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The Guest review – Trine Dyrholm pulls out all the stops as a bipolar mother in dysfunctio

Karlovy Vary film festivalWriter-director Mads Mengel’s film about a seaside christening disrupted by a previously shunned relative is shot in the spirit of Dogme 95Danish actor Trine Dyrholm gives a magnetic performance with all guns blazing in this intensely painful, uncomforta

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Robert Richardson: The White Devil review – tempestuous DoP’s relationship with A-list dir

Karlovy Vary film festivalIntimate documentary interviews Scorsese, Tarantino and Stone as well as Richardson’s family – with staggering home movie footage, tooPerhaps he looks more like Gandalf now, in his 70s, with a kind of beatific grandfatherly calm. But legendary cinematogr

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The Girls review – poignant coming-of-age romance is an understated gem of Sri Lankan cine

Sumitra Peries’ 1978 film about teenage sisters and thwarted romance is laden with passions that can’t be spoken aloudHere is a gem of South Asian cinema from 1978, by the Sri Lankan director and editor Sumitra Peries. With its lucid monochrome cinematography and calm, natural, u

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Saccharine review – eating disorder body horror offers plenty to chew over

Australian director Natalie Erika James demonstrates the power of movies as vessels for cultural commentary in this intoxicatingly creepy productionThe body horror genre has been around for a long time, nibbling at the edges of the zeitgeist, but it seems to be having a moment, o

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A look back at Sam Neill's versatile acting career – video obituary

Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor whose career spanned five decades, has died at the age of 78. From Oscar winners to blockbusters such as The Piano and Jurassic Park, Neill built a career playing dashing romantic leads and charismatic villains across film and televisionSam Neill’

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Still blazing after all these years: Mel Brooks at 100

The director of The Producers hits his century as a uniquely beloved entertainer who embodies his conviction that ‘comedy is the opposite of death’Mel Brooks’ story is that of the US and Jews and American Jewish comedy. He was born on the kitchen table of a tenement in Brooklyn a

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‘A privilege – and pretty terrifying’: James Norton to play Hamlet in the West End

The Happy Valley actor is lined up as the lead in German director Thomas Ostermeier’s first Shakespearean play in EnglishJames Norton is to take on his first major Shakespearean stage role and play Hamlet in the West End next year.The King & Conqueror star said it was a “privileg

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Beyond human: Montpellier Danse festival delivers one feat after another

This year’s celebration of contemporary dance in the French city is bold, baffling and breathtaking, with some high-voltage performersLaunched in 1981, the pioneering Montpellier Danse festival changed the face of contemporary dance, in France and beyond. In 2024, its own face ch

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Louis CK: Ridiculous review – the troubled comedian returns … with a whimper

The fallen star, who was accused of sexual misconduct in 2017, is back in a Netflix special which has its moments but not enough of themLouis CK is back, again. It’s been nearly a decade since the comedian, actor and writer-director admitted his guilt in a series of sexual miscon

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Opera Holland Park at 30 – gallery

The London summer opera company in leafy Holland Park has always punched well above its weight. As it celebrates its 30th birthday, its director of opera James Clutton picks some of his favourite moments from the past three decades• Opera Holland Park’s 2026 season continues unti

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Blake Lively files to receive $8m in legal fees from Justin Baldoni and his studio

Attorneys slam ‘scorched-earth tactics’ from Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios over $400m countersuit against the actorBlake Lively has filed for $8m in fees and costs that she says resulted from her battle against Justin Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios.That figure is to cover the le

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‘Get away from there – run!’ The stunning film about love blossoming amid the carnage of A

Birds of War is an award-winning docudrama in which its own directors fall in love while reporting the horrors in Syria. They explain why they needed a psychotherapist to complete itThe air is thick with smoke and dust, the ground littered with the twisted remains of burning vehi

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