24 January 2026 Charli xcx. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Park City, Utah was electric on January 22, 2026 when Charli XCX stepped onto the red carpet at the Sundance Film Festival alongside her new mockumentary, The Moment, a bold and playful film that blurs the line between satire and heartfelt confession. The British pop star turned cinematic provocateur drew cheers and curious glances as she introduced a project that borrows liberally from her meteoric rise and the cultural explosi

13 January 2026 Zoe Saldaña, the American actress whose career has spanned more than two decades and some of Hollywood’s most iconic blockbusters, has officially ascended to the top of the worldwide box office rankings, earning the distinction of highest-grossing actor of all time. This remarkable milestone was reached in early January 2026 after the massive commercial performance of Avatar: Fire and Ash, the latest chapter in James Cameron’s epic franchise, pushed Saldaña’s

7 January 2026 Milo Manheim, left, and Teagan Croft have been cast as Flynn Rider and Rapunzel in the live-action "Tangled" film. Getty Images Disney’s long-gestating live-action adaptation of its beloved 2010 animated hit Tangled has taken a major step forward with the official casting of its two lead roles, a development that has ignited excitement among fans of the original and a fresh creative buzz around the upcoming film. On January 7, 2026 the studio confirmed that Aus

3 January 2026 Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman in a 'Song Sung Blue' scene. Sarah Shatz/Focus Features Kate Hudson, the charismatic Hollywood actress whose career spans romantic comedies, dramas and musicals, recently revealed how a chance collaboration early in her career ignited a lifelong passion for musical cinema, a revelation she shared while accepting a prestigious Icon Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 3, 2026, where she reflected on the mo

1 January 2026 Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights. Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy As the film industry steps into 2026, audiences around the United States and beyond are looking ahead to a year shaped by bold classics revisited, epic storytelling and reinvention of beloved franchises with a lineup that promises to redefine expectations and bring a rich mix of genre and scale to theaters and streaming platforms. Among the most talked-about titles are Wu

31 December 2025 Absolutely magnetic … Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society. Photograph: Touchstone/Sportsphoto/Allstar As the final hours of 2025 ticked away and viewers across the United States and beyond began settling in for New Year’s Eve at home, a growing movement of cinephiles and streaming audiences turned their attention to a carefully curated set of films that capture the emotional complexity of bidding farewell to one year and welcoming another, with classics and

30 December 2025 Courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival When Francis Ford Coppola finally unveiled Megalopolis, his decades-in-the-making passion project, audiences and critics alike expected a daring return from one of cinema’s most iconic directors. Instead what arrived was a box-office disappointment of historic proportions combined with an afterlife as unusual and relentless as the film’s sprawling ambition itself, a story that speaks to the clash between auteur cinema and

22 December 2025 Julie Christie and Tom Courtenay on set. Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy This year marks the 60th anniversary of Doctor Zhivago, the sweeping historical romance directed by David Lean, and as film lovers revisit the 1965 classic they are reminded that its power lies less in strict historical accuracy than in its grand emotional sweep and enduring depiction of love persisting amid turmoil and upheaval. Released at a cultural inflection point between t

21 December 2025 Darkness closing in … Michael B Jordan (left) and Miles Caton in Sinners. Photograph: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Ryan Coogler’s Sinners at 60 is an unapologetically bold, genre-defying film that has quietly reshaped what blockbuster storytelling looks like in 2025 by fusing deep cultural currents, historical weight and visceral horror into an experience that feels as significant for what it says about Black American history as it does for how it thrill

15 December 2025 Creator: Jesse Grant / Credit: Getty Images for TCM Rob Reiner’s early work behind the camera remains one of the most remarkable runs in modern Hollywood history and even now stands as testament to a filmmaker whose instincts, versatility and emotional intelligence set him apart from his peers. Reiner first found fame as an actor in the 1970s as Michael “Meathead” Stivic on the groundbreaking sitcom All in the Family but it was his shift into directing in the

