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The director of “Every Contact Leaves a Trace” explained why she hired a detective to help reconstruct a subject’s life story. In a Variety interview, she described the filmmaking approach as an attempt to piece together a life narrative. The remarks offer insight into the documentary’s method and creative process.
Director Brett Morgen spent a decade painstakingly remastering David Bowie’s concert film, described as Bowie’s greatest filmed performance. The Guardian Culture reports on the restoration and the work behind it. It matters because it preserves a landmark live Bowie performance for fans and archives.
Variety reports that filmmaker Errol Morris is sitting on a secret interview with Elizabeth Holmes, the convicted Theranos founder. The unreleased material could offer new insight into the Theranos saga and Holmes's public statements.
The animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir will launch its seventh season worldwide through Disney, TF1 and Globo. The rollout expands the show’s reach across multiple broadcasters and regions. It matters for fans and partners as one of France’s most exported animated franchises.
Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who starred in the sitcoms "Kate & Allie" and "McMillan & Wife," has died at 80, according to Variety. She was a fixture of 1970s and 1980s American television, earning an Emmy for "McMillan & Wife" and later headlining "Kate & Allie" alongside Jane Curtin. Her death marks the loss of one of the era's most recognizable small-screen comic talents.
The Guardian Culture published a review of Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey, calling it the dullest and most pointless possible response to Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed epic. The critique argues the work fails to match or meaningfully engage with Nolan’s film, making it a weak cultural commentary on Musk and AI. Its significance is mainly as a negative review in the culture debate around AI.
The Guardian Culture presents a photo essay examining the many facets of Black masculinity, approaching desire with curiosity. The series uses portraiture to explore identity, representation and lived experience. It offers a visual perspective on how Black men navigate desire and self-image.
The Guardian reviews Big Baby, a meta-horror film in which a screenwriter’s nightmares become reality. The review calls the film a misfire, suggesting its promising premise fails in execution.
The director of the documentary “Third Land” told Variety that chronicling the lives of Iranian refugees in Turkey was “extremely tense and frightening.” The remarks highlight the pressures faced by both refugees and filmmakers documenting their experiences. The film draws attention to the human stakes of refugee stories and the risks involved in reporting them.