miss-it moments, subtle easter eggs and poignant takeaways from Christopher Nolan’s ancient epic

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/21/odyssey-christopher-nolan-discussion

#TheOdyssey #Film #Culture #MattDamon #LupitaNyongo #SamanthaMorton #CharlizeTheron #AnneHathaway #RobertPattinson #TomHolland #Zendaya #ChristopherNolan #Actionandadventurefilms #Dramafilms #Homer #TheGuardian #OwenMyers

A Useful Ghost review – exhilarating black comedy summons ghosts of Thai past via a haunted hoover
By Peter Bradshaw

Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s stylish and unique movie features an unquiet spirit that inhabits a vacuum cleaner, before political interests intervene

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/20/a-useful-ghost-review-exhilarating-black-comedy-pits-thai-politics-against-a-haunted-hoover

#Film #Dramafilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Thailand #AsiaPacific #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Heartstopper Forever review – sanitized sex scenes won’t let the Netflix lovebirds grow up https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/17/heartstopper-forever-movie-review #Film #DramaFilms #KitConnor #Sexuality #YoungPeople #Netflix #DerekJacobi #Culture #TelevisionRadio #RomanceFilms

Heartstopper Forever review – sanitized sex scenes won’t let the Netflix lovebirds grow up
By Owen Myers

The film-length finale to the teen LGBTQ+ show has poignant moments but feels like fan service by numbers

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/17/heartstopper-forever-movie-review

#Film #Dramafilms #KitConnor #Sexuality #Youngpeople #Netflix #DerekJacobi #Culture #Televisionradio #Romancefilms #TheGuardian #OwenMyers

The Odyssey review – Nolan goes god-tier with breathtaking epic of men, monsters and moral metamorphosis https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/15/the-odyssey-review-christopher-nolan-matt-damon #Film #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Homer #MattDamon #AnneHathaway #TomHolland #LupitaNyongo #ElliotPage #SamanthaMorton #CharlizeTheron #Zendaya #RobertPattinson #Books #Culture #DramaFilms

The Odyssey review – Nolan goes god-tier with breathtaking epic of men, monsters and moral metamorphosis https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/15/the-odyssey-review-christopher-nolan-matt-damon #Film #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Homer #MattDamon #AnneHathaway #TomHolland #LupitaNyongo #ElliotPage #SamanthaMorton #CharlizeTheron #Zendaya #RobertPattinson #Books #Culture #DramaFilms

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

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

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/15/the-odyssey-review-christopher-nolan-matt-damon

#Film #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Homer #MattDamon #AnneHathaway #TomHolland #LupitaNyongo #ElliotPage #SamanthaMorton #CharlizeTheron #Zendaya #RobertPattinson #Books #Culture #Dramafilms #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

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

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

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/15/the-odyssey-review-christopher-nolan-matt-damon

#Film #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Homer #MattDamon #AnneHathaway #TomHolland #LupitaNyongo #ElliotPage #SamanthaMorton #CharlizeTheron #Zendaya #RobertPattinson #Books #Culture #Dramafilms #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

The Day She Returns review – another round of slow, reflective boozing really hits the spot
By Peter Bradshaw

No film-maker shows more day-drinking than Hong Sang-soo, and this study of an actor returning from a career break is the same again – as mysteriously addictive as ever

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/15/the-day-she-returns-review-another-round-of-slow-reflective-boozing-really-hits-the-spot

#Film #Dramafilms #SouthKorea #AsiaPacific #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Synthetic Sincerity review – Marc Isaacs’ AI interrogation grapples with identity and existence
By Peter Bradshaw

A combination of fact and fiction leaves the celebrated documentarian’s puzzling project about software training wanting for depth

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/synthetic-sincerity-review-marc-isaacs-ai

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #AIartificialintelligence #Computing #Technology #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Synthetic Sincerity review – Marc Isaacs’ AI interrogation grapples with identity and existence
By Peter Bradshaw

