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Fri 2 Oct 2026

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quote  Digger’s new PR push is a risky bet for film that was never meant to be divisive

Peter Bradshaw
'Digger' film press conference, Seoul, South Korea - 01 Oct 2026American actor Tom Cruise 'Digger' film press conference, Seoul, South Korea - 01 Oct 2026
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Picks of the week

A boy grins endearingly, on a Venetian boardwalk by the water
‘I look at the footage to convince myself that you were alive’
A film about unimaginable loss, grief and guilt
Minna and Flic, in school uniform, hold green textbooks against a map-covered wall
‘These early friendships are huge romances’
Extra Geography’s lessons in teenage love
The future? Daisy Ridley as Rey in The Rise of Skywalker
quote  A new Skywalker trilogy for Star Wars?
Ben Child
Film Title: Henri-Georges Clouzot's InfernoFilm Title: Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Sex, drugs and amoebic dysentery
The 20 best making-of documentaries – ranked!
Jim Carrey and Jennifer Tilly in Liar Liar
‘Should have garnered the actor an Oscar'
Why Liar Liar is my feelgood movie
A still from Obsession
quote  Horror films like Obsession are shut out of the Golden Globes
Tom Beasley
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Peter Bradshaw's film of the week

Digger

Loudmouth oil tycoon goes hard in eco-satire

★★☆☆☆
One man’s irresponsible drilling causes a global crisis in an exasperatingly laborious, self-congratulatory film
DIGGER, Tom Cruise, 2026. © Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett Collection3F4A77C DIGGER, Tom Cruise, 2026. © Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett Collection film still
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This week's reviews

Salman Rushdie, wearing glasses and a grey beard
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
Terrifying and inspiring story of survival
★★★★☆
Minna and Flic, in blue school uniforms, rest their chins on their hands at classroom desks
Extra Geography
A wickedly funny lesson in sex, class and female friendship
★★★★☆
Derek Gow and Derek Banbury stand face to face, talking in front of a metal wall
Derek vs Derek
Farmers go head to head in rewilding rivalry with real bite
★★★★☆
Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud as Al-Sit and Mihad Murtada as Nafisa in Cotton Queen.
Cotton Queen
Mystery, matriarchs and magic in pioneering Sudanese debut
★★★☆☆
A man wearing glasses examines an old black-and-white photograph of a woman
Pandora’s Legacy
Fascinating profile of silent film legend GW Pabst
★★★☆☆
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We recommend

The Social Network

Captures the spiteful personalities and hyperactive spirit of the tech age

★★★★☆
This film of the story of Facebook's creation is an exciting collaboration with director David Fincher
The Social Network