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The Black Sheep of British Art
A middle-aged man, his beard streaked with white, is seated in front of a circular canvas on which faint outlines of figures are discernible. Holding a paintbrush to the picture surface, he is looking away from the canvas, his pale eyes trained on something only he can see.
Una prestigiosa traductora de Homero ataca 'La Odisea' de Nolan: “Me avergonzaría haber escrito algo de eso” Original
Emily Wilson, la clasicista cuya traducción de La Odisea de Homero en 2017 fue citada por Christopher Nolan en la promoción inicial de su exitosa adaptación del poema, criticó duramente la película, afirmando que “no tiene nada convincente que decir” y que “carece de profundidad psicológica, emocional, política y ética”.
Una prestigiosa traductora de Homero ataca 'La Odisea' de Nolan: “Me avergonzaría haber escrito algo de eso”
Emily Wilson, la clasicista cuya traducción de La Odisea de Homero en 2017 fue citada por Christopher Nolan en la promoción inicial de su exitosa adaptación del poema, ha criticado duramente la película, afirmando que “no tiene nada convincente que decir” y que “carece de profundidad psicológica, emocional, política y ética”.
‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this': Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster
Emily Wilson, the classicist whose 2017 translation of Homer's Odyssey was cited by Christopher Nolan in early publicity for his hugely successful adaptation of the poem, has roundly criticised the film, saying “it has nothing convincing to say” and that its “lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth”.
Tom Holland says some of his films are ‘shit’ and people shouldn’t see them
Updated Mon, 27 July 2026 at 11:13 am UTC Really proud of this one … Tom Holland promoting Spider-Man: Brand New Day.Photograph: Eloisa Sanchez/Getty Images Spider-Man and Odyssey star Tom Holland says that some of his films are “shit” and that people “shouldn’t” see them. Holland was speaking on the Dish podcast and was asked by co-hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett about his experiences promoting his movies.
Elon Musk says Grok Imagine will make ‘historically accurate’ AI adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey
Updated Wed, 22 July 2026 at 12:12 pm UTC ‘Our cast is representative of the world’ … (from left) Jimmy Gonzales, Matt Damon and Himesh Patel in The Odyssey.Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures Elon Musk has said his AI platform Grok Imagine will make a “historically accurate” adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, after the success of Christopher Nolan’s blockbusting treatment which the SpaceX founder has regularly criticised over its casting.
Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner for My Left Foot, dies aged 81
Brenda Fricker, who became the first female Irish Oscar winner for acting with My Left Foot, has died aged 81.
Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner for My Left Foot, dies aged 81
Updated Fri, 17 July 2026 at 3:11 pm UTC ‘We will never see her like again’ … Fricker with her Oscar for My Left Foot.Photograph: Blake Sell/Reuters Brenda Fricker, who became the first female Irish Oscar winner for acting with My Left Foot, has died aged 81.
The ‘stuff’ of life tells the story of Audrey Amiss, whose promising career was derailed by mental illness
“At the end of a life, all we have is stuff,” wrote the Wellcome Collection’s archivist Elena Carter, as she sifted through the bushels of material donated by the family of Audrey Amiss after her death in 2013. This “stuff”—sketches, posters, notebooks, scrapbooks filled with food packaging—came out of the flat in Clapham, London, where Amiss lived for many years.
Louise Lasser, star of cult sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Woody Allen comedies, dies aged 87
Louise Lasser, star of cult 70s sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and early films by Woody Allen (to whom she was married for four years), has died aged 87. The New York Times reported she died “at home in Manhattan” Lasser's role as a satirically conceived housewife in suburban Ohio in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, designed as a parody of daytime soap operas, made her a national star, landing her on the cover of People magazine and Rolling Stone.
Louise Lasser, star of cult sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Woody Allen comedies, dies aged 87
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‘If you see one movie this year': Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey set to storm the box office
In a plot twist worthy of the ancient bards themselves, the hottest movie of the summer isn't a superhero flick, or an alien-invasion yarn, or a crinolines-and-bonnets period drama. Instead, it is an adaptation of a nearly 3,000-year-old epic poem, which film-maker Christopher Nolan is releasing as a follow-up to Oppenheimer , his grim, Oscar-winning study of the origins of nuclear war.
Elon Musk promotes 'anti-migrant' Armie Hammer film with free download on X
A German film starring Armie Hammer that was allegedly denied a certificate by the German ratings board for “inciting violence against immigrants” has secured worldwide distribution and an explosion in its viewing figures after a bizarre intervention by Elon Musk. Citizen Vigilante, a thriller starring Hammer, and written and directed by Uwe Boll, was posted free on Musk's account on X from Thursday to Sunday, resulting in a major boost to its marketing and commercial profile.
Elon Musk promotes 'anti-migrant' Armie Hammer film with free download on X
A German film starring Armie Hammer that was allegedly denied a certificate by the German ratings board for “inciting violence against immigrants” has secured worldwide distribution and an explosion in its viewing figures after a bizarre intervention by Elon Musk. Citizen Vigilante, a thriller starring Hammer, and written and directed by Uwe Boll, was posted free on Musk's account on X from Thursday to Sunday, resulting in a major boost to its marketing and commercial profile.
Elon Musk promotes ‘anti-migrant’ Armie Hammer film with free download on X
Updated Tue, 30 June 2026 at 11:41 am UTC ‘Citizen Vigilante 2 will be even better’ … Elon Musk.Photograph: Lisa O’Connor/AFP/Getty Images A German film starring Armie Hammer that was allegedly denied a certificate by the German ratings board for “inciting violence against immigrants” has secured worldwide distribution and an explosion in its viewing figures after a bizarre intervention by Elon Musk.
Madonna says biopic was scrapped after ‘falling out’ with studio
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‘I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget’: Madonna says biopic was scrapped after ‘falling out’ with studio
Madonna says that the long-gestating movie about her life that she was personally overseeing was cancelled after she fell out with Hollywood studio Universal over the size of the film's budget. Speaking to Interview magazine, Madonna said: "We had a falling out, me and Universal, regarding budget because I needed – I've had an extraordinary life.
Once upon a time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue have been spotted in Welsh seaside town Porthcawl as they film a new movie for prolific British film-maker Jamie Adams. A report in Nation.Cymru carried a picture of the pair on location at Porthcawl's Saltwater Inn, where they reportedly “laughed and sang together” for a scene set during a wake. The pair were also reported to have filmed a funeral scene at a church in the nearby village of Newton.
Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
Mon, 22 June 2026 at 1:00 pm UTC Dafydd unchained … Quentin Tarantino in Santa Barbara, 2025.Photograph: JB Lacroix/FilmMagic Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue have been spotted in Welsh seaside town Porthcawl as they film a new movie for prolific British film-maker Jamie Adams. A report in Nation.Cymru carried a picture of the pair on location at Porthcawl's Saltwater Inn, where they reportedly "laughed and sang together" for a scene set during a wake.
Russell Crowe says Gladiator II failed because 'it didn't have a moral core'
Russell Crowe has said that the Gladiator sequel was a failure because it lacked a “moral core” and that studio behind it “didn't understand why [the original movie] was successful”. Crowe was speaking at the Taormina film festival, and in remarks reported by Variety he outlined why the thought the first Gladiator, released to considerable acclaim and box office success in 2000, was a success, and where its sequel, released in 2024, struggled.
Rosalind Pulver obituary
My mother, Rosalind Pulver, who has died aged 91, was gregarious, sociable and a natural born organiser – I remember her shaking up my school's parents' association in the 1970s, her greatest triumph being getting the pupils a tour of McDonald's HQ that included free burgers. She was born and grew up in London, first in Paddington, in a flat above her father's menswear shop in Church Street market, and then in Hendon.
Russell Crowe says Gladiator II failed because ‘it didn’t have a moral core’
Russell Crowe has said that the Gladiator sequel was a failure because it lacked a "moral core" and that studio behind it "didn't understand why [the original movie] was successful". Crowe was speaking at the Taormina film festival, and in remarks reported by Variety he outlined why the thought the first Gladiator, released to considerable acclaim and box office success in 2000, was a success, and where its sequel, released in 2024, struggled.
Helen Mirren speaks out about being called ‘evil Zionist’ on the street in London
Helen Mirren has commented on being called an "evil Zionist bitch" while being harassed in the street in London, saying she was "attacked by mistake by a man who was maybe a little over passionate or maybe mentally not quite stable". Footage circulated last month of an incident, believed to have taken place last year, while Mirren was walking with her husband, film-maker Taylor Hackford.
‘Now they can’t afford me’: Steven Spielberg was turned down to direct Bond – twice
Steven Spielberg said that he was turned down twice by the producers of the James Bond movies – and now they couldn't afford him. Spielberg was speaking to The Rest Is Entertainment podcast and was asked if he had any "regrets" about not directing a 007 movie.
The best Steven Spielberg films, chosen by directors, critics and super-fans: ‘pure popcorn perfection’
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Steven Spielberg is often described as the inventor of the “event movie” – or as the creator of our new age of IP supremacy, in which the genre property is more important than any above-the-title film star. But that isn’t quite it. He came of age in the American new wave era but in spirit belonged neither to that nor fully to Hollywood’s golden age studio system that preceded it. In fact, he synthesised both into a directing style that was audacious and fluent.
