While the dispute is ongoing the battle between Netflix and Paramount to control Warner —responsible for some $3.7 billion in global box office revenue in 2025, no small feat—, the film industry is preparing to recapture a post-pandemic box office that continues to struggle. In 2026, Hollywood will pull out all the stops with releases designed to attract a wide audience and revitalize the theatrical experience. There will also be, as always, films seeking artistic acclaim. And new works from directors such as Albert Serra, Greta Gerwig, Pedro Almodóvar, Christopher Nolan, and Steven Spielberg.

British director Christopher Nolan has received criticism for having filmed part of his next movie,The Odyssey, in the city of Dakhla, located in Western Sahara, a disputed territory largely occupied by Morocco. Specifically, it has been denounced by the International Film Festival of Western Sahara (FiSahara), which is held in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria. In one release, the organization states: "Dakhla is not just a beautiful place with cinematic sand dunes. Above all, it is an occupied and militarized city, and its indigenous Sahrawi population is subject to brutal repression by the Moroccan occupation forces. Nolan and his team must stop filming Dakhla."

Who is the best director of the 21st century so far? According to the list published by the newspaper The New York Times, Christopher Nolan, at least because he is the most represented, with five titles, among the 100 best movies released since 2020 (the American newspaper considers that the 21st century begins in 2000 instead of 2001). The five Nolan films they have chosen occupy positions 28, 53, 62, 65 and 89. If the position in the ranking is prioritized, perhaps more valuable are the four films that appear by Paul Thomas Anderson (3, 25, 42 and 56), the brothers Ethan and Joel Coen (6, 36, 76 and 83) and Alfonso Cuarón (13, 18, 46 and 97). However, none of these filmmakers tops the list drawn up with the votes of more than 500 personalities from the film world. Number 1 goes to Parasites, by South Korean Bong Joon-ho, of whom there is another title in the ranking: Memories of Murder (Chronicle of a Serial Killer).