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Cynthia Erivo on identity, migrant crisis and what she's learned playing Elphaba in Wicked
Film

Cynthia Erivo on identity, migrant crisis and what she's learned playing Elphaba in Wicked

Bill Nighy: 'Footballers are physical geniuses creating passages of great beauty. It's fascinating'
Homeless World Cup

Bill Nighy: 'Footballers are physical geniuses creating passages of great beauty. It's fascinating'

The Beautiful Game: Meet the real-life footballers who inspired Netflix's Homeless World Cup film
Homeless World Cup

The Beautiful Game: Meet the real-life footballers who inspired Netflix's Homeless World Cup film

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire review – a heartfelt and 'nostalgia-tickling' sequel
Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Film

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire review – a heartfelt and 'nostalgia-tickling' sequel

The Beautiful Game: Everything you need to know about Netflix's new Homeless World Cup film
Colin Farrell with the Scottish team, holding a football
Homeless World Cup

The Beautiful Game: Everything you need to know about Netflix's new Homeless World Cup film

Robot Dreams director Pablo Berger on grief, loss and the Oscars underdog winning hearts everywhere
Dog is baffled by the assembly instructions for his new robot pal in Robot Dreams
Film

Robot Dreams director Pablo Berger on grief, loss and the Oscars underdog winning hearts everywhere

Banel & Adama creator Ramata-Toulaye Sy on why Africa is so much more than its tragedies
Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Film

Banel & Adama creator Ramata-Toulaye Sy on why Africa is so much more than its tragedies

Cate Blanchett on religion, powerful drama The New Boy and why politics is 'incredibly shameless'
Film

Cate Blanchett on religion, powerful drama The New Boy and why politics is 'incredibly shameless'

The New Boy director Warwick Thornton: 'Democracy is a failure for world's indigenous people'
Cate Blanchett and Aswan Reid in The New Boy
Film

The New Boy director Warwick Thornton: 'Democracy is a failure for world's indigenous people'

The problem with UK's film industry? It's easier to win an Oscar if you went to private school
oscars/ film
Film

The problem with UK's film industry? It's easier to win an Oscar if you went to private school

What has Oscar-nominated Killers of the Flower Moon changed for the people at its heart?
Killers of the Flower Moon
Indigenous rights

What has Oscar-nominated Killers of the Flower Moon changed for the people at its heart?

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier
Film

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier

Ava DuVernay on Origin: 'I want it to be the kind of film you think about after you've left the theatre'
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Jon Bernthal in Ava DuVernay's film Origin
Interview

Ava DuVernay on Origin: 'I want it to be the kind of film you think about after you've left the theatre'

'We felt like absolute stars': Behind the 1971 women's football World Cup the world forgot
women's football/ team
Sport

'We felt like absolute stars': Behind the 1971 women's football World Cup the world forgot

Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss
Sisters Tayssir and Eya, two of the subjects of the new film Four Daughters
Film

Behind Oscar-tipped doc Four Daughters: A story of radicalisation, family and loss

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley: 'Why the hell are we still judging someone on how they look?'
Film

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley: 'Why the hell are we still judging someone on how they look?'

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Dune: Part Two review – deluxe space opera with a discreet safety net
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET as Paul Atreides and ZENDAYA as Chani in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure “DUNE: PART TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
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Dune: Part Two review – deluxe space opera with a discreet safety net

Photojournalist Lanre Fehintola didn't just record life on the edge – he became the story
Film

Photojournalist Lanre Fehintola didn't just record life on the edge – he became the story

From Silence of the Lambs to Sonic the Hedgehog: 6 films you didn't realise are actually romantic
Sonic The Hedgehog movie (2020)
Film

From Silence of the Lambs to Sonic the Hedgehog: 6 films you didn't realise are actually romantic

The Smiley Charity Film Awards present — a powerful minute against immigration misconceptions
Four individuals from the Welsh Refugee Council pose together at the Charity Film Awards, standing in front of a backdrop featuring sponsor logos. From left to right: a jubilant woman holding an award, raising her arm in celebration; a woman with a short hairstyle, dressed in a black outfit with a printed scarf; a smiling man in a tweed jacket and glasses; and a man with salt-and-pepper hair, wearing a blazer over a casual shirt. All look thrilled to have just won an award.
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The Smiley Charity Film Awards present — a powerful minute against immigration misconceptions