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A Long Winter review – hope, desire and subversion in Andrew Haigh’s beautiful winter western
By Peter Bradshaw

Telluride film festivalIn a remote Colorado farmstead, a family with a mother gone missing finds a strange buoyancy and freedom as they wait for the snows to melt

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/05/a-long-winter-review-andrew-haigh-ebon-moss-bachrach

#Film #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #ColmTibn #EbonMossBachrach #KitConnor #Telluridefilmfestival #Books #Culture #Festivals #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

A Long Winter review – hope, desire and subversion in Andrew Haigh’s beautiful winter western
By Peter Bradshaw

Telluride film festivalIn a remote Colorado farmstead, a family with a mother gone missing finds a strange buoyancy and freedom as they wait for the snows to melt

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/05/a-long-winter-review-andrew-haigh-ebon-moss-bachrach

#Film #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #ColmTibn #EbonMossBachrach #KitConnor #Telluridefilmfestival #Books #Culture #Festivals #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

A Long Winter review – hope, desire and subversion in Andrew Haigh’s beautiful winter western
By Peter Bradshaw

Telluride film festivalIn a remote Colorado farmstead, a family with a mother gone missing finds a strange buoyancy and freedom as they wait for the snows to melt

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/05/a-long-winter-review-andrew-haigh-ebon-moss-bachrach

#Film #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #ColmTibn #EbonMossBachrach #KitConnor #Telluridefilmfestival #Books #Culture #Festivals #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

A Long Winter review – hope, desire and subversion in Andrew Haigh’s beautiful winter western
By Peter Bradshaw

Telluride film festivalIn a remote Colorado farmstead, a family with a mother gone missing finds a strange buoyancy and freedom as they wait for the snows to melt

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/05/a-long-winter-review-andrew-haigh-ebon-moss-bachrach

#Film #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #ColmTibn #EbonMossBachrach #KitConnor #Telluridefilmfestival #Books #Culture #Festivals #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

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

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 explaining

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/sep/02/pushing-buttons-newsletter-grand-theft-auto-vi-cultural-phenomenon

#Games #Culture #GrandTheftAuto #GrandTheftAutoVI #Netflix #Filmadaptations #Twitch #TheGuardian #KeithStuart

Grand Theft Auto VI is a phenomenon – but there is much more to the gaming world https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/sep/02/pushing-buttons-newsletter-grand-theft-auto-vi-cultural-phenomenon #Games #Culture #GrandTheftAuto #GrandTheftAutoVi #Netflix #FilmAdaptations #Twitch

Late Fame review – Willem Dafoe superb as ever as twilight-years bohemian getting a second chance
By Peter Bradshaw

Samy Burch’s adaptation of an Arthur Schnitzler novella sees Dafoe’s ageing poet embraced by a younger cohort of capricious hipsters. It’s smart, literate and affecting

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/02/late-fame-review-willem-dafoe

#Film #Dramafilms #WillemDafoe #Poetry #Filmadaptations #NewYork #Books #Culture #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Emily Wilson to retranslate the Odyssey from scratch
By Emma Loffhagen

Wilson, whose 2017 English translation of Homer’s epic poem inspired Christopher Nolan’s box office hit, is revisiting it after criticising the film adaptation

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/01/emily-wilson-to-retranslate-the-odyssey-from-scratch-christopher-nolan

#Books #TheOdyssey #Poetry #ChristopherNolan #Culture #Homer #Filmadaptations #TheGuardian #EmmaLoffhagen

Emily Wilson to retranslate the Odyssey from scratch https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/01/emily-wilson-to-retranslate-the-odyssey-from-scratch-christopher-nolan #Books #TheOdyssey #Poetry #ChristopherNolan #Culture #Homer #FilmAdaptations

‘Sometimes you just need a good cry’: why Little Women is my feelgood movie
By Vivian Ho

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort films is an ode to the teary 1994 adaptation of the classic novel

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/31/little-women-1994-feelgood-movie

#Dramafilms #LittleWomen #WinonaRyder #SusanSarandon #Film #ClaireDanes #KirstenDunst #Filmadaptations #Culture #TheGuardian #VivianHo

The Secret Woman review – Claes Bang is dastardly gaslighter in Danish amnesia thriller
By Phil Hoad

In spite of capable performances and deployment of hygge, gothic and Nordic noir elements, you’ll search for a feasible plot or a character insight in vain

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/28/the-secret-woman-review-claes-bang-is-dastardly-gaslighter-in-danish-amnesia-thriller

