Emily review – sensitive Brontë biopic is a thrillingly unconventional watch
Toronto film festival: Sex Education’s Emma Mackey makes for a perfect Emily Brontë in actor turned writer-director Frances O’Connor’s deft drama
‘I truly believe she was close’: star of new biopic sensed Marilyn Monroe on set
Director Andrew Dominik also says that scenes for the controversial Netflix release, filmed in the room where the iconic actor died were ‘like a seance’
Literary festival cancelled due to cost of living crisis
Ways With Words, the organisers of Words by the Water in Keswick, say low ticket sales mean it is not viable to run next year’s event
Bones and All review – cannibal romance is a heartbreaking banquet of brilliance
Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell dazzle in Luca Guadagnino’s blood-soaked parable of poverty and rebellion
‘Societal collapse is in the air’: Timothée Chalamet on cannibal romance Bones and All
Actor says Bones and All is about ‘isolated young people without identity’ ahead of his bloody new film’s Venice premiere
A Couple review – Tolstoy’s other half in mournful closeup
Venice film festival: Nathalie Boutefou is superb as Sofia, the author’s wife, assistant and rival, in a shrewd character study
UK and Ukraine book festivals partner to protect freedom of expression
Hay festival’s CEO describes partnership with Lviv BookForum as ‘an act of solidarity’ as Ukrainian writers look to ‘tell our true story and why we are fighting’
Arts minister demands Festival of Dangerous Ideas cancel bestiality talk by British historian Joanna Bourke
Bourke set to present The Last Taboo on history of ‘sex between humans and animals’ at Sydney festival but NSW minister wants it scrapped
On my radar: Kayo Chingonyi’s cultural highlights
The award-winning poet on his favourite New York record store, the mindfulness of taking photos on film cameras, Ann Patchett’s captivating essays and the lyrical appeal of Medellín
This Is Memorial Device review – memories of fictional indie heroes burn brightly
An adaptation of David Keenan’s novel about a Scottish band who nearly supported Sonic Youth is lovingly detailed
Are literary festivals doomed? Why book events need to change
After the pandemic, books festivals have to reassess their viability, say new organisers hoping to engage more diverse audiences
On my radar: Vicky Featherstone’s cultural highlights
The Royal Court’s artistic director raves about a non-binary memoir, admires Gordon Brown’s stand on poverty and salutes Cornelia Parker’s proper mermaid
Alan Cumming: ‘You’d be shocked by the messages Miriam Margolyes and I leave each other!’
As he brings his one-man show about ‘rockstar’ poet Robert Burns to the Edinburgh festival, the star talks about desire, debauchery and dancing in his 50s
Cate Blanchett and Harry Styles to head to Venice for 2022 edition of film festival
Competition slots for jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, Martin McDonagh and Darren Aronofsky, while actors on show range from past winner Blanchett to Bill Nighy and Harry Styles
Matilda musical movie starring Emma Thompson to open London film festival
World premiere of the film version of the Roald Dahl-based musical also stars Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough