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Festival Leaders Confront Growing Political Pressure at Lumiere Summit: ‘We Don’t Judge Artists by Their Passport’
Festival directors from around the world gathered at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, for a panel on Monday addressing mounting political pressure on their events. Séries Mania’s Laurence Herszberg led calls for programming independence, insisting that artists should be judged by their work rather than their nationality, while other leaders echoed concerns that festivals…
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Serie A’s hierarchy takes shape with wild night in Milan and flat draw in Turin | Nicky Bandini
Inter Milan and Napoli produced a dramatic 3-3 draw in Milan that underlined their status as Serie A’s leading two clubs, while Juventus and Milan played out a flat stalemate in Turin that highlighted both sides’ struggles despite heavy summer transfer spending. The result comes amid debate over which fixtures truly count as Serie A’s…
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Aubameyang rolls back years as revamped ‘Super Dépor’ return to La Liga in style | Billy Munday
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has inspired a remarkable start for newly promoted Deportivo A Coruña, scoring in each of his first four La Liga matches for the club, a new club record, as they beat Villarreal 3-2 on Saturday. The 37-year-old Gabonese striker, who joined after leaving Barcelona, added two assists to his winning goal in the…
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The Last Bath review – self-mortifying nun struggles with profoundly uneasy sexual awakening
The Guardian reviews The Last Bath, a Portuguese drama making its belated UK debut on digital platforms, more than five years after it first screened at festivals in 2020. The film centres on a devout nun, Josefina, whose settled, self-denying existence is disrupted when she is called back to her childhood village to care for…
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Slay the Spire Fans Need to Devour This New Game for Art Alone
Team Lazerbeam’s upcoming deckbuilder Shroom and Gloom enters Early Access on 10 September, positioning itself as a first-person, mushroom-themed successor to genre giant Slay the Spire. Rather than copying that game’s formula, the South African-based studio built a distinct system using two decks and a hand-drawn, punk-cartoon art style intended to stand out in an…
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iOS 27 beta had a Digital ID glitch travelers weren’t expecting
A bug in Apple’s iOS 27 beta has been causing Digital IDs to vanish from the Wallet app, alarming users who rely on the feature at airport security checkpoints. The glitch highlights the risks of running unfinished software on a primary device, though Apple has not issued an official statement and the fault appears to…
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Guide: These 21+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out This Week (7th-13th September)
Push Square has published its weekly round-up of new PS5 releases, this time covering more than 20 titles launching between 7th and 13th September. The list spans a wide mix of genres, from simulation and management games to horror, roguelikes and VR titles, with headline releases including a new Hot Wheels game, the cat-breeding roguelike…
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TV has never been so nerve-jangling: 10 years of the agonising Motherland
The BBC sitcom Motherland is marking its 10th anniversary, prompting a retrospective on how the show reshaped depictions of motherhood on television. Created by Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz and Graham Linehan, and joined by Barunka O’Shaughnessy from series two, the sitcom stood out by focusing not on children but on the fraught adult…
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Pilotless cargo aircraft could change how packages move
The US Federal Aviation Administration has tested a pilotless, hybrid-electric cargo aircraft that could speed up delivery of essential supplies to hard-to-reach locations, such as offshore platforms or areas hit by natural disasters. The trial, carried out by Elroy Air alongside the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development at Houma-Terrebonne Airport, marked the first remotely…
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End of the Road festival review – Pulp and CMAT lead indie landmark’s joyous birthday party
Guardian critics have delivered a highly positive review of End of the Road festival’s 20th anniversary at Larmer Tree Gardens in Wiltshire, praising it as a “warm, genre-hopping powerhouse” where fringe experimental acts receive as enthusiastic a reception as headliners. The festival’s evolution from its alt-folk and Americana roots into a broader, eclectic showcase, while…