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