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The best Steven Spielberg films, chosen by directors, critics and super-fans: ‘pure popcorn perfection’
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Spielberg’s early achievement was to bring about an evolutionary sea change, reinvigorating pulp-popular themes and ideas and giving them a new maturity and mainstream box office credibility. The idea of a giant shark crazed with a vindictive taste for human flesh or dinosaurs busting out of an amusement park is something that Roger Corman or Ed Wood Jr might have made in two weeks with risible rubber creatures. In Jaws and Jurassic Park, Spielberg’s production values were state of the art.
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‘I’d rather read a book’: Tarantino criticises ‘flavourless sausage factory’ Hollywood
‘Plain stupid shit’ … Quentin Tarantino, pictured in New York in 2021. Photograph: Noam Galai/Getty Images Quentin Tarantino has criticised contemporary Hollywood, calling it “a flavourless sausage factory”. Writing in Sight and Sound magazine, Tarantino said that “since the pandemic … it seems almost impossible for a new movie to come out that I don’t pick to death”.
Martin Scorsese accused of ‘throwing artists under bus’ with AI storyboards
Martin Scorsese attends the Casino 30th anniversary screening during the 2025 Tribeca festival in New York. Photograph: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Tribeca festival Martin Scorsese’s announcement that he has invested in an AI company and uses the technology to create storyboards has triggered a backlash from fellow members of the film industry.
Kane Parsons becomes youngest film-maker to open at No 1 in the US with Backrooms
Kane Parsons attends the Backrooms screening at Vue West End on 19 May in London. Photograph: Dave Benett/Alan Chapman/Getty Images for A24 Films Kane Parsons has become the youngest film-maker to open a film at number one at the North American box office for his directing debut Backrooms. Parsons, 20, is seven years younger than the previous record holder, Josh Trank, who was 27 when his debut Chronicle recorded a $22m opening in 2011.
‘Like a billionaire on acid’: Star Wars director Gareth Edwards comes out in favour of AI
Director Gareth Edwards on the set of Jurassic World Rebirth. Photograph: Jasin Boland/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment Jurassic World Rebirth and Rogue One director Gareth Edwards has enthusiastically endorsed the use of generative AI in film-making, saying “it is a fucking genius at helping you” and “it’s going to be better than CGI”.
‘I felt my humanity was bastardised’: Cynthia Erivo says reaction to Ariana Grande red carpet incident rooted in racism
Cynthia Erivo at the Los Angeles premiere of Wicked in 2024. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has said that reactions to the incident at the Singapore premiere of Wicked: For Good, in which she stepped in to fend off a red-carpet invader who grabbed co-star Ariana Grande, revealed “the insidious nature of how we view Black women” and put her off campaigning for Oscars.
No Place for Football review – battling ice and snow to play the beautiful game in Greenland
Insightful … No Place For Football. Photograph: Publicity image As the football-industrial complex churns out ever more eyeball-aimed product, precision engineered to trigger either triumphalism or nostalgia (or both), there’s occasionally room for stories like this about Greenland’s eight team championship playoff: scrappy chronicles of big-hearted underachievers in obscure corners of the football universe.
Sequel to Michael Jackson biopic on way, says studio
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‘We’ve got 25 to 30% already shot’: sequel to Michael Jackson biopic on way, says studio
Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in Michael. Photograph: Lionsgate/PA Fogelson added: “I would say that there is a ton of incredibly entertaining Michael Jackson story, and much of the biggest and most popular parts of his music catalogue that were not touched upon in the first film.
Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher
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Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger is playing a lighthouse keeper in the new film from Happy as Lazzaro director Alice Rohrwacher, which is currently filming on the Italian island of Stromboli. According to reports in the Italian media, Jagger was photographed on arrival in Stromboli after flying in by helicopter to take a role in Three Incestuous Sisters, Rohrwacher’s adaptation of the 2005 “visual novel” by The Time Traveler’s Wife author Audrey Niffenegger.
Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher
Sea lighting man … Mick Jagger will play a lighthouse keeper. Photograph: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Rohrwacher, who received considerable acclaim for Happy as Lazzaro, which won best screenplay at Cannes in 2018, and its 2023 followup La Chimera, which starred Josh O’Connor as a looter of ancient artefacts, is making her English-language debut with Three Incestuous Sisters, Niffenegger’s self-created fairytale about three sisters who fall in love with a lighthouse keeper’s son.
