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

14 November 2025 In a move that underlines Hollywood’s growing appetite for turning pop-culture phenomena into big-screen franchises, Labubu the quirky, monster-faced plush-figure brand that became a hit through blind-box surprise collectibles and celebrity endorsements is set to leap from toy shelves to movie screens under the banner of Sony Pictures. The deal, made with Chinese company Pop Mart, which markets the Labubu line, signals that Sony sees potential in the brand th

12 November 2025 Adele at her final "Weekends with Adele" Las Vegas residency show on Nov. 23, 2024. Denise Truscello/Getty Images The British singer-songwriter Adele, acclaimed worldwide for her powerful voice and emotional lyricism, is now preparing to step into a new spotlight: acting. In a move that has caught both her fans and film-industry observers by surprise, she has signed on to make her feature-film debut in Tom Ford’s ambitious adaptation of Cry to Heaven the 1982

04 November 2025 Ladd in Wild at Heart. Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy The world of cinema has lost a quietly formidable talent in Diane Ladd, whose passing at the age of 89 marks the close of a remarkable chapter in film history. From the early years of television to the heights of the American New Wave and beyond, Ladd established herself as a character actor of exceptional range, imbuing supporting roles with a magnetic presence that transcended their size. In the Guar­d

02 November 2025 Jennifer Lawrence and Donald Trump. Credit: Karwai Tang/WireImage; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Once vocal and unreserved about her political engagement including calling Trump’s 2016 election “the end of the world” and openly backing Democratic candidates Lawrence now questions whether celebrity commentary makes any real difference in how people vote. She pointed out that repeated elections show “celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever” on voter behaviour

31 October 2025 The film world bids farewell to one of its most daring architects as Peter Watkins, the British director whose landmark work reshaped the language of political cinema, has died aged 90. Watkins passed away in hospital on Thursday in Bourganeuf, France, where he lived for the last 25 years of his life. His family said in a statement that the world of cinema has lost one of its most incisive, inventive and unclassifiable voices. Born in Norbiton, Surrey, in Octo

30 October 2025 Sobering tale … Tom Cruise and Colin Farrell in Minority Report (2002). Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Allstar On a recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colin Farrell shared a candid anecdote from filming the 2002 sci-fi thriller Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, in which he admitted to arriving on set severely hungover and needing 46 takes to deliver a single line an episode that, in his words, left him with “one of the worst da

22 October 2025 Skulking deadbeat dad ... Josh O’Connor scopes a gallery in The Mastermind. Photograph: MUBI/PA When Kelly Reichardt set out to make her newest film, The Mastermind, she reached not for the slick, high-speed thrills of caper cinema but for something quieter, more probing, and strangely timely premiering in the same week that headlines exposed yet another major museum theft. Set in 1970s Massachusetts and starring Josh O’Connor as JB Mooney, a disenchanted subu

19 October 2025 Landmarks director Lucrecia Martel at the London film festival. Photograph: LFF The 2025 edition of the BFI London Film Festival marked a striking moment in documentary cinema as Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel’s film Landmarks was awarded Best Film in the official competition category. The jury’s decision signals not only an artistic recognition but carries a deeper resonance: the film resurrects a story of land rights, colonial legacy and long-denied ju

11 October 2025 The film world awoke on October 11 to heartbreaking news: Diane Keaton has passed away in California at age 79, a loss confirmed by her family and reported by People. Known for a career spanning more than five decades, Keaton leaves behind a legacy of unforgettable performances, bold style, and a singular artistic voice. Born Diane Hall in Los Angeles in 1946, she adopted her mother’s maiden name of Keaton for her professional life after discovering that anoth

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