Cannes 2026 Preview: Everything You Need to Know Before the Croisette Lights Up
The 79th Cannes Film Festival kicks off May 12, and this year's lineup is shaping up to be one of the most auteur-driven editions in recent memory. Here's your complete guide to what's coming, who's competing, and why you should be paying attention.
Pixar's Back, Hugh Jackman Is Robin Hood, and Your Childhood Is Under Attack
Toy Story 5 asks whether tablets have made toys obsolete, A24 reimagines Robin Hood as a dark thriller with Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer, and Hayley Kiyoko brings her bestselling queer romance to theaters. Three films, three completely different vibes, one great week.
Evil Dead Just Refused to Stay Dead — And Spider-Man Is One Week Away
Sébastien Vaniček brings the deadites back on July 24 with Evil Dead Burn, Christopher Nolan's Odyssey dominates its second weekend, and Tom Holland's Spider-Man: Brand New Day is exactly seven days out. July 2026 is the summer that won't stop giving.
Spider-Man Just Broke the Internet — Now He's About to Break the Box Office
Tom Holland returns as Peter Parker on July 31 with a 1-billion-view trailer, a $300 million opening weekend in sight, and the biggest cast a Spider-Man movie has ever assembled. Plus Gregg Araki's Sundance sensation as counter-programming and summer holdovers that refuse to quit.
The Mummy Returns to Horror, CinemaCon Takes Over, and The Boys Keep Killing — Your Week of April 14
CinemaCon is live in Vegas with every major studio showing off their biggest guns, Lee Cronin's R-rated The Mummy is already scaring the hell out of early audiences, and The Boys keeps dropping bodies in its final season. Here's everything worth watching this week.
The Indie Gems of Summer 2026: 5 Films Worth Watching Beyond the Blockbusters
June 2026 is loud. Pixar, Spielberg, dragons, sequels, reboots — the multiplex is doing what multiplexes do. But on the next screen over, and one tap away on streaming, the most interesting movies of the summer are showing up quietly. Here are the five indie pickups I'm circling on the calendar this month — and exactly where to find them.