James McNeill Whistler was more than just a combative ‘coxcomb’
“Some artists get put in a place that you can’t get them out of,” says Carol Jacobi, the curator of a new exhibition of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) at Tate Britain in London. “You can’t mention one without the other: with Whistler, it’s that court case.” Jacobi is talking about the artist famously suing the critic John Ruskin in 1877 after the latter called him “a coxcomb… flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face”.
Erling Haaland to make film acting debut – as a Viking called Haaland
Viking energy … Erling Haaland after another successful game with Manchester City. Photograph: Roger Evans/Action Plus/Shutterstock Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is to make his feature acting debut, in an animated film as the voice of a Viking – called Haaland. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Norwegian international is to play “an animated version of himself” in Viqueens, directed and co-written by Harald Zwart, the Dutch-Norwegian director of The Karate Kid and Agent Cody Banks.
‘He’s inspired generations’: Stormzy to produce biopic about football great Ian Wright
‘The story of a Black British boy born to first-generation Caribbean immigrants is as relevant today as it was in the 70s’ … Ian Wright, left, and Stormzy. Composite: Getty Images/ Louis Browne Stormzy has announced he is to produce a biopic of former Arsenal, Crystal Palace and England striker Ian Wright.
‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst
Alan Cumming on stage during the Bafta film awards in February. Photograph: Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA Alan Cumming has criticised the organisers of the Bafta film awards in February as “bad people who weren’t doing their jobs properly” after the N-word outburst by Tourette activist John Davidson, which was broadcast by the BBC during its coverage of the ceremony.
‘They’re as lost and inauthentic as us’: the Oscar winner who made a Farage satire – and released it on WeTransfer
‘I personally have been very disappointed in the rhetoric coming out of certain aspects of the film industry recently that art shouldn’t have a place in politics’ … Jack Lowden in Vote Gavin Lyle. Photograph: PR IMAGE Some film-makers have unrealistic expectations for their work; Aneil Karia is not one of them. “I’m not deluded enough to think that it’s going to bring down the government,” he says of his new film, Vote Gavin Lyle – but you never know, it just might.
‘A false narrative around a paedophile’: Michael Jackson biopic criticised by Leaving Neverland director
‘They saying the reason Jackson liked children is because he’s an angel, not that he wanted to have sex with them’ … Leaving Neverland film-maker Dan Reed. Photograph: Joshua Bright/The Guardian Reed said that he had seen the film and “there’s zero insight into what makes Jackson tick”, adding: “He’s this asexual plastic action doll of a figure in the film.
George Clooney condemns Washington shooting and calls on citizens to ‘truly make America great again’
George Clooney attends the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York to acccept the Chaplin award on Monday. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters Clooney was speaking at an event at the Lincoln Center in New York, where he was given Film at Lincoln Center’s annual Chaplin award, which “recognises an individual’s significant contribution to cinema”. Clooney added: “It seems to me there’s a struggle that has to be won against hatred and corruption and cruelty and violence.
Backlash against ‘blatant’ Asian stereotype in The Devil Wears Prada 2
The former assistant’s new assistant … Jin Chao, played by Helen J Shen with Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada 2. Photograph: 20th Century Studios A minor character in fashion-magazine comedy The Devil Wears Prada 2 has sparked a major backlash online, before the film has even reached cinemas.
Martin Scorsese’s film about Pope Francis to receive world premiere in Vatican City
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Martin Scorsese’s film about Pope Francis to receive world premiere in Vatican City
Martin Scorsese with Pope Francis on the set of Aldeas, The Final Dream of Pope Francis, on 31 January 2024. Photograph: Divisione Produzione Fotografica/Vatican Media Martin 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.
Charlize Theron joins chorus of disapproval over Timothée Chalamet’s ballet comments
‘[Ballet] taught me to be tough’ … Charlize Theron. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters In an interview with the New York Times, Theron said: “Oh, boy, I hope I run into him one day,” adding: “That was a very reckless comment on two art forms that we need to lift up constantly because, yes, they do have a hard time.
Live-action movie version of children’s TV series Mr Benn in the works
‘If all goes to plan, Mr Benn might even save the world’ … Mr Benn. Photograph: David McKee A live-action film based on the cult British kids’ cartoon Mr Benn is to go into production with I Swear director Kirk Jones at the helm. Mr Benn first appeared on TV on the BBC in 1971, in a series created by David McKee, who died in 2022.
Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story review – fitting tribute to a barnstorming trailblazer
Pathfinder role … Clyde Best in Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story. Photograph: West Ham archive It may seem as, if in the streaming era, every conceivable football story has already been told. But that’s clearly not the case: here is an uplifting film that has important things to say about racism and empowerment in the game via the life story of Clyde Best, the barnstorming West Ham striker from the early 1970s.
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