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The Dive: A clammy, cathartic scuba thriller
An underwater scene from the new thriller, The Dive
Review

The Dive: A clammy, cathartic scuba thriller

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police
Corrupt cops: Serpico lead actor Al Pacino and Training Day star Denzel Washington
Review

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police

William Friedkin on 'rip-off' Exorcist sequels, Scorsese selling out and dressing as Ali G
William Friedkin Image: Warner Bros./Hoya Productions
Film

William Friedkin on 'rip-off' Exorcist sequels, Scorsese selling out and dressing as Ali G

Joy Ride: A modern kind of gross-out comedy
The stars of Joy Ride - Stephanie Hsu as Kat, Sabrina Wu as Deadeye, Ashley Park as Audrey, and Sherry Cola as Lolo
Review

Joy Ride: A modern kind of gross-out comedy

Kokomo City: 'Who doesn't want these girls to be safe?'
Koko Da Doll in Kokomo City
trans rights

Kokomo City: 'Who doesn't want these girls to be safe?'

Is Talk To Me the scariest film of the year?
horror

Is Talk To Me the scariest film of the year?

How Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to speak truth to power – and inspired a new generation
A young Sinéad O’Connor
Film

How Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to speak truth to power – and inspired a new generation

Melissa Barrera: 'Carmen represents rebellion'
Interview

Melissa Barrera: 'Carmen represents rebellion'

Kalvin Phillips: 'This generation of players can inspire young people'
Kalvin Phillips portrait
Interview

Kalvin Phillips: 'This generation of players can inspire young people'

Does Mission: Impossible prove Hollywood has forgotten how to end a movie?
Mission Impossible, Fast X and Spiderman
opinion

Does Mission: Impossible prove Hollywood has forgotten how to end a movie?

Is Mission: Impossible on Cruise control?
Hayley-Atwell and Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.
Review

Is Mission: Impossible on Cruise control?

An Elemental problem at the heart of Pixar
Animated illustration of characters Wade, Ember and Ember's mother brook
Analysis

An Elemental problem at the heart of Pixar

John Rhys-Davies: 'We learn from our exposure to fear'
John Rhys-Davies in a blue jacket and pink tie
Interview

John Rhys-Davies: 'We learn from our exposure to fear'

Punch a Nazi: The morally certain joy of Indiana Jones, from Raiders to the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) getting ready to whoop those Nazis in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Analysis

Punch a Nazi: The morally certain joy of Indiana Jones, from Raiders to the Dial of Destiny

Peter Crouch: 'It felt like the whole world was ridiculing me'
Peter Crouch
documentary

Peter Crouch: 'It felt like the whole world was ridiculing me'

Asteroid City is a perfectly timed meditation on grief
Scarlett Johansson in director Wes Anderson's Asteroid City
analysis

Asteroid City is a perfectly timed meditation on grief

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A Dispatch from '24 Hour Wes Fest', or The Peculiar Oddities of a Wes Anderson Cinematic Endurance Test
Wes Anderson films: Asteroid City, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Fantastic Mr Fox. Images: 87 Productions/Focus Features, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Everett Collection
review

A Dispatch from '24 Hour Wes Fest', or The Peculiar Oddities of a Wes Anderson Cinematic Endurance Test

The Wicker Man at 50: Woozy, semi-surreal and hugely influential
The Wicker Man
folk horror

The Wicker Man at 50: Woozy, semi-surreal and hugely influential

Glenda Jackson defied expectations to succeed in acting and politics
Glenda Jackson
obituary

Glenda Jackson defied expectations to succeed in acting and politics

Jayde Adams on how Take That movie Greatest Days captures the 'intensity of fandom'
Greatest Days
Greatest Days

Jayde Adams on how Take That movie Greatest Days captures the 'intensity of fandom'