‘The Black Ball’ Review: Vivid, Sweeping Epic About Gay Men in War-Torn Spain Is a Major Cannes Standout

Veneno’ creators Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo direct this stunning drama about lovers and friends caught in the tempest ...

‘The Black Ball’ Review: The Spirit of Lorca Binds Gay Men Across a Century in an Ambitious but Distended Drama

Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's 'The Black Ball' is part literary mystery and part queer elegy, lyrical in patches and ...

The Mandalorian and Grogu review: This family-friendly film is entertaining but is low on storyline and humour

THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU (12A) 132mins  ★★★☆☆ IT’S been seven years since we’ve had a Star Wars film on the big screen, but ...

Penelope Cruz Lights up Los Javis’ Queer García Lorca Epic ‘The Black Ball,’ Earning 16-Minute Cannes Ovation

Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close star in Los Javis' Cannes competition debut, inspired by an unfinished Federico García Lorca ...

‘The Boroughs’ Creators Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews Break Down The Netflix Series They “Could Only Do With The Duffer Brothers”

This piece contains some spoilers for Season 1 of The Boroughs on Netflix. The second of two 2026 projects shepherded to ...

‘The Black Ball’ Review: Los Javis’ Era-Spanning Monument to Gay Storytellers Is a Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Cannes: Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi blend real and imaginary people in this Lorca-inspired ode to love stories buried by ...

Heidi Klum, Demi Moore and Halsey bring glamour to the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, plus more celebrity red carpet looks from the South of France

Some of the biggest names in entertainment are showing up to the prestigious film festival in the South of France.
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Netflix’s “The Boroughs” Offers a Clever Spin on the “Stranger Things” Formula

The easy shorthand for how to describe Netflix’s “The Boroughs” is that it’s like “Stranger Things” with walkers instead of bicycles, and that’s not just because of the foundational similarities in ...