Film
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The film classification body’s five-yearly public consultation has revealed increased concern about the depiction of sexual violence, and a desire for stricter ratings -
In 1988, the ambitious multimedia caper brought darkness and a satirical edge to the summer and the industry has struggled to match its inventiveness ever since
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Once a musical wonderland out of touch with reality, India’s film industry is finally addressing contemporary issues – and telling women’s stories -
Love Sonia is the shocking tale of a young woman caught up in the global sex trade. Its director and stars, including Demi Moore and Freida Pinto, on the true stories that inspired it -
From the turkeys to the triumphs, Ryder’s 30-year career has taken her from the too-bad-to-be-missed depths of The House of the Spirits to some much more intriguing choices
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2 out of 5 stars.
Overboard review – Anna Faris comedy caper sinks without trace
2 out of 5 stars.The strained story of a cleaner who takes revenge on her amnesiac, yacht-owning employer lacks fizz and fun -
4 out of 5 stars.
Paul Wright’s flickering montage is an absorbing odyssey through bucolic calm, bizarre eccentricity and what appears to be real-life horror paganism -
3 out of 5 stars.
Kissing Candice review – dream lover brought to startling life
3 out of 5 stars.Aoife McArdle’s tale of a teenager rescued in reality by a stranger from her fantasies is an audacious delight
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Little Vera review – nudity and sex behind the iron curtain
5 out of 5 stars.
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Video & Audio
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The actor and long-time critic of the president receives a standing ovation at Sunday night’s Tony awards in New York after attacking the US president on stage at Radio City Music Hall
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The film mogul Harvey Weinstein arrives at a New York court to plead not guilty to rape and criminal sex act charges
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Harvey Weinstein emerges from NYPD precinct smiling and in handcuffs
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Film producer arrives at New York police precinct where he is expected to face charges involving at least one of his accusers, Lucia Evans
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Nina Gold’s role is invisible, and yet her taste has shaped much of what we watch on film and TV -
Melding archival footage with drama, artist Matthew Sleeth's gut-wrenching film aims to capture the final 72 hours of the Bali Nine drug trafficker, who was executed by Indonesian firing squad in April 2015
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Accusations of a lack of diversity among reviewers raises the bigger question of whether they have a role to play at all in the new landscape of cinema -
Ari Aster’s horror triumph feeds off suppressed fear that we cannot escape our biological fate – leaving audiences unnerved -
Supposed ‘women’s films’ are the go-to choice for cinemas trying to lure non-football fans during the World Cup. But this season, they are using some smarter scheduling tactics -
A trail of clues in JA Bayona’s sequel suggests that the Indoraptor, patchy coiffure and all, is commentary on a certain prehistoric president
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The Oscar-winning actor talks about replacing Kevin Spacey, why he finds marijuana boring and how he’s grown to stop hating The Sound of Music -
When she’s starring alongside Sandra Bullock in Ocean’s 8 or rapping about her vagina on YouTube, she’s Awkwafina. But at home she’ll always be Nora Lum from Queens -
Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp discuss addiction, rock-star excess, middle-age mellowing – and the mythical all-star drinking club that gave the band their name
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After years of producing films, Styler has directed Freak Show, starring The Imitation Game’s Alex Lawther as a flamboyantly queer Texan teenager. But why does he get no action? -
Going from farm to front porch across America’s south in the 1960s, William Ferris recorded everything from praying pigs to haunting blues – a political act, he says, at a time when black voices were being silenced -
The Australian actor on her role in Hereditary, the year’s scariest movie, the joy of Muriel’s Wedding fans, and her penchant for shaving her head
Regulars
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Fright fans land the acclaimed horror yarn starring Toni Collette at No 2 in first week of release in the UK, as the Jurassic World sequel stays put at the top -
5 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week The Breadwinner review – a girl’s courage on the streets of Kabul
5 out of 5 stars.A courageous girl seeks to save her father from the Taliban in Nora Twomey’s magical adaptation of Deborah Ellis’s novel -
Jennifer Fox’s devastating memoir of teenage sexual abuse should be more widely available -
From Batman to Superman, you can’t keep a superhero dead for long. Now, Wonder Woman 1984 will have to do some explaining
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