Culture | The Guardian US4d ago
‘It goes so hard in both directions’: John Early and Kate Berlant on making you laugh and cry in new influencer satire https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/17/maddies-secret-john-early-kate-berlant #ComedyFilms #Film #Culture #JohnEarly #KateBerlant #Comedy #DietsAndDieting #LifeAndStyle
‘It goes so hard in both directions’: John Early and Kate Berlant on making you laugh and cry in new influencer satire

In his directorial debut Maddie’s Secret, Early plays a food influencer with bulimia in a wild flip on the modern melodrama

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Culture | The Guardian US6d ago
‘It gets me every time’: why Jerry Maguire is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/15/jerry-maguire-feelgood-movie #Film #TomCruise #Culture #ReneZellweger #CubaGoodingJr #RomanceFilms #ComedyFilms #CameronCrowe #Comedy
‘It gets me every time’: why Jerry Maguire is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers calling attention to their go-to mood-lifting films is a celebration of Cameron Crowe’s unconventional romantic comedy

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Culture | The Guardian USJun 10
The best films of 2026 so far https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2026/jun/10/the-best-films-of-2026-so-far #Film #Culture #HorrorFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #DocumentaryFilms #WorldCinema #Hamnet #Hamlet #28YearsLater #JeffBuckley #PaulMccartney
The best films of 2026 so far

Jessie Buckley is dug up to marry Christian Bale, while Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are the double act of the year in Steven Soderbergh’s dark comedy. Here’s our round up of movie magic from the last six months in the UK, in order of release

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Culture | The Guardian USJun 5
Office Romance review – Jennifer Lopez’s romcom return is too much like hard work https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/04/office-romance-review-jennifer-lopez-romcom #RomanceFilms #JenniferLopez #Netflix #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film
Office Romance review – Jennifer Lopez’s romcom return is too much like hard work

Star makes for reliably charming lead in Netflix’s basic throwback, but co-star Brett Goldstein, and his co-written script, lack in fizz

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Culture | The Guardian USJun 4
Scary Movie review – spoof comedy returns but maybe it should have stayed in the 2000s https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/04/scary-movie-review #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film #HorrorFilms
Scary Movie review – spoof comedy returns but maybe it should have stayed in the 2000s

Successful jokes are thin on the ground in the musty sixth installment of the once-popular parody franchise, taking aim at everything from Scream to Sinners

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Culture | The Guardian USJun 4
Savage House review – Claire Foy and Richard E Grant sell it hard in bewigged 18th-century caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/04/savage-house-review-claire-foy-richard-e-grant #Film #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #ClaireFoy #RichardEGrant #Comedy #Culture
Savage House review – Claire Foy and Richard E Grant sell it hard in bewigged 18th-century caper

The leads are the most watchable thing in this raucous period yarn about a grimy pair of status-obsessed nobles

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Science | The GuardianJun 1
Bonnie & Clive review – cheerfully ridiculous Covid road trip https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/01/bonnie-clive-review-cheerfully-ridiculous-covid-road-trip #Film #ComedyFilms #Coronavirus #UkNews #Comedy #Culture #InfectiousDiseases #MedicalResearch #Microbiology #Science #WorldNews #Biology
Bonnie & Clive review – cheerfully ridiculous Covid road trip

Bonnie has two days to get from south London to her grandparents’ house in Cornwall before lockdown in this super low budget British comedy

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 29
Miss You, Love You review – Allison Janney anchors affecting old-school grief drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/29/miss-you-love-you-movie-review #DramaFilms #Film #AllisonJanney #Culture #ComedyFilms #Comedy
Miss You, Love You review – Allison Janney anchors affecting old-school grief drama

A talky, performance-driven two-hander manages to find specificity and spark in what could have felt like an overly familiar throwback

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 29
Harpo speaks! New recordings reveal mute Marx brother chatting with audience https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/29/harpo-speaks-new-recordings-reveal-mute-marx-brother-chatting-with-audience #Film #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture
Harpo speaks! New recordings reveal mute Marx brother chatting with audience

The comedy legend, who adopted his silent persona because of stage nerves, did occasionally address his audience, as revealed by a new archive release

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 28
The Breadwinner review – Nate Bargatze’s dated dad comedy loses us entirely https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/28/breadwinner-movie-review-nate-bargatze #ComedyFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film
The Breadwinner review – Nate Bargatze’s dated dad comedy loses us entirely

The comedian makes an unconvincing bid for movie stardom in a largely unfunny and old-fashioned feature-length sitcom episode

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