Film

Exclusief: DHS maakte social media-berichten van de arrestatie van een betoger onder schot. Christian Cerna spreekt uit over de langdurige vervolging die zijn leven ontspoorde

• De performances van Export veroorzaakten in de jaren zestig schandalen in Oostenrijk, maar worden nu erkend vanwege het blootleggen van de objectivering van het vrouwelijk lichaam.

• Flávio Bolsonaro, de belangrijkste rechts-georiënteerde presidentskandidaat van Brazilië, is op tape gevangen terwijl hij een bankier die wordt beschuldigd van corruptie vraagt om 26,8 miljoen dollar (£20 miljoen) om een film over zijn vader, oud-president Jair Bolsonaro, te financieren. • De gelekte voicemails en tekstberichten werden woensdag gepubliceerd door Intercept Brasil en later erkend door Flávio Bolsonaro, een senator van het uiterste rechts die in peilingen gelijk staat met president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in de aanloop naar de verkiezingen in oktober.

• Peter Jackson ontving tijdens de openingsceremonie van het Cannes Film Festival 2026 een ere-Palme d'Or, als erkenning voor zijn legendarische bijdragen aan de cinema. • Jane Fonda en Gong Li verklaarden het festival officieel voor geopend op het podium, waarbij ze het eerbetoon van het evenement aan de internationale cinema en iconische figuren benadrukten. • Het festival zet zijn traditie voort om uitmuntendheid in filmkunst te eren, terwijl het groot talent uit Azië en de rest van de wereld samenbrengt.

• De nieuwe concertfilm van Billie Eilish heeft kijkers veranderd in fans, met name in Manila, zoals gedeeld door schrijfster Andrea Posadas op 12 mei 2026. • De film legt belangrijke popcultuurevenementen vast en benadrukt het belang van het documenteren van live-ervaringen via schrijven en media. • Het belicht de groeiende invloed van Eilish in de entertainmentsector van Zuidoost-Azië te midden van trends in streamingcontent.

• Juliette Binoche sluit zich aan bij 600 vooraanstaande figuren om te waarschuwen tegen een ‘fascistische overname van de collectieve verbeelding’ • Meer dan 600 figuren uit de cinema hebben verklaard dat de groeiende invloed van het uiterst rechtse op de Franse filmproductie het risico loopt uit te monden in een “fascistische overname van de collectieve verbeelding”. • In een open brief, gepubliceerd in de krant Libération ter gelegenheid van de opening van het filmfestival van Cannes, stelden zij dat de dominante positie van miljardair Vincent Bolloré in de Franse filmproductie en distributie de onafhankelijkheid van de industrie bedreigt. Lees verder...

De afwezigheid van grote Amerikaanse films kondigt een hernieuwde focus aan op de internationale cinema die de reputatie van het festival ondersteunt

Vitória Régia stelt zich voor dat het rechts-conservatieve complot van Bolsonaro slaagde met hulp van de VS – en belicht de dreigingen waar inheemse volken voor staan

• Adam Bedoui (20) en Abdelkader Amir Bousloub (21) zijn aangeklaagd voor religieus geaggraveerde intimidatie. • Twee mannen zijn aangeklaagd voor religieus geaggraveerde intimidatie naar aanleiding van beschuldigingen dat zij naar Noord-Londen zijn gereisd om antisemitische TikTok-video's op te nemen. • Agenten werden opgeroepen na meldingen van een haatmisdaad waarbij een groep mannen leden van de Joodse gemeenschap zou hebben geïntimideerd op Clapton Common rond 21:00 uur op donderdag, aldus de Metropolitan Police.

Exclusief: Regime, dat vorig jaar 243 mensen executeerde voor drugsmisdrijven, wordt beschuldigd van investeringen in entertainment om mensenrechtenrecord wit te wassen

• The final trailer for 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' celebrates the Star Wars franchise's transition from Disney+ series to theatrical release. • Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni return as key creators to bring the story to the big screen. • Expected summer 2026 release heightens anticipation for Baby Yoda's cinematic debut.