A combination of fact and fiction leaves the celebrated documentarian’s puzzling project about software training wanting for depth

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/synthetic-sincerity-review-marc-isaacs-ai

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #AIartificialintelligence #Computing #Technology #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

They Fight review – boxing drama is an emotional gutpunch
By Andrew Lawrence

Anchored by an indelible André Holland performance, the film finds tenderness and warmth amid its gritty Washington DC backdrop

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/they-fight-movie-review-boxing-drama

#Sportfilms #Dramafilms #Film #Culture #Boxing #Sport #Disney #Hulu #TheGuardian #AndrewLawrence

The Last First Time review – queer coming-of-age drama gives itself up to pleasure
By Cath Clarke

A Mexican student’s post-exams night out becomes a heady voyage of self-discovery in this slight but joyful coming-of-age drama

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/the-last-first-time-review-mexican-queer-coming-of-age-drama

#Film #Romancefilms #Culture #Sexuality #Dramafilms #TheGuardian #CathClarke

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

The actors Lindsay Duncan and Charles Dance, alongside director Peter Webber, pay tribute to a practical joker, unpretentious craftsman and ‘very cool guy’

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/sam-neill-remembered-lindsay-duncan-charles-dance-peter-webber

#SamNeill #Film #Culture #LindsayDuncan #Dramafilms #Television #Televisionradio #Worldnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Our Hero, Balthazar review – a darkly comic satire of incel culture and gun violence
By Phil Hoad

A poser activist and an online troll strike up a homoerotic friendship in Safdie brothers collaborator Oscar Boyson’s scabrous story

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/our-hero-balthazar-review

#Film #Dramafilms #Comedyfilms #AsaButterfield #Comedy #Culture #USguncontrol #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

LGBTQ+ inclusion in film at a three-year low, Glaad survey suggests https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/09/lgbtq-film-representation-glaad-study #Film #LgbtqRights #TessaThompson #Culture #RomanceFilms #DramaFilms #ComedyFilms #UsNews

Ann Blyth obituary https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/06/ann-blyth-obituary #Film #DramaFilms #Thrillers #Musicals #Acting #Theatre #Stage #Television #Culture #UsNews

Ann Blyth obituary https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/06/ann-blyth-obituary #Film #DramaFilms #Thrillers #Musicals #Acting #Theatre #Stage #Television #Culture #UsNews

The Invite review – Seth Rogen adds zest and bite to fruity dinner party comedy https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/30/the-invite-review-seth-rogen-olivia-wilde-penelope-cruz-edward-norton #Film #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #SethRogen #OliviaWilde #Sex #PenlopeCruz #EdwardNorton #Comedy #Culture #LifeAndStyle

The Invite review – Seth Rogen adds zest and bite to fruity dinner party comedy https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/30/the-invite-review-seth-rogen-olivia-wilde-penelope-cruz-edward-norton #Film #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #SethRogen #OliviaWilde #Sex #PenlopeCruz #EdwardNorton #Comedy #Culture #LifeAndStyle

Sizzle reels: nine films to watch in a heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/23/the-nine-films-to-watch-in-a-heatwave-hot-weather-netflix #Film #Culture #DramaFilms #DoTheRightThing #Fargo #Interstellar #HorrorFilms #Thrillers #UkWeather

Sizzle reels: nine films to watch in a heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/23/the-nine-films-to-watch-in-a-heatwave-hot-weather-netflix #Film #Culture #DramaFilms #DoTheRightThing #Fargo #Interstellar #HorrorFilms #Thrillers #UkWeather

Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/22/quentin-tarantino-and-kylie-minogue-shooting-film-in-porthcawl #Film #QuentinTarantino #KylieMinogue #DramaFilms #Wales #Culture #Music #UkNews

Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/22/quentin-tarantino-and-kylie-minogue-shooting-film-in-porthcawl #Film #QuentinTarantino #KylieMinogue #DramaFilms #Wales #Culture #Music #UkNews

