11 h. ago Netflix's 'beautifully shot' war film hailed 'absolutely fantastic and heartbreaking'

The film was released in cinemas in 2021 and is now available to stream on Netflix

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13 h. ago Elizabeth Olsen says she will only act in films shown in cinemas: ‘It’s important for people to gather’

Actor says she doesn’t want streaming to become an ‘end-all’

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32 h. ago ‘It’s like they’ve erupted out of someone’s subconscious’: how horror came to possess modern cinemas

The ‘rough and ready’ genre’s current box office boom shouldn’t surprise us, say film-makers and expertsThe biggest jump-scare the film industry has had in 2025? The return of horror as a main player at the UK box office. As a genre, it has impressively outperformed previous years (a 22% year-on-year increase for the UK and Irish box office: £83,766,086 in 2025, compared with £68,612,395 in 2024).“Last year, no horror film reached £10m at the UK or Irish box office. This year, five films have,” says Charles Gant, box office editor of Screen International. The big hits of the year – Weapons (£11.4m), Sinners (£16.2m), The Conjuring Last Rites (£14.98m) and 28 Years Later (£15.54m) – have all hung about the multiplexes and in the public consciousness. Although much of the industry commentary focuses on the singular brilliance of Zac Cregger’s Weapons and Ryan Coogler’s postmodern epic Sinners, their successes indicate something is shifting between audiences and the genre. Continue rea...

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34 h. ago Netflix's 'haunting' war film based on true story hailed 'cinematic masterpiece' by fans

The Bombardment, also known as The Shadow in My Eye, was released in cinemas in 2021 and is now available to stream on Netflix - but it's not for the faint-hearted

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36 h. ago Govardhan Asrani: Bollywood titan who ‘entertained a nation’ dies aged 84

The actor, whose comic timing defined Hindi cinema through five decades, appeared in more than 300 films

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37 h. ago Bizarre new wellness trend sees hundreds of people gather to collectively SCREAM together

A bizarre new wellness trend in London allows those who are stressed, angry or upset to meet in large groups and collectively shriek at the top of their lungs.

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38 h. ago Movie legend dies working on final film as death branded 'huge loss for cinema'

A cinema icon has died after battling a long illness while working on what would have been his last film as distraught fans pay tribute to the "comedy genius" after their "irreparable loss"

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39 h. ago Bollywood actor Govardhan Asrani, famous for cult Sholay role, dies aged 84

The actor, whose comic timing defined Hindi cinema through five decades, appeared in more than 300 films

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59 h. ago ‘A monument to kindness’: the rise of Britain’s community cinemas

With more than 1,600 screens, people share how local-run venues are taking them on a film-worthy adventureThirty years ago, the battle to save a cinema would take Jan Dunn and her community on an adventure worthy of a film itself.When she heard that the Apollo, the last cinema in the area, was closing, she got together with a group of women who rescued it from demolition, and so was born the Plaza community cinema, run by volunteers and a handful of employees. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Go bald or go home: LA cinema offers free Bugonia ticket to those willing to shave their heads

In homage to Emma Stone’s character in the new Yorgos Lanthimos film, who has her hair shaved off by conspiracy theorists, an LA cinema will have a barber in its foyerYorgos Lanthimos fans based in Los Angeles eager to see his latest film for free are in luck: a cinema is offering complimentary tickets to a special screening on Monday to anyone who is either already bald or is willing to have their head shaved in the foyer first.The initiative is in homage to Emma Stone’s character in the film, a high-powered pharmaceutical CEO kidnapped by conspiracy theorists (played by Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis) who believe she is an alien and shave her hair off. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘A kind of therapy’: scream club brings Londoners together to ‘let it all out’

Viral trend sees (mostly) young people meet to ‘release pent-up energy’ and relieve stress in fun, social settingOn a cold Monday afternoon in Hyde Park, London, a small group of people gather by the Huntress fountain chatting softly among themselves. Nothing about the group would seem unusual to passing dog walkers and runners – until they huddle together and one starts a countdown.On three, a collective scream cuts through the park. The outburst lasts only a few seconds before giving way to laughter. They were only meant to do it once, but end up screaming again – louder, the second time. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Jewish film festival postponed after cinemas ‘refuse to host events’

Some venues were worried something might happen to endanger their staff, organisers say

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5 d. ago 'Most intense war film ever made' is finally back on streaming platforms

Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, often described as one of the greatest war films ever made, is now streaming on Sky Cinema and Amazon Prime Video.