#Film #Thrillers #Filmadaptations #Denmark #Netflix #Books #Culture #Europe #Media #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/tim-curry-dies-rocky-horror-show-stephen-king-it-legend-film #Film #RockyHorrorShow #Culture #Legend #StephenKing #Books #FilmAdaptations #Television #TelevisionRadio #TomStoppard #Stage #MontyPython #TerryPratchett

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
By Andrew Pulver

A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/tim-curry-dies-rocky-horror-show-stephen-king-it-legend-film

#Film #RockyHorrorShow #Culture #Legend #StephenKing #Books #Filmadaptations #Television #Televisionradio #TomStoppard #Stage #MontyPython #TerryPratchett #TheGuardian #AndrewPulver

Hazy sunshine, factor-50 smiles and Cliff Richard at the wheel: the 20 best summer holiday movies – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/20/best-summer-holiday-movies-ranked-seasonal-romance #Film #Culture #Musicals #RomanceFilms #CliffRichard #FilmAdaptations #AudreyHepburn #BeforeSunrise #AlfonsoCuarn #Books #Music

Hazy sunshine, factor-50 smiles and Cliff Richard at the wheel: the 20 best summer holiday movies – ranked!
By Xan Brooks

From feelgood romances to heated interactions, here are the films that best capture the seasonal moment

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/20/best-summer-holiday-movies-ranked-seasonal-romance

#Film #Culture #Musicals #Romancefilms #CliffRichard #Filmadaptations #AudreyHepburn #BeforeSunrise #AlfonsoCuarn #Books #Music #TheGuardian #XanBrooks

Coyote Vs Acme review – quirky comedy returns from the dead to flip Wile E Coyote’s slapstick-violent world https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/19/coyote-vs-acme-review-wile-e-coyote-roadrunner #Film #AnimationInFilm #ComedyFilms #FilmAdaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture

Coyote Vs Acme review – quirky comedy returns from the dead to flip Wile E Coyote’s slapstick-violent world
By Peter Bradshaw

After being shelved as a tax-writeoff, this Looney Tunes reboot redraws the hapless hunter as the Erin Brockovich of the cartoon world

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/19/coyote-vs-acme-review-wile-e-coyote-roadrunner

#Film #Animationinfilm #Comedyfilms #Filmadaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Borges and Me review – a sweetly imagined literary odyssey through the Highlands
By Peter Bradshaw

Edinburgh film festivalLuis Gnecco brings warmth, wit and quiet melancholy to Jorge Luis Borges in this gently enchanting adaptation of Jay Parini’s semi-fictional memoir

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/15/borges-and-me-review-alan-cumming-fionn-whitehead

#Film #Biopics #JorgeLuisBorges #Filmadaptations #Scotland #AlanCumming #PeterMullan #Books #Culture #UKnews #Edinburghfilmfestival #Festivals #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Imelda Staunton: ‘Umbridge’s giggle needed to be short and sharp. So I just did a boom, boom’
By As told to Rich Pelley

The actor answers your questions on working with her dog, becoming a dame, Harry Potter, and making televisual history in The Singing Detective

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/13/imelda-staunton-interview-umbridge-harry-potter

#Film #ImeldaStaunton #BillNighy #HarryPotter #Stage #Television #Culture #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Televisionradio #Filmadaptations #Books #TheGuardian #AstoldtoRichPelley

Imelda Staunton: ‘Umbridge’s giggle needed to be short and sharp. So I just did a boom, boom’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/13/imelda-staunton-interview-umbridge-harry-potter #Film #ImeldaStaunton #BillNighy #HarryPotter #Stage #Television #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #TelevisionRadio #FilmAdaptations #Books

Momo and the Time Thieves review – kids’ fantasy jaunt sticks the boot into capitalism
By Leslie Felperin

This new adaptation of Michael Ende’s 1973 novel contains some neat parables for our digitally nihilistic age, but even a mystical tortoise can’t save it it from monotony

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/11/momo-and-the-time-thieves-review-kids-fantasy-jaunt-sticks-the-boot-into-capitalism

#Film #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Familyfilms #Filmadaptations #MartinFreeman #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

The Pout-Pout Fish review – Nick Offerman is best thing in kids cartoon adventure on the high seas
By Catherine Bray

Offerman leads a talented cast, but this preschool picture book spinoff fails to inspire

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/11/the-pout-pout-fish-review-nick-offerman

