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Jerusalem Film Festival Founder Urges Palestinian Filmmakers to Take Part: ‘The Cinemas Are Filled With Diverse Crowds — Jews and Arabs, Secular and Religious Citizens’

• Jerusalem Film Festival boss urges Palestinian filmmakers to participate next year
• Argues boycotts empower hardliners rather than challenging them
• Palestinian actor Ehab Elias Salami won best acting award this year

Roni Mahadav-Levin, executive director of the Jerusalem Cinematheque and Jerusalem Film Festival, has published an open letter urging Palestinian filmmakers to take part in next year's edition of the festival. He argued that boycotts of Israeli cultural institutions do not punish hardliners but empower them, and that withdrawing…

This David Bowie Song About Space Was Banned by the BBC Before It Went to No. 1 Years Later

• BBC banned "Space Oddity" around the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing
• Ban was lifted once astronauts returned home safely
• Song later hit UK No. 1 upon its 1975 re-release

David Bowie's "Space Oddity" was banned from BBC airplay when it was first released in 1969, days before the Apollo 11 moon landing, over concerns about broadcasting a song depicting a doomed space mission at such a sensitive moment. The ban was lifted once the astronauts returned safely,…

StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to celebrate a huge year for the city’s startup community 

• StrictlyVC returns to NYC on 10 September after a two-year absence
• NY start-ups raised $16bn in H1 2026, nearly matching all of 2025
• Speakers include Craig Shapiro and Tristan Walker; tickets cost $180

TechCrunch has announced that its StrictlyVC event series will return to New York City on 10 September, marking its first NYC event since 2024. The gathering is timed to coincide with a surge in the city's startup activity, offering founders, venture capitalists and dealmakers a chance to network…

‘Satluj’ Review: A Moving Indian Activist Drama Pulled From Circulation

• Indian film "Satluj" dramatises 1990s Punjab extrajudicial killings investigation
• Pulled from Toronto festival in 2023, then removed from streaming days after release
• Stars singer Diljit Dosanjh as real-life activist Jaswant Singh Khalra

A review in Variety examines "Satluj," an Indian activist drama directed by Honey Trehan starring Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh, whose troubled release history mirrors the film's own themes of state suppression. The film was pulled from Toronto International Film Festival's lineup in 2023 without explanation under its…

Five iconic musicians Paul McCartney couldn’t stand

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Guide: These 20+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (20th-26th July)

• Over 20 new PS5 and PS Plus games arrive this week
• Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game headlines new standalone PS5 releases
• PS Plus Extra gains Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and more

This week's release schedule (20th–26th July) brings a substantial batch of new content to PS5 owners, including standalone game launches and a fresh wave of titles joining the PlayStation Plus subscription service. The highlight is Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game, a hand-drawn 2D fighter set in the Avatar…

6 Best Hard Sci-fi Movies Released Since 2000

• Collider ranks six top hard sci-fi films made since 2000
• List praises Ex Machina, Gravity, Interstellar, The Martian and Her
• Films chosen for blending scientific plausibility with emotional depth

This Collider feature rounds up what it considers the six best "hard science fiction" films released since 2000 — movies that ground speculative premises in real scientific principles such as physics, astronomy or artificial intelligence, rather than leaning on fantasy or the supernatural. The author argues this subgenre…