Andrew Pulver is associate editor, film for the Guardian
August 2026
Autumn arts preview 2026
Tom Cruise, Olivia Colman and the return of Rocky: the best films of autumn 2026
Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
Guardian-produced Gaza documentary from Oscar-winning Israeli directors of No Other Land to screen at Venice film festival
The Odyssey becomes highest grossing R-rated film of all time
Phyllida Law, prolific performer across stage and screen, dies aged 94
Beatles film recreates iconic Abbey Road album cover
Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon review – a brave glimpse inside the mind of the Scottish artist
Edinburgh international film festival showcases a Scottish industry in rude health
Death Note: The Musical review – wildly popular manga mystery is a killer night out
July 2026
‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster
Tom Holland says some of his films are ‘shit’ and people shouldn’t see them
Elon Musk says Grok Imagine will make ‘historically accurate’ AI adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey
Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner for My Left Foot, dies aged 81
Louise Lasser, star of cult sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Woody Allen comedies, dies aged 87
‘If you see one movie this year’: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey set to storm the box office
June 2026
Elon Musk promotes ‘anti-migrant’ Armie Hammer film with free download on X
Citizen Vigilante, which follows a businessman taking bloody revenge on immigrant criminals, was posted by the tech trillionaire in the wake of damning reviews
‘I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget’: Madonna says biopic was scrapped after ‘falling out’ with studio
‘Maybe they just didn’t believe in me,’ the pop star said of Universal, which was set to make a film about her life starring Julia Garner
Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
Other lives
Rosalind Pulver obituary
Russell Crowe says Gladiator II failed because ‘it didn’t have a moral core’