Movies
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Uplifting movie tells how the Cornish singing group hit the big time – but not of the terrible blow that came after
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In 2006, while working on Frost/Nixon, Peter Morgan became friends with his screenwriting hero William Goldman, who died this week. Here he remembers a true master of the form -
The director of the Oscar-winning A Fantastic Woman talks about his new film, Disobedience, the story of a lesbian affair in a London orthodox Jewish community -
4 out of 5 stars.
Creed II Rocky saga continues with knockout sequel
4 out of 5 stars.Michael B Jordan and Sylvester Stallone add emotional heft to the latest chapter in the long-running boxing franchise -
4 out of 5 stars.
Make Us Dream The agony behind the ecstasy for Steven Gerrard
4 out of 5 stars.A revelatory documentary about the Liverpool stalwart, whose explanation of his career ups and downs make for fascinating viewing
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4 out of 5 stars.
Widows – Steve McQueen dazzles with masterful thriller
4 out of 5 stars.The 12 Years a Slave Oscar-winner turns an 80s Lynda La Plante miniseries into a muscular, ferociously entertaining crowd-pleaser packed with superb performances -
3 out of 5 stars.
Green Book – charming deep south road trip is worth taking
3 out of 5 stars.Strong performances from Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali highlight a broadly entertaining crowd-pleaser about racial division in the 1960s -
3 out of 5 stars.
At Eternity's Gate – Willem Dafoe shines in Julian Schnabel's portrait of Van Gogh
3 out of 5 stars.Schnabel’s biopic frames the last years of the artist’s troubled life admirably, highlighting his fiercely painful friendship with Gauguin
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On the Basis of Sex – patchy Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic
3 out of 5 stars.
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Video & Audio
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Mike Leigh talks about his new film Peterloo, which tells the story of the 1819 massacre during a rally calling for political reform. The director spoke at the Toronto international film festival as part of the Guardian Tiff Talks series
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Ryan Gosling and the director Damien Chazelle talk to the Guardian's Catherine Shoard about their biopic based on James R Hansen's book First Man: The Life of Neil A Armstrong. The film follows the years leading up to the Apollo 11 mission in 1969
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The actor Adam Pearson has a similar condition to Joseph Merrick, whose story was told in The Elephant Man. When the BBC was remaking the biopic, he did not even get an audition
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Burt Reynolds speaks candidly with Hadley Freeman about his varied career in film, the important relationships in his life and a clash with Marlon Brando
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What does a film about a black man going undercover with white terrorists tell us about the state of contemporary America and beyond?
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The actor and director addresses allegations of harassment for the first time, saying he contributed to an unprofessional environment on the set of his film I'm Still Here
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With the son of Drago showing up in Creed II – and a real live Dr Evil in the Kremlin – the beasts from the east are having a menacing resurgence -
Bohemian Rhapsody has been attacked for stigmatising the singer’s sexuality – but as a gay man and LGBTQI campaigner, I see a job well done -
It got a drubbing from critics, who saw the series as tweenie trash. But the billion-dollar franchise redefined the role of women in movies
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The Oscar-winning actor has launched a production company with an odd name – and she’s not the first star to do so
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Fifty years since the making of Mick Jagger’s identity-bending film, producer Sandy Lieberson and author Jay Glennie share exclusive pictures and stories -
Hahn stars in Jenkins’ new comedy about a couple struggling with infertility. They talk about whether feminism and the media should shoulder some blame for encouraging women to wait before reproducing – and why their film shouldn’t be dismissed as a chick flick -
Her experiences as a single mum, factory worker and revolutionary gave the artist and film-maker an affinity with the underdog. So she headed right into the heart of British gang culture
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A 1924 silent movie that predicted the horrors of anti-semitism has a new score by the Austrian Jewish composer. She explains why the bitter satire resonates so powerfully today -
The actor, 75, tells Francine White about perfectionist acting, his father the artist, internet opportunities and not doing social media -
Lord of the Rings director talks about using footage and audio from the Imperial War Museum archive
Regulars
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Festive season hits the multiplexes as the animated grump climbs ahead of rockers, soldiers and Widows -
3 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Suspiria review – dancing on the grave of a horror classic
3 out of 5 stars.This grandiose remake of Dario Argento’s dreamy 1977 masterpiece conjures up all the right witchy ingredients but lacks the original’s joyful abandon -
Beloved of US cinephiles since 2016, and available in the UK since February, the high-end streaming site has announced its imminent closure -
By finding new paths forward for the saga, the new TV series, based around rebel spy Cassian Andor, could usher in a brave new world of Star Wars films
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Claustrophobic and nihilistic, a disturbing universe with dramatic lighting. An award-winning poet explains why he immersed himself in film noir for his Booker-prize shortlisted debut novel -
The Suspiria remake has arrived, but what inspired the original? From Psycho to A Nightmare of Elm Street, explore the real horrors that influenced cinema
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For 33 years, a man in a cardigan brought a gentle thoughtfulness to US TV show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Now a film about it is breaking records. Hadley Freeman talks to the director – and shows the original TV series to her children -
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The true story of Gary Hart’s journey from possible presidential candidate to alleged womanizer is brought to the screen with some facts left on the cutting room floor
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