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5 d. ago 15 iconic Scottish movies from the 1980s, including five filmed in Glasgow

Relive the nostalgia of 80s cinema and television with our list of 15 productions filmed in Scotland.

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6 d. ago Here's when Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein will be in cinemas and where in Scotland you can watch it

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein will be in cinemas from Friday, October 24, with just 12 in Scotland showing the film.

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7 d. ago ‘Theatre is an elitist artform for privileged people’: Daniel Day

Speaking at the London film festival, the triple Oscar-winner mounted a fierce defence of movies and method acting, although he conceded My Left Foot couldn’t be made todayThe actor Daniel Day-Lewis railed against audiences being priced out of theatres, and what he perceived as a continued snobbery concerning cinema in the UK at an event at the London film festival.Speaking to the critic Mark Kermode for a lengthy conversation in front of an audience at the BFI Southbank, Day-Lewis said he felt “there’s still an elitism in this country that theatre is the superior form”. His drama training at the Bristol Old Vic school had encouraged in him the sense that theatre work was the goal. “Then there’s films: bit dodgy. Television: like, really? OK, you gotta pay the gas bill. That was the thinking. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘Left me physically exhausted’: readers on their most stressful movies ever

After Guardian writers shared their picks, readers responded with films including Gravity, Paranormal Activity and The RoadWhen the film ended suddenly and silently I found I was gripping the seat armrests and noticed too that nobody moved. I can’t remember a cinema experience where literally nobody moved after a film ended. It was dead quiet for several seconds, I am guessing that many if not most of the audience had actually witnessed the real event on 9/11 on TV, as I had. Visceral cinema a bit too close to the bone, yet sensitive, nonexploitative and direction as tight as it gets. waxanimal Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘My eyes are stinging, but damn it, they’re open’: surviving a 12

Breaking both dawn and sanity, Twilight fan Jared Richards heads to the cinema to watch all five films for the 20th anniversary of Stephenie Meyer’s vampiric bestsellerGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIt is about 4am on a Saturday morning and a delirious energy is emerging at Randwick Ritz’s dusk-to-dawn, 12-hour marathon of the Twilight Saga. The cinema has the airs of an airport terminal after significant delays; at this point, people no longer care how they look and are doing anything they can to stay comfortable.We’ve reached the night’s 30-minute “breakfast break”, which means we are three of five films into the romantic tale of clumsy, quiet teen Bella Swan, who moves to the foggy forest town of Forks, Washington and falls for Edward Cullen, a (permanently) 17-year-old vampire. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Manchester's hidden cinema showing Halloween and Christmas films this festive season

Screenings include Hocus Pocus, The Addams Family, Elf, Home Alone, The Holiday and more

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9 d. ago ‘Trump did everything’: jubilant Israelis heap praise on US president as hostages return

About 65,000 people gather in ‘hostages square’ in Tel Aviv to welcome home released captivesThe estimated 65,000 people in “hostages square” in Tel Aviv heard it before they saw it. Like so many sunflowers, their faces turned up to search the clear blue morning sky for the source of the sound. Then it swept into view from the west, from the direction of Gaza.A helicopter, military brown, was on the way to Ichilov hospital a few hundred metres away. But it diverted. It circled around the crowd giving each person below a view, and then tilted to its right, in an apparent salute to the cheering, waving, smiling faces below. Continue reading...

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