Film

Taxi Driver was booed at its Cannes premiere.

‘Tormented’: Why Taxi Driver haunts Scorsese

A new docuseries on the life and career of Martin Scorsese brings to the fore the intersection between the filmmaker, violence and art.

Updated
Read more (5 min) →
Frankenstein is in cinemas and later on Netflix.

Netflix’s Frankenstein is too long, too obvious & too much

It is wholly unnecessary for one character to scream at Victor Frankenstein, ‘You’re the monster!’ Um, duh. Everyone already got the memo.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Channing Tatum in Los Angeles in September 2025. (Sela Shiloni/The New York Times)

Does Channing Tatum know how good he is?

Channing Tatum closes the gap between actor and audience to a millimetre: When someone wounds him — whether with a punch or a rejection — you’re not watching it happen to someone else. It happens to you, too.

Updated
Read more (6 min) →

Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters.

Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.

Email Us
By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.
Roofman is in cinemas.

Roofman is a wild true story you can’t believe happened

Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst star in a comedy-drama-caper based on a real-life story that is almost too bizarre to be believed.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
The Twits on Netflix.

Revolting Times: Netflix begins Americana Roald Dahl fest

Netflix’s plans for Roald Dahl aren’t going to stop with The Twits. Buying all the rights is part of a bigger picture.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
The Running Man is in cinemas on November 14.

Stephen King gives tick of approval to new adaptation

Stephen King famously hated Stanley Kubrick’s version of The Shining, and he definitely didn’t care for the 1987 version of The Running Man. He’s singing from a different song sheet for Edgar Wright.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Naomi Watts is honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 13, 2025 in Hollywood, California.

Stellar showing as Naomi Watts receives Hollywood honour

The Aussie actress was almost upstaged by past co-stars Jack Black and Edward Norton as tinsel town celebrated Watts’ receiving the 2826th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Updated
Read more (1 min) →
After the Hunt.

Julia Roberts’ MeToo film is divisive. It’s meant to be

Luca Guadagnino doesn’t want to give you any easy answers in his MeToo-themed film starring Julia Roberts. The filmmaker and his stars explain why.

Updated
Read more (6 min) →
The forensic examination of celebrity splits is a trend that has run through Hollywood from the divorce of Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball through to that of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban.

How Nic and Keith’s bust-up brought out the internet sleuths

The divorce of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban marked the internet’s latest opportunity to look for breakup signs in hindsight.

Updated
Read more (7 min) →
Rebecca Ferguson in A House of Dynamite.

Stressful, white-knuckle thriller will make your heart race

A House of Dynamite is a cautionary tale that will stress you out. See it in cinemas while you can, it’s a very limited run.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Tron: Ares is a perfect example of just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

Tron sequel movie is too much of everything

Tron: Ares is a perfect example of just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Timothee Chalamet in Marty Supreme.

Chalamet’s Supreme surprise electrifies festival audience

Timothée Chalamet and Josh Safdie brought their table tennis movie Marty Supreme to the New York Film Festival for a surprise screening that sparked Oscars buzz.

Updated
Read more (6 min) →
Emily Browning stars in One More Shot.

Nineties nostalgia is all the rage in Browning’s new movie

Get your red minidress out, blow up that chair and party like Y2K is going to end the world. Emily Browning plans to.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
John Candy with Macauley Culkin, Gaby Hoffman and Jean Louisa Kelly in Uncle Buck.

Brilliance of comedy legend John Candy captured in new doco

John Candy is immortalised in a new documentary by those who knew him best.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Idris Elba in A House of Dynamite.

Bigelow needs you to be scared about the end of the world

Kathryn Bigelow’s first film in eight years, A House of Dynamite, is a piece of speculative fiction she deeply hopes never comes true.

Updated
Read more (6 min) →