#Film #Animationinfilm #Familyfilms #Filmadaptations #Childrenandteenagers #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #CatherineBray

RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead review – horror from Goosebumps writer has kid confined inside large fruit
By Phil Hoad

Based on a short story by the Goosebumps author, this derivative but tautly plotted tale over-relies on Scooby-Doo-style sleuthery, and its truly unsettling turn comes too late

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/10/rl-stines-pumpkinhead-review-goosebumps-author

#Film #Horrorfilms #Thrillers #Comedyfilms #RLStine #Filmadaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Practical Magic review – Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s 90s witchy fantasy still enchants
By Peter Bradshaw

Preceding a long-awaited sequel, Griffin Dunne’s supernatural suburban romance gets a big-screen rerelease. With its romcom quirk, buttery cinematography and stabs of black comedy, it remains a zany gem

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/06/practical-magic-review-nicole-kidman-and-sandra-bullocks-90s-witchy-fantasy-still-enchants

#Film #Romancefilms #Comedyfilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #SandraBullock #NicoleKidman #Filmadaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey gives UK poetry sales an epic boost
By Emma Loffhagen

Poetry sales surpassed £8m in the first 30 weeks of 2026 and are expected to reach a record high this year thanks to blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old poem

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/04/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-uk-poetry-sales-boost-homer

#Books #Poetry #Homer #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Culture #Film #Filmadaptations #UKnews #TheGuardian #EmmaLoffhagen

Prisoners of Paradise review – Ellie Bamber heads to Mauritius for chaste literary tale of star-crossed lovers
By Cath Clarke

An upper-class Englishwoman falls in love with a worker on her uncle’s sugar plantation in this insipid adaptation of Romesh Gunesekera’s novel

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/04/prisoners-of-paradise-review-ellie-bamber-chaste-colonial-tale-of-star-crossed-lovers-romesh-gunesekera

#Film #Romancefilms #Filmadaptations #Mauritius #Race #Dramafilms #Africa #Books #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CathClarke

The Summer Book review – Glenn Close powers sweet-natured take on Tove Jansson’s kids’ classic
By Peter Bradshaw

This sensitive adaptation of Jansson’s 1972 novel, set in the beatific Gulf of Finland, is a quiet treatise on life and death

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/04/the-summer-book-review-glenn-close-powers-sweet-natured-take-on-tove-janssons-kids-classic

#Film #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #ToveJansson #GlennClose #Sweden #Family #Bereavement #Books #Culture #Europe #Lifeandstyle #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Billy Liar review – Tom Courtenay is superb in classic study of a young man and his quixotic dreams
By Peter Bradshaw

Courtenay gives a beautiful performance as the undertaker’s clerk who nurses preposterous ambitions. But the film is too quick to surrender them

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/29/billy-liar-review-tom-courtenay-is-superb-in-classic-study-of-a-young-man-and-his-quixotic-dreams

#Film #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #KeithWaterhouse #TomCourtenay #JulieChristie #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

‘Unbearably sexy in his rodenty way’: Benedict Cumberbatch’s 20 best films – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/23/benedict-cumberbatch-20-best-films-ranked #Film #BenedictCumberbatch #ComedyFilms #RomanceFilms #Thrillers #FilmAdaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture

‘Unbearably sexy in his rodenty way’: Benedict Cumberbatch’s 20 best films – ranked!
By Peter Bradshaw

To mark the two-time Oscar nominee’s recent 50th birthday, we rate his finest screen roles – from hyper-British patricians and seething serpents, to ghastly Yanks, tragic codebreakers and sci-fi scoundrels

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/23/benedict-cumberbatch-20-best-films-ranked

#Film #BenedictCumberbatch #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Thrillers #Filmadaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Sex, beds and grisly executions: what Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey changed, invented – and left out https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/20/the-odyssey-what-christopher-nolan-changed-invented-left-out #Film #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Homer #FilmAdaptations #MattDamon #AnneHathaway #Books #Culture

Sex, beds and grisly executions: what Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey changed, invented – and left out
By Chris Tryhorn

From missing scenes and characters to a brand new ending, the director has taken some artistic liberties with Homer’s epic poem

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/20/the-odyssey-what-christopher-nolan-changed-invented-left-out

#Film #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Homer #Filmadaptations #MattDamon #AnneHathaway #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #ChrisTryhorn

