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Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit
Film

Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit

It started with Raynor Winn's email to Big Issue. Eight years later, her story is hitting the big screen, and starring Hollywood royalty
'Without Big Issue we wouldn't be here today': How Big Issue opened doors for smash hit The Salt Path
Books

'Without Big Issue we wouldn't be here today': How Big Issue opened doors for smash hit The Salt Path

The miracle of Mission: Impossible
Film

The miracle of Mission: Impossible

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you've probably never heard of
Film

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you've probably never heard of

Anora director Sean Baker on sweeping the Oscars and what his film has in common with Kes
Film

Anora director Sean Baker on sweeping the Oscars and what his film has in common with Kes

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Surfer review – Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation
Film

The Surfer review – Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation

Riefenstahl director Andres Veiel on the lessons we must learn from Hitler's favourite filmmaker
Film

Riefenstahl director Andres Veiel on the lessons we must learn from Hitler's favourite filmmaker

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review – heist sequel has blood, sweat and De Beers
Film

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review – heist sequel has blood, sweat and De Beers

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that
On Falling film advert
Film

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that

The Return – Ralph Fiennes embarks upon on a nail-biting odyssey
Film

The Return – Ralph Fiennes embarks upon on a nail-biting odyssey

Jennifer Coolidge: 'I do think it's interesting that I've never been offered the part of a real winner'
Film

Jennifer Coolidge: 'I do think it's interesting that I've never been offered the part of a real winner'

Jeff Goldblum: 'The universe is a wondrous, mysterious place – appreciate it'
Letter To My Younger Self

Jeff Goldblum: 'The universe is a wondrous, mysterious place – appreciate it'

SIX The Musical star Aimie Atkinson: 'Henry VIII's wives had issues that women are still dealing with'
Film

SIX The Musical star Aimie Atkinson: 'Henry VIII's wives had issues that women are still dealing with'

A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess on why if you can find the time to play and create, it's worth it
Film

A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess on why if you can find the time to play and create, it's worth it

Sex work is 'just another option in London's gig economy', says Sebastian filmmaker Mikko Mäkelä
Film

Sex work is 'just another option in London's gig economy', says Sebastian filmmaker Mikko Mäkelä

The End review – get prepped for a singalong apocalypse
Film

The End review – get prepped for a singalong apocalypse

'They had nowhere to go': The story of rough sleepers left outside in London's Covid-19 lockdowns
A homeless man sleeping rough at Trafalgar Square
Homelessness

'They had nowhere to go': The story of rough sleepers left outside in London's Covid-19 lockdowns

Like Tears in Rain review – Blade Runner's Rutger Hauer as we've never seen him
Documentary

Like Tears in Rain review – Blade Runner's Rutger Hauer as we've never seen him

On Falling director Laura Carreira: 'We don't have to work so much and get paid so little'
Film

On Falling director Laura Carreira: 'We don't have to work so much and get paid so little'

From Wicked to The Brutalist: What we learned from the biggest stars of this year's Oscars
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked
Film

From Wicked to The Brutalist: What we learned from the biggest stars of this year's Oscars

The Last Showgirl review – Pamela Anderson finds the pathos in Vegas
Film

The Last Showgirl review – Pamela Anderson finds the pathos in Vegas

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I'm Still Here director Walter Salles on the tragedy he never forgot: 'I felt very much lost'
Film

I'm Still Here director Walter Salles on the tragedy he never forgot: 'I felt very much lost'

Clara Amfo: 'You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you'
Presenter and broadcaster Clara Amfo
Film

Clara Amfo: 'You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you'

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars
Film

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars

From Star Wars to David Lynch: How my obsession with obscure 80s films rewired my tiny brain
Film

From Star Wars to David Lynch: How my obsession with obscure 80s films rewired my tiny brain

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