14 December 2025 Peter Greene in 2012. CREDIT: Charles Norfleet/FilmMagic Peter Greene, the quintessential character actor whose intense portrayals of villains made him a memorable presence in some of Hollywood’s most iconic films of the 1990s and beyond, has died at the age of 60. His body was found on December 12, 2025 in his Lower East Side apartment in New York City, his manager confirmed, and authorities do not believe foul play was involved though the official cause of

13 December 2025 Dick Van Dyke / Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images On December 13, 2025, Dick Van Dyke, the beloved American actor, comedian, singer and dancer whose career has spanned more than seven decades, celebrated his 100th birthday, a milestone that caps a life filled with infectious charm, joyful creativity and a profound impact on popular culture. Van Dyke’s journey from a small-town boy in West Plains, Missouri to one of Hollywood’s most cherished figures reflects not j

10 December 2025 Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie in the forthcoming adaptation. Photograph: Warner Bros On a crisp afternoon in Haworth, West Yorkshire the village pub serves a pint called “Emily” to locals and visitors alike as excitement swirls around the upcoming film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s gothic classic. The beer list reads like a literary family tree: a porter for Branwell, an IPA for Charlotte and the amber “Emily” ale for the novel’s singular author. Today that

08 December 2025 A Golden Globes statue is seen in the ballroom during preparations for the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, January 2, 2025. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The first big wave of this year’s awards buzz hit on December 8, 2025, the nominees for the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards were announced, and the usual mix of surprises, snubs and early frontrunners is already fueling chatter across Hollywood and

03 December 2025 Paul Thomas Anderson: ‘I didn’t expect this actually.’ Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute The political thriller-comedy “One Battle After Another,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, has rapidly emerged as the frontrunner for this season’s top film accolades after a spate of early wins that have industry watchers calling it a likely contender for Best Picture at next year’s Academy Awards.

24 November 2025 Mia Goth and Oscar Isaac in Frankenstein. Photograph: Ken Woroner/Netflix In a recent film-culture analysis for The Guardian, the writer points to a striking shift in mainstream Hollywood popularity: blockbuster films are growing systematically darker not just in tone, but literally in colour, lighting and palette. The essay argues that the trend is not merely aesthetic but symbolic of a broader exhaustion of spectacle, an erosion of the visual richness once

23 November 2025 More than eight decades after its first metre-length twirl on the yellow brick road, “The Wizard of Oz” remains a cultural juggernaut its technicolour magic and thematic resonance still reverberating through film, theatre, immersive experiences and myriad retellings. Despite the vast array of newer classics and a streaming-landscape that frequently sidesteps older titles, the 1939 MGM musical is not just surviving it is flourishing. Among the most striking si

22 November 2025 Toy story, Disney November 22, 2025 marks three decades since Toy Story first brought office toys to life in a vibrant computer-animated world and changed the animation industry forever. The film opened at a time when CGI was still a novelty and carried the weight of being the very first fully computer-animated feature. Behind the scenes, the story of Toy Story is as compelling as the film itself. Voice actor John Morris who played young Andy recalls that for

17 November 2025 ‘It will not be the last’ … Tom Cruise receives his lifetime achievement Oscar at the 16th Governors awards in Los Angeles. Photograph: Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty Images In a richly deserved moment of Hollywood recognition the 63-year-old Tom Cruise took to the stage at the prestigious 2025 Governors Awards held in Los Angeles to accept an honorary Oscar that acknowledges his four-decade commitment to cinematic storytelling and blockbuster filmmaking. Altho

16 November 2025 Photograph: Giles Keyte/AP When the spotlight turned to the latest instalment of the beloved musical turned film franchise Wicked, one of the most resonant stories was not about flying witches or emerald cities it was about what one role represented behind the scenes. Actress Marissa Bode carved history by becoming the first actor with a disability to portray Nessarose Thropp, the wheelchair-using younger sister of Elphaba, in this mammoth production. For dis