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  Whalefall review – slimy survival thriller traps us in a whale and struggles to make it digestible https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/whalefall-review-movie #ActionAndAdventureFilms #JoshBrolin #Thrillers #Film #Culture

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  Sally Rooney’s stand on Palestine is brave and humane https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/15/sally-rooneys-stand-on-palestine-is-brave-and-humane #SallyRooney #Protest #PalestineAction #Books #Culture #Activism #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #Palestine #Law #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UkNews

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  Your full attention: Jesse Eisenberg’s 10 best film performances – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/jesse-eisenberg-10-best-film-performances-ranked #Film #Culture #JesseEisenberg #ARealPain #TheSocialNetwork

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  Angèle: Instinct review – Belgium’s biggest star is determined to do pop differently https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/15/angele-instinct-review-rca #Music #PopAndRock #CarolinePolachek #Culture #Belgium #Justice #DanceMusic

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  ‘Don’t do this!’ Why Paul McCartney cares about looking shorter than John Lennon in Sam Mendes’ Beatles films https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/dont-do-this-why-paul-mccartney-cares-about-looking-shorter-than-john-lennon-in-sam-mendes-beatles-films #TheBeatlesFilms #Music #TheBeatles #Film #Culture #PaulMccartney #JohnLennon #RingoStarr #GeorgeHarrison #SamMendes #PaulMescal

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  Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s AI-generated social media content: ‘I guess maybe he’s bored?’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/15/jimmy-kimmel-trump-ai-recap #LatenightTvRoundup #JimmyKimmel #Culture #TelevisionRadio #TvComedy #Comedy #Television

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  ‘Stranger than stranger-than-fiction’: how Lance Oppenheim made the year’s two buzziest films https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/stranger-than-stranger-than-fiction-how-lance-oppenheim-made-the-years-two-buzziest-films #Film #Culture #DocumentaryFilms #RobertPattinson #ElizabethHolmes

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  Street Fighter review – nostalgia only goes so far in junky fighting game movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/street-fighter-movie-review #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Games #Culture #Film

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  Klara and the Sun review – Taika Waititi’s manic pixie dream robot sci-fi is a sentimental mess https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/klara-and-the-sun-review-taika-waititi-kazuo-ishiguro #Film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #TaikaWaititi #JennaOrtega #LondonFilmFestival #Robots #Culture #FilmAdaptations #KazuoIshiguro #AmyAdams #Books

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  The Face of Horror review – a future cult classic delights with playful spin on Hammer horror https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/16/the-face-of-horror-review-anna-biller-london-film-festival #Film #HorrorFilms #FilmAdaptations #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #Books #Culture

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  Dogmatic Nordic liberals v eastern family values: culture-clash drama Fjord touches nerves in Norway and Romania https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/16/fjord-cristian-mungiu-london-film-festival #Film #CannesFilmFestival #Culture #Romania #Europe #FilmCriticism #Norway #LondonFilmFestival #ChildProtection

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  John Green: ‘I devoured the Sweet Valley High books in the 1980s’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/john-green-i-devoured-the-sweet-valley-high-books-in-the-1980s #Books #Culture #Fiction

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  ‘The mainstream has come to them’: how did Fontaines DC go from Dublin dive bars to headlining stadiums? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/16/the-mainstream-has-come-to-them-how-did-fontaines-dc-go-from-dublin-dive-bars-to-headlining-stadiums #FontainesDc #Music #PopAndRock #Indie #Culture #Punk

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  Add to playlist: the buzzy bildungsromans of boy wonder Superfan and the week’s best new tracks https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/16/add-to-playlist-the-buzzy-bildungsromans-of-boy-wonder-superfan-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks #Music #Culture #Indie #PopAndRock

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  An open book: how make a great film adaptation, from The Shining to Trainspotting https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/16/book-film-adaptations-shining-trainspotting-bridget-jones-godfather-clockwork-orange-silence-lambs #FilmAdaptations #Film #Culture #Books