Girls Like Girls review – Sapphic teen romance is a precious and predictable yawn-a-thon https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/18/girls-like-girls-movie-review #Film #LgbtqRights #ZachBraff #RomanceFilms #Culture #DramaFilms

Girls Like Girls review – Sapphic teen romance is a precious and predictable yawn-a-thon https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/18/girls-like-girls-movie-review #Film #LgbtqRights #ZachBraff #RomanceFilms #Culture #DramaFilms

Sean Penn to direct January 6 drama with Bradley Cooper set to star https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/16/sean-penn-bradley-cooper-january-6-film #SeanPenn #BradleyCooper #DramaFilms #Film #UsCapitolAttack #UsNews #Culture #UsPolitics

Sean Penn to direct January 6 drama with Bradley Cooper set to star https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/16/sean-penn-bradley-cooper-january-6-film #SeanPenn #BradleyCooper #DramaFilms #Film #UsCapitolAttack #UsNews #Culture #UsPolitics

‘David Bowie was a crazy workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an oral history https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/16/david-bowie-workaholic-labyrinth-at-40-oral-history #Film #TheMuppets #Puppetry #AnimationInFilm #DramaFilms #Culture #DavidBowie #Music

‘David Bowie was a crazy workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an oral history https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/16/david-bowie-workaholic-labyrinth-at-40-oral-history #Film #TheMuppets #Puppetry #AnimationInFilm #DramaFilms #Culture #DavidBowie #Music

The best films of 2026 so far https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2026/jun/10/the-best-films-of-2026-so-far #Film #Culture #HorrorFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #DocumentaryFilms #WorldCinema #Hamnet #Hamlet #28YearsLater #JeffBuckley #PaulMccartney

The best films of 2026 so far https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2026/jun/10/the-best-films-of-2026-so-far #Film #Culture #HorrorFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #DocumentaryFilms #WorldCinema #Hamnet #Hamlet #28YearsLater #JeffBuckley #PaulMccartney

Savage House review – Claire Foy and Richard E Grant sell it hard in bewigged 18th-century caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/04/savage-house-review-claire-foy-richard-e-grant #Film #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #ClaireFoy #RichardEGrant #Comedy #Culture

Savage House review – Claire Foy and Richard E Grant sell it hard in bewigged 18th-century caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/04/savage-house-review-claire-foy-richard-e-grant #Film #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #ClaireFoy #RichardEGrant #Comedy #Culture

‘Lets me believe in myself’: why Billy Elliot is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/01/billy-elliot-feelgood-movie #BillyElliot #JamieBell #JulieWalters #Culture #Ballet #DramaFilms #Film #Dance

‘Lets me believe in myself’: why Billy Elliot is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/01/billy-elliot-feelgood-movie #BillyElliot #JamieBell #JulieWalters #Culture #Ballet #DramaFilms #Film #Dance

Miss You, Love You review – Allison Janney anchors affecting old-school grief drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/29/miss-you-love-you-movie-review #DramaFilms #Film #AllisonJanney #Culture #ComedyFilms #Comedy

Pressure review – Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser can’t save lower-tier D-day drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/26/pressure-review-andrew-scott-brendan-fraser #WarFilms #BrendanFraser #AndrewScott #Dday #Culture #Film #DramaFilms

Coward review – soldiers find escapism and romance in wartime theatrical troupe https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/22/coward-review-soldiers-find-escapism-and-romance-in-wartime-theatrical-troupe #Film #CannesFilmFestival #DramaFilms #WarFilms #FirstWorldWar #Belgium #RomanceFilms #LgbtqRights #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews

Sheep in the Box review – a bland, baffling tale of AI children from Hirokazu Kore-eda https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/20/sheep-in-the-box-review-a-bland-baffling-tale-of-ai-children-from-hirokazu-kore-eda #CannesFilmFestival #Festivals #Culture #Film #DramaFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Japan #AsiaPacific #WorldNews

