A Qantas flight from Queenstown to Sydney was diverted to Christchurch on Saturday after flames were reportedly seen coming from one of the aircraft's engines shortly after take-off. The incident highlights the safety protocols airlines follow when an in-flight engine issue is suspected, prompting the crew to reroute…
Guardian TV critics offer their picks for Friday night viewing, led by Gary Lineker's new game show The Box, which sees celebrities including Graeme Souness, Joey Essex and former Commons Speaker John Bercow compete in silly, mundane challenges with minor twists as they hunt for tokens in a…
The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived at the British Museum for its first public display in the United Kingdom since its creation nearly 1,000 years ago. King Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron visited the exhibition
New details have emerged about the plot and cast of Andrew Haigh's "A Long Winter," his adaptation of Colm Tóibín's novella, revealing a story centred on a family's unravelling in 1950s rural Colorado. Fred Hechinger plays Mike, whose mother Louise (Caitríona Balfe) battles alcoholism and depression amid her…
New details have emerged about "The Idiot(s)," the satirical Dostoevsky film from directors Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert, including its setting, supporting cast and stylistic flourishes. The film follows Fyodor Dostoevsky (Johnny Flynn) and his wife Anna (Aimee Lou Wood) during a stay in Germany, ostensibly so he…
New detail emerging from Telluride Film Festival coverage of "Elsinore" reveals the extraordinary real-life backstory behind Ian Charleson's Hamlet: he only got the role after Daniel Day-Lewis walked out of the National Theatre production mid-run, with director Richard Eyre turning to Charleson despite knowing few details of how…
Paradise City Sales has secured a wave of international distribution deals for "The Echo Chamber," Andrea Pallaoro's drama starring Alicia Vikander, Luca Marinelli and Susan Sarandon, ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The film's early sales success signals strong industry confidence in the project,…
Spain's Impulse Cinema and Italy's Fandango have agreed a strategic partnership to strengthen Spanish and Italian film production, covering co-production, financing, distribution and international sales. Announced at the Venice Production Bridge, the deal brings together two independent players from Europe's film industry and aims to build a "lasting…
Andrew Scott delivers a "shattering" dual performance as Scottish actor Ian Charleson and as Hamlet in Elsinore, Simon Stone's film about Charleson's final year before his death from AIDS-related causes in 1990 at age 40. The review calls it an emotional powerhouse that vividly captures London theatre life…
Andrew Scott delivers a career-defining performance as Ian Charleson in "Elsinore," which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, dramatising the true story of the Scottish actor who insisted on playing Hamlet at Britain's National Theatre while dying of AIDS. Directed by Simon Stone from a Stephen Beresford screenplay,…
Ian Anderson, frontman of Jethro Tull, has spoken about his admiration for Phil Collins, praising him as a "great" and "just terrific" singer despite the ridicule Collins sometimes faced for his solo pop career. Anderson, whose own band deliberately avoided fitting neatly into the prog rock label despite…
A severe overnight storm in Washington DC caused part of the ceiling in the Kennedy Center's grand foyer to collapse on Friday, leaving a hole in the ceiling and debris scattered across the floor. No injuries were reported, but the incident has reignited debate over the cultural centre's…
The Venice Film Festival is set to premiere two Iranian dramas that depict life under the ongoing war in Iran, six months after the country was struck by US and Israeli forces. Directors Ali Asgari and Mohsen Gharaei, both shot covertly inside Iran, offer a rare on-the-ground perspective…
Charles and Macron viewed the historic tapestry, a Reform councillor quit amid financial mismanagement claims, a British couple died in Spain, Diddy's defamation case advances, a US murder trial ended in mistrial, and Jack Lowden is tipped for Bond.
Variety reviews "The Idiot(s)," a satirical biopic from Polish filmmaking duo Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert that reimagines Fyodor Dostoevsky not as a revered literary sage but as a chaotic, drunken gambler propped up by his devoted wife Anna. Starring Johnny Flynn as Dostoevsky and Aimee Lou Wood…
The Hollywood Reporter reviews "The Idiot(s)," a film by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert that puts the spotlight on Anna Dostoevskaya (Aimee Lou Wood), the wife and stenographer of novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (Johnny Flynn), rather than treating her as a footnote to his genius. The review praises the…
Sydney shark attack survivor Leah Stewart has revealed she faces a second skin graft, almost three months after a great white shark attacked her while she was swimming at Coogee Beach. Ms Stewart, 35, has already had several operations, including the amputation of her left arm below the…
Danny Boyle's new drama Ink had its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, shortly after debuting at Venice, with the director on hand to introduce the film. The film dramatises Rupert Murdoch's 1969 relaunch of The Sun, tracing how the media mogul transformed a struggling broadsheet…
Serena and Venus Williams were knocked out of the US Open in the first round of women's doubles, losing to 14th seeds Chan Hao-Ching and Maya Joint in a tight three-set match on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It marked the sisters' first Grand Slam doubles appearance together since 2022…
Nine years before Jon Bernthal and Tom Holland became box-office draws in The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day respectively, they first appeared together in Pilgrimage, a 2017 historical epic now streaming that is worth revisiting. Directed by Brendan Muldowney, the film follows monks in medieval Ireland tasked…