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  I’ve debated with Israel’s most fervent defenders – NAZA debunks their talking points | Mehdi Hasan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/16/naza-israel-film #Naza #Film #Culture #DocumentaryFilms #Israel #Gaza #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Palestine

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  Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s new press secretary: ‘attorney in the way George Santos was volleyball champion’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/16/jimmy-kimmel-katie-zacharia-trump-press-secretary #LatenightTvRoundup #JimmyKimmel #TvComedy #Comedy #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #Media #UsPressAndPublishing #UsMidtermElections2026 #UsPolitics #UsNews #UsMilitary #PeteHegseth #FortHoodShootings #WorldNews

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  Masterplan review – Stanley Tucci is wasted in Amazon’s smooth-brained heist caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/16/masterplan-stanley-tucci-movie-review #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Film #StanleyTucci #AmazonPrimeVideo #MonaLisa #Culture #Painting #Paris #Art #Thrillers #ComedyFilms

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  ‘Shane was rascality personified’: the Pogues on their late frontman, anti-Irish prejudice and the feud over Fairytale of New York https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/01/the-pogues-shane-macgowan-anti-irish-prejudice-fairytale-of-new-york #ThePogues #Music #PopAndRock #FolkMusic #Culture #ShaneMacgowan #Punk

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  The Last First: Winter K2 review – race up second highest mountain reveals fatal cost of regrettable traits https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/the-last-first-winter-k2-review-race-up-second-highest-mountain-reveals-fatal-cost-of-regrettable-traits #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Mountaineering #Nepal #Culture #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews

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  Sex, drugs and amoebic dysentery: the 20 best making-of documentaries – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/20-best-making-of-documentaries-ranked #Film #Culture #DocumentaryFilms

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  You Can See Everything review – Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceit https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/you-can-see-everything-movie-review #NewYorkFilmFestival2026 #NathanFielder #ElizabethHolmes #DocumentaryFilms #A24 #Film #Culture

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  ‘It’s a deep soul connection’: Erasure on how 40 years of friendship got them through grief – and why Vince Clarke has quit touring https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/02/erasure-vince-clarke-andy-bell-interview #Erasure #Music #Culture #PopAndRock #Friendship

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  Kanye West’s sold-out Russia concerts cancelled, organisers confirm https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/02/kanye-west-russia-concerts-cancelled-ntwnfb #KanyeWest #Music #Russia #Culture #Europe #WorldNews #Hiphop #Antisemitism

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  The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/02/laura-poitras-rachel-lauren-mueller-theyre-here-interview-ice-documentary-short #NewYorkFilmFestival2026 #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #LauraPoitras #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Culture #UsImmigration #UsNews

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  Horror films like Obsession are shut out of the Golden Globes – unless they pretend to be comedies https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/02/obsession-horror-films-golden-globes-awards-season #HorrorFilms #GoldenGlobes #AwardsAndPrizes #GoldenGlobes2026 #FilmCriticism #Oscars #Film #Culture

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  A new Skywalker trilogy for Star Wars? Going back to the same family-saga well is a waste of time https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/02/new-skywalker-trilogy-star-wars-jon-watts #Film #StarWars #SpidermanNoWayHome #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker

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  ‘It’s rational to fear the music industry’: Grouper’s Liz Harris on virality, streaming scammers and her ‘restorative’ dream-pop trio https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/02/grouper-liz-harris-tour-helen-band-lindas-head-interview #Music #Culture #ExperimentalMusic

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  How Bassam Tariq pivoted from stalled Blade reboot to new Mahershala Ali thriller: ‘I’m happier I made this movie’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/02/bassam-tariq-your-mother-your-mother-your-mother-interview-mahershala-ali-marvel-blade #Thrillers #Film #Culture #ActionAndAdventureFilms #MahershalaAli

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  Barking beautiful: the 2026 Dog Photography awards – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/oct/03/barking-beautiful-the-2026-dog-photography-awards-in-pictures #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Dogs #Animals #Pets #WorldNews