‘At times I felt I’d bitten off more than I could chew’: Christopher Nolan on sweeping the Oscars, making The Odyssey – and getting a puppy https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2026/jul/17/christopher-nolan-interview-oscars-the-odyssey #TheOdyssey #Film #Culture #MattDamon #TomHolland #LupitaNyongo #Oppenheimer #Homer #Books #ChristopherNolan #FilmAdaptations #FilmIndustry #Imax

Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/21/mick-jagger-josh-oconnor-father-new-film-alice-rohrwacher-three-incestuous-sisters #Film #FilmAdaptations #MickJagger #AudreyNiffenegger #JoshOconnor #SaoirseRonan #DakotaJohnson #JessieBuckley #Books #Culture #Music #Italy #Europe #WorldNews

Wuthering Heights review: too hot, too greedy adaptation guarantees bad dreams in the night https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/09/wuthering-heights-review-emerald-fennell-margot-robbie-jacob-elordi #Film #MargotRobbie #EmeraldFennell #JacobElordi #MartinClunes #FilmAdaptations #EmilyBront #Books #Culture #RomanceFilms #RomanceBooks #DramaFilms #CharliXcx #Music

Maggie Smith was the grandest of grande dames – and a true cinematic superstar | Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-cinematic-superstar #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Filmadaptations #ARoomwithaView #MaggieSmith #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #Comedy #Books #Film

Maggie Smith was the grandest of grande dames – and a true cinematic superstar | Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-cinematic-superstar #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Filmadaptations #ARoomwithaView #MaggieSmith #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #Comedy #Books #Film

Maggie Smith was the grandest of grande dames – and a true cinematic superstar | Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-cinematic-superstar #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Filmadaptations #ARoomwithaView #MaggieSmith #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #Comedy #Books #Film

Maggie Smith was the grandest of grande dames – and a true cinematic superstar | Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-cinematic-superstar #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Filmadaptations #ARoomwithaView #MaggieSmith #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #Comedy #Books #Film

Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-oscar-winning-star-of-stage-and-screen-dies-aged-89 #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Television&radio #TheLadyintheVan #Filmadaptations #Perioddrama(TV) #Awardsandprizes #ARoomwithaView #DowntonAbbey #MaggieSmith #HarryPotter #GosfordPark #Television #Culture #Oscars #Stage #Books #Drama #Film

Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-oscar-winning-star-of-stage-and-screen-dies-aged-89 #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Television&radio #TheLadyintheVan #Filmadaptations #Perioddrama(TV) #Awardsandprizes #ARoomwithaView #DowntonAbbey #MaggieSmith #HarryPotter #GosfordPark #Television #Culture #Oscars #Stage #Books #Drama #Film

Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-oscar-winning-star-of-stage-and-screen-dies-aged-89 #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Television&radio #TheLadyintheVan #Filmadaptations #Perioddrama(TV) #Awardsandprizes #ARoomwithaView #DowntonAbbey #MaggieSmith #HarryPotter #GosfordPark #Television #Culture #Oscars #Stage #Books #Drama #Film

Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-oscar-winning-star-of-stage-and-screen-dies-aged-89 #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Television&radio #TheLadyintheVan #Filmadaptations #Perioddrama(TV) #Awardsandprizes #ARoomwithaView #DowntonAbbey #MaggieSmith #HarryPotter #GosfordPark #Television #Culture #Oscars #Stage #Books #Drama #Film

‘I got you an Oscar. Why do I need to pay you?’ The secret shocking truth about Merchant Ivory https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/12/merchant-ivory-oscar-shocking-truth-emma-thompson-anthony-hopkins-howards-end #Periodandhistoricalfilms #HelenaBonhamCarter #Documentaryfilms #Filmadaptations #ARoomwithaView #Romancefilms #JulianSands #JamesIvory #HughGrant #Culture #Film

‘I got you an Oscar. Why do I need to pay you?’ The secret shocking truth about Merchant Ivory https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/12/merchant-ivory-oscar-shocking-truth-emma-thompson-anthony-hopkins-howards-end #Periodandhistoricalfilms #HelenaBonhamCarter #Documentaryfilms #Filmadaptations #ARoomwithaView #Romancefilms #JulianSands #JamesIvory #HughGrant #Culture #Film

‘I got you an Oscar. Why do I need to pay you?’ The secret shocking truth about Merchant Ivory https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/12/merchant-ivory-oscar-shocking-truth-emma-thompson-anthony-hopkins-howards-end #Periodandhistoricalfilms #HelenaBonhamCarter #Documentaryfilms #Filmadaptations #ARoomwithaView #Romancefilms #JulianSands #JamesIvory #HughGrant #Culture #Film