• Platforms like Netflix are championing theatrical outcasts such as Nukkad Naatak, Haq, Kennedy, and Dhadak 2, transforming them into global hits. • Monika Shergill of Netflix highlights how streaming provides new life to small-budget indie films previously overlooked in theaters. • These regional and indie stories gain international audiences, bridging gaps for underreported Indian cinema.

Exclusive: Two ‘intimate conversations’ held with writers, directors and producers, with a third due in JuneNato is holding closed-door meetings with film and TV screenwriters, directors and producers across Europe and the US, the Guardian can reveal, prompting accusations the alliance is seeking to use the arts to generate “propaganda” for the bloc.The alliance has held three meetings with film and TV professionals in Los Angeles, Brussels and Paris and is due to continue its “series of intimate conservations” next month in London, meeting with screenwriter members of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), which represents professional writers in the UK. Continue reading...

• Actress Sayani Gupta is receiving positive response for her latest series 'Glory', which recently premiered on Netflix, where she plays the role of Joyna. • Gupta celebrated a significant week in her career with the world premieres of her short film 'Aasmani', which won two awards at the event. • The actress shared an emotional note about balancing her work on the Netflix series with her independent short film project.

Documentary makers seek to start ‘informed conversation’ in country where public is allowed on just 8% of landAnger and momentum are building for Scottish style rights of access to mountains, meadows, rivers and woodlands in England where the public is allowed on just 8% of land, a new documentary suggests.Our Land, a film whose title is a nod to the protest song by Woody Guthrie, explores the rise of the right to roam movement in England. Continue reading...

Agents would not allow Pavel Talankin to carry statuette for Mr Nobody Against Putin onto flight from New YorkSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Oscar statuette belonging to Pavel Talankin, star and co-director of the Academy award-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin, has disappeared after officials at New York’s John F Kennedy airport confiscated it before he boarded a flight, claiming it could be used as a weapon.Talankin, whose documentation of Russia’s propaganda machine in grade schools won international acclaim, told Deadline that he has brought the statuette on several flights without incident. But when he arrived at JFK’s terminal 1 on Wednesday morning, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents said he could not take the 8.5lb trophy on board because it posed a security risk. Continue reading...

• Samuel Monroe Jr., known for 1990s films 'Menace II Society' and 'Tales from the Hood,' is on life support after contracting meningitis 18 months ago while filming in Las Vegas. • His wife, Shawna Stewart, confirmed doctors misdiagnosed the infection, leading to immense financial strain over nine months in hospitals and rehab centers. • The family launched a GoFundMe on April 28, 2026, seeking $50,000 for care; it has raised 7% so far, including $1,000 from radio host Kurt Alexander.

After a two-year wait, video of a young male crossing above a road gives hope that critically endangered species can survive habitat fragmentationThe critically endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a canopy bridge to cross a road.In 2024, conservationists in the Pakpak Bharat district of North Sumatra in Indonesia built the bridge high over the Lagan-Pagindar road, which provides an essential route for local people but which became a barrier for animals. Continue reading...

National broadcaster confirms it will not broadcast world’s largest live music eventNational broadcasters in Ireland, Spain and Slovenia will not air the Eurovision song contest this year, after they decided to boycott the event over Israel’s participation.Having already announced it would not submit a national entry, Slovenian broadcaster RTV confirmed on Thursday it would implement a broadcasting blackout of the world’s largest live music event and instead show a series of films about Palestine. Continue reading...

Bristol University project aims to help directors make better movies and take greater risks – with one already onboardAt first glance, it looks like any high-end cinema: booming surround sound, a razor-sharp 4K projector and rows of reclining seats. But instead of clutching popcorn, a headset records my brain activity and a heart rate monitor wraps around my arm while infra-red cameras capture every blink and fidget.I’m sitting in a one-of-a-kind cinema at the University of Bristol where researchers are studying how people respond to what they see on screen. By combining viewers’ physical reactions with verbal feedback on the parts of the film they found most compelling, the team hopes to understand which moments truly grip attention – and whether that insight could help film-makers create better movies and take greater creative risks. Continue reading...

• Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells star in 'Miss You, Love You', which had a secret screening at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and is now set for HBO premiere on May 29. • The film lands at HBO after festival buzz, marking a key acquisition for the streamer in upcoming releases. • This deal highlights HBO's push into indie dramas amid competition from Netflix and Apple TV+.

French musician’s comments are in stark contrast to fears expressed by artists such as Elton John and Dua LipaJean-Michel Jarre has attacked the conservatism of the music and film industries over AI and urged them to embrace the technology instead of being fearful and “very anti-AI”.Jarre, one of the pioneers of electronic music in the 1970s, said while the existing creative industries were “freaking out” over the technology, artists would use AI “to create the cinema of tomorrow, the hip-hop of tomorrow, the techno of tomorrow, the rock’n’roll of tomorrow”. Continue reading...

Aldeas, The Final Dream of Pope Francis is being screened to commemorate the first anniversary of Francis’s deathMartin Scorsese’s documentary about Pope Francis is to have its world premiere in the Vatican today as one of a set of events commemorating the first anniversary of Francis’s death.The screening of the film, titled Aldeas, The Final Dream of Pope Francis, is being staged by Scholas Occurrentes, an international organisation aiming to “to encourage social integration ‎and the culture of encounter through sports, arts and technology”, which was set up in Argentina by Francis in 2001 while he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and made into a foundation when he became pope in 2013. Continue reading...

• Complex TV curates 10 must-watch movies for April 2026, featuring Christopher Nolan films alongside Wayans family comedies. • The lineup includes hood classics 'Belly' and 'King of New York,' offering diverse cinematic options from prestige dramas to urban tales. • This selection caters to varied tastes, blending high-profile directors with cult favorites for streaming viewers.

Critics say films lauding country’s attitude to women and green credentials could damage corporation’s reputationThe BBC has been accused of making “glossy propaganda films” for Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and taking money from a “repressive regime”.BBC Storyworks, the corporation’s commercial arm, has entered into a partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). The broadcaster has made a series of films and written articles lauding the country’s supposedly progressive attitude to women and eco-friendly credentials. These are hosted on a mini-site that carried BBC branding. Continue reading...

Jack Karlson’s rallying cry of ‘democracy manifest’ added to national collection of sound recordings that hold historical, cultural and aesthetic significanceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThirty-five years ago, when Jack Karlson was hauled into a police car outside a Chinese restaurant in Queensland, he couldn’t have known his bombastic speech would be watched by millions around the world, become a meme and now, be preserved for ever in Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive.Karlson’s declaration – “Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest! … What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?” – is one of nine pieces of audio that have been added to the NFSA’s Sounds of Australia collection this year, along with a pedestrian crossing signal and Missy Higgins’ 2004 hit Scar. Continue reading...

Female named Rounder was surrounded by family members and others as she was about to give birth to her second calfScientists have managed to film a sperm whale giving birth while other female whales worked together to support the mother and her newborn.A team from Project Ceti, an international effort seeking to understand how whales communicate, was in a boat near a pod of 11 whales off the coast of the Caribbean island of Dominica on 8 July 2023. Continue reading...

Regular events at the Tasmanian festival, including the Winter Solstice Nude Swim and the Night Mass party, joined by Australian and international musicians and artists in a program dominated by Latin American art Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailA hallucinatory experimental film starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Rampling that can only be watched by one person at a time is heading to Australia as part of Tasmania’s 2026 Dark Mofo festival.It’s estimated that only 500 people in the world have seen French artist Loris Gréaud’s film Sculpt since its premiere at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2016 – though the exact figure is hard to know, since he later supplied the files to hackers to distribute over the dark web.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...