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Fri 11 Sept 2026

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Venice film festival

Israeli intelligence officers cast a chilling light on civilian deaths

★★★★☆
In Naza, a Guardian-produced documentary, anonymous personnel discuss AI, error rates and problematic intelligence units
Two men in silhouette talk closely at night, overlooking a lit city skyline, in a scene from NAZA
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Picks of the week

piece on this tradition at Venice where festival visitors are encouraged to write down complaints and criticism on a wall by the festival site
‘Danny Boyle, please make another film about drugs’
Venice film festival’s feedback wall takes no prisoners
A composite of images showing Jarvis Cocker and Pulp in their younger years.
Jarvis Cocker
‘People think fame is a magic wand’: old songs, young fans and his granny’s verdict on Pulp
Alex Winter photographed in Toronto in 2025.
Alex Winter
‘Michael Winner was the most erudite sociopath I’ve ever met’
Shaun the Sheep, dressed as a mad scientist, holds up a glowing test tube in his lab
‘He goes to the dark side’
Behind the scenes of the Shaun the Sheep horror movie
Liam and Noel Gallagher on stage, clasping hands, in Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger.
Oasis
‘Would they fight or hug?’ The film-makers on shooting fans, vicars, police – and the Gallaghers
Brad Pitt De'Longhi advert
Inglourious baristas
Why is Brad Pitt making coffee for 16 abusive dogs?
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Peter Bradshaw's film of the week

La Femme Infidèle

Chabrol’s eerie domestic thriller is a brilliant ballet of repression and fear

★★★★★
The eerie 1969 film charts a complex marriage in which a husband suspects his wife is cheating on him
Michel Bouquet and Stéphane Audran in Claude Chabrol’s La Femme Infidèle
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This week's reviews

Andrew Scott as James Stagg and Kerry Condon as Kay Summersby in second world war drama Pressure.
Pressure
Stormy weather in tense D-day forecast retelling
★★★☆☆
A young man (actor Kieron Moore) lying on a bed with one hand behind his head and the other holding a vaping device, wearing a neck chain and no top, a still from the film Blue Film
Blue Film
Polarising sex worker drama is well-acted and deeply disturbing
★★★☆☆
Owen Wilson and Alan Ritchson in Runner
Runner
Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson thriller is serviceable B-movie camp
★★★☆☆
Camille Cottin as Andréa in Call My Agent! The Movie
Call My Agent! The Movie
The gang get back together and c’est formidable
★★★★☆
two women stand with surprised expressions
Practical Magic 2
Bullock and Kidman return for odd sequel that still casts a spell
★★★☆☆
Oasis's Liam and Noel Gallagher laugh together backstage, one leaning close to the other in a film still from Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger
Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger
Mammoth tour movie brings the joy and poignancy of reunion
★★★★☆
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