Movies
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From buzzy horrors to difficult dramas, this year’s low-key, mostly virtual festival offers a restricted yet intriguing selection
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If there’s a big animated film coming out, a studio somewhere will be rushing to release a cheap imitation. But who makes them? Are they proud of their work? And how did they become an internet hit? -
The annual celebration of cinema will move from its traditional time in May to July, giving it a head start on autumn’s top film festivals -
Gruff French actor and screenwriter known as the ‘tenderest of our grouches’ -
2 out of 5 stars.
Twist review – try-hard reboot spray paints over Dickens' tale
2 out of 5 stars.Rafferty Law’s young hero is a graffiti artist and Michael Caine’s Fagin an ex-art dealer in this under-par update of Oliver Twist
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2 out of 5 stars.
Pieces of a Woman – vehement but inauthentic childbirth drama
2 out of 5 stars.Kornél Mundruczó’s film, starring Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf as a young couple hit by tragedy, combines high trauma and horribly unconvincing stretches -
5 out of 5 stars.
There’s not much logic involved in this weird and wonderful story of a pianist who is accidentally transported to a strange, otherworldly domain -
3 out of 5 stars.
Wonder Woman 1984 – queenly Gal Gadot disarms the competition
3 out of 5 stars.Gadot is terrifically imposing, while Kristen Wiig is the scene-stealing antagonist in Patty Jenkins’ epically brash sequel
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Promising Young Woman – Carey Mulligan ignites fiery #MeToo revenge tale
3 out of 5 stars. -
Sylvie's Love review – heartfelt period romance is a thrilling throwback
4 out of 5 stars.
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Video & audio
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Hollywood star and former California governor combines a classic Terminator quote with a visit to a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in Los Angeles
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Josh Toussaint-Strauss looks back over the history of Vodou and its portrayal in popular culture to find out how it came to be so vilified
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When Grace Shutti was growing up, black culture was synonymous with African Americans. Now, Africans have become a leading voice in black culture, but how did this come about?
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Historians estimate that one in four cowboys were African American, though you’d never guess because the conventional Hollywood image of a cowboy is a white man
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Josh Toussaint-Strauss discusses why audiences expect bad things to happen to black characters and explores how a new generation of black creators are using horror to subvert the negative tropes
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The pro-wrestler turned Hollywood actor said in a message posted on Instagram that he, his wife and their two young children had 'a rough go' after testing positive for Covid-19 in recent weeks
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Autistic people are used to being underestimated and infantilised – but for Clem Bastow it was still a shock to see it on the big screen -
Only months ago, huge films were cast off to streaming services. Now studios are holding fire with a grand reopening in sight -
With a star-studded promo video promising a new movie every week, Netflix has stated its intention: to blow Disney+ and its kind out of the water -
Schwarzenegger used to exemplify politico-showbiz ridiculousness. Now he's our true moral governator
Sword in hand, the governator’s clarion call for decency on YouTube was cheesy but also genuinely heartfelt and stirring
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27 January 1939: He has refused to make films in Hollywoood, or indeed anywhere save in France, because he insists that a nation’s films must not have foreigners at their head -
The film producer on how having a son with Down syndrome inspired him to promote inclusion in the industry -
He partied with high society America but caused outrage when he spilled their secrets. Ebs Burnough talks us through his new film about Answered Prayers – the ‘smart, salacious’ novel Capote never finished
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The Scream actor and wrestler on Bozo the Clown, Liberace’s shoes and a traumatising moment in Hollywood -
The New Zealand comic opens up about millennial anxieties over parenthood, nerdy interests and the perils of dating comedians -
Sarmad Khoosat was the darling of Pakistan’s entertainment industry until his new film, the haunting and elegiac Zindagi Tamasha, fell foul of fundamentalists – who called for him to be beheaded
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4 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Quo Vadis, Aida? review – profoundly moving story of the Srebrenica massacre
4 out of 5 stars.Seen through the eyes of a UN interpreter, this slowly unfolding drama is perfectly pitched to both engage and horrify -
How long before a Donald Trump biopic? From Obama to Lincoln, some White House incumbents fare better than others on the big screen -
Rumours abound that the actor who played the blind crimefighter has been spotted on the set of Spider-Man 3. His reappearance would be a smart move -
With the box office closed and only secretive viewing figures to go on, gauging a film’s success is becoming a tricky proposition
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Sarmad Khoosat was the darling of Pakistan’s entertainment industry until his new film, the haunting and elegiac Zindagi Tamasha, fell foul of fundamentalists – who called for him to be beheaded
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Will Paul King’s planned prequel follow in the pawprints of Paddington? Or might it stick closer to Warner Bros’ most recent origins hit: Joker? -
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