Bitter Christmas review – grief, loss and artistic betrayal in Almodóvar’s film within a film https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/bitter-christmas-review-almodovar-cannes-film-festival #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #PedroAlmodvar #Spain #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews

Minotaur review – Andrei Zvyagintsev’s scorching noir intrigue amid the Ukraine war https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/minotaur-review-cannes-film-festival-andrei-zvyagintsev-ukraine-russia #CannesFilmFestival #AndreyZvyagintsev #DramaFilms #Russia #Ukraine #CrimeFilms #Europe #Festivals #Culture #Film #WorldNews

Her Private Hell review – Nicolas Winding Refn’s shapeshifting fantasia is a dreamy swirl of strangeness https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/her-private-hell-review-a-bizarre-shapeshifting-fantasia-nicolas-winding-refn #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #NicolasWindingRefn #Culture #Festivals

Tycoon review – impressive debut shows dystopian future-LA in the grip of a food-distributing megacorp https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/tycoon-review-impressive-debut-shows-dystopian-future-la-in-the-grip-of-a-food-distributing-megacorp #Film #DramaFilms #LosAngeles #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #UsNews #WorldNews

The Unknown review – Léa Seydoux gets invaded in uncanny and bizarre body-swap horror https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/18/the-unknown-review-lea-seydoux-arthur-harari #CannesFilmFestival #Film #HorrorFilms #LaSeydoux #DramaFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #FilmAdaptations #ComicsAndGraphicNovels #Culture #Festivals

Garance review – Adèle Exarchopoulos gives it her all in ripe but flimsy portrait of alcohol addiction https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/18/garance-review-adele-exarchopoulos-gives-it-her-all-in-ripe-but-flimsy-portrait-of-alcohol-addiction #CannesFilmFestival #DramaFilms #France #Alcoholism #Theatre #Alcohol #Europe #Festivals #Culture #Film #Health #Society #Stage #WorldNews

‘It looked like Star Wars on Earth’: the making of Top Gun at 40 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/16/making-of-top-gun-40th-anniversary #TopGun #TomCruise #TonyScott #TopGunMaverick #ActionAndAdventureFilms #DramaFilms #Film #Culture

All of a Sudden review – care home drama is tender, meditative and a little too precious for its own good https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/15/all-of-a-sudden-review-care-home-ryusuke-hamaguchi-cannes #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #Japan #Paris #AsiaPacific #Culture #Festivals #France #Europe #WorldNews #FilmAdaptations #Books

Fatherland review – Sandra Hüller brings a bayonet of intelligence to Paweł Pawlikowski’s taut return https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/fatherland-review-sandra-huller-thomas-mann-pawel-pawlikowski-cannes-film-festivali #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ThomasMann #PawePawlikowski #Germany #Books #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews

Spit, vomit and a banned baby: Cannes controversies – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/cannes-film-festival-controversies-ranked #CannesFilmFestival #Film #Culture #Festivals #QuentinTarantino #SpikeLee #WimWenders #ShaunRyder #SeanPenn #TerrenceMalick #GasparNo #LarsVonTrier #DramaFilms #AwardsAndPrizes

Butterfly Jam review – Barry Keoghan can’t save this New Jersey misstep https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/13/butterfly-jam-review-barry-keoghan-cant-save-this-new-jersey-misstep #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #CrimeFilms #BarryKeoghan #RileyKeough #Culture #Festivals

‘I told him, “Go ahead, do it”’: Juliette Binoche on how a strangling attack as a teen inspired her directorial debut https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2026/may/11/juliette-binoche-in-i-in-motion-documentary-film #JulietteBinoche #DocumentaryFilms #Film #DramaFilms #Culture #France #Dance #UsTheater #Theatre #LeosCarax #AkramKhan #WorldNews #Stage

‘Treats its audience like adults’: why Moneyball is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/11/moneyball-feelgood-movie #Moneyball #Film #BradPitt #AaronSorkin #Culture #SportFilms #JonahHill #Baseball #DramaFilms #BennettMiller #Sport