Goodbye Vera, hello Emma Harte — A Woman of Substance on Channel 4 is Brenda Blethyn’s most bingeable role in years

A Woman of Substance is the book-to-TV bonkbuster Jilly Cooper fans need to stream before Rivals season 2 — and you can binge all 8 episodes now.

Sotomayor’s Wabi Sabi is the funnest record of 2026
Sotomayor’s Wabi Sabi is the funnest record of 2026

Shout out to subscriber N_Gorski for today’s pick. They popped into the comments on last week’s recommendation to ask what I thought of the new Sotomayor record. Well, I hadn’t actually heard it yet, but now I’m obsessed. The group consists of siblings Raul and Paulina Sotomayor from Mexico City. Wabi Sabi is their first […]

Hollywood’s biggest filmmaker just came out clean about using AI in movies

Steven Spielberg says he has never used AI in his films and believes the technology should not replace human creativity in filmmaking, speaking at SXSW 2026.
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 201 — Born to Explore

On Episode 201 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Jay Gallentine to talk about former Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manager John Casani.

Prediction markets want the Oscars to be your gateway drug to betting on everything
Prediction markets want the Oscars to be your gateway drug to betting on everything

Though it was weird to see the Golden Globes partner with Polymarket for its most recent awards show, the collaboration wasn’t shocking given the way that people have begun using prediction markets to gamble on basically anything. Prediction markets are being used to bet on everything from when wars might break out to who will […]

A Scavengers Reign artist explores contemplative sci-fi in new comics
A Scavengers Reign artist explores contemplative sci-fi in new comics

You may recognize Jonathan Djob Nkondo’s work from animated projects like the surreal sci-fi series Scavengers Reign or the recent Gorillaz short film The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God. But before that the French artist and animator made self-published comics that depicted strange alien worlds and future societies. Now he’s revisiting that […]

Boys from the Dwarf: Looking back at ‘Red Dwarf’, the sci-fi show that had a huge impact on my childhood

Red Dwarf’s scouse technician Dave Lister was the last human alive, a down-on-his-luck slobbish space-hero long before Peter Quill guarded the galaxy.

Project Hail Mary directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller reveal the 4 best sci-fi movies they’ve seen — and one is a John Carpenter film you’ve never heard of

The filmmakers behind Ryan Gosling’s new sci-fi movie highlight four genre works for you to watch before their latest big-screen project.

5 great indie games from GDC 2026
5 great indie games from GDC 2026

I just got back from the GDC Festival of Gaming, a big industry-focused event in San Francisco that was formerly known as the Game Developers Conference. While the show is mostly about educational sessions and networking opportunities for working developers, there were also a bunch of games that I got to play. Here are some […]

How to Make a Killing is a rare misfire for A24 — a serial killer story should not be this boring

I’ve reviewed How to Make a Killing, and despite having all the ingredients to be compelling, it’s sadly let me down.