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Michael Winterbottom on new film Shoshana, Israel's war and how violence makes people 'take sides'
Michael Winterbottom
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Michael Winterbottom on new film Shoshana, Israel's war and how violence makes people 'take sides'

'We can 100% end homelessness': Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son filmmaker's rousing call to action
Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son
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'We can 100% end homelessness': Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son filmmaker's rousing call to action

Former Big Issue vendor-turned film star Earl Charlton describes a day in his life
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Former Big Issue vendor-turned film star Earl Charlton describes a day in his life

Lorna Tucker's powerful Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son is not just a film ­– it's a movement
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Lorna Tucker's powerful Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son is not just a film ­– it's a movement

Intersex people are treated like 'freaks of nature' and a 'problem' to be solved. That needs to change
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Intersex people are treated like 'freaks of nature' and a 'problem' to be solved. That needs to change

American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright and Erika Alexander in American Fiction
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American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright

Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward star in new Netflix Film inspired by Homeless World Cup
Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward in Netflix film The Beautiful Game
Homeless World Cup

Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward star in new Netflix Film inspired by Homeless World Cup

The Holdovers review – a film of well-turned wit and emotional warmth
(l-r) Dominic Sessa as Angus Tully, Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham and Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb in The Holdovers
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The Holdovers review – a film of well-turned wit and emotional warmth

Jodie Comer: 'I really want women to see themselves depicted in a truthful light'
Jodie Comer carrying a baby
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Jodie Comer: 'I really want women to see themselves depicted in a truthful light'

Jodie Comer on taking up space as a woman and advice she received from Killing Eve co-star
Jodie Comer carrying a baby
Film

Jodie Comer on taking up space as a woman and advice she received from Killing Eve co-star

Emma Stone's new film Poor Things is a fantastical discovery of mind, body and world
Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo star in Poor Things
Film

Emma Stone's new film Poor Things is a fantastical discovery of mind, body and world

From poltergeists to Paddington: Here's all the films to look forward to in 2024
Chris Hemsworth in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Film

From poltergeists to Paddington: Here's all the films to look forward to in 2024

The Lost Boys director explains why his prison romance is a 'metaphor' for life as a queer person
The Lost Boys
Film

The Lost Boys director explains why his prison romance is a 'metaphor' for life as a queer person

10 best Christmas films that aren't all about family
Bruce Willis in Christmas film Die Hard
Film

10 best Christmas films that aren't all about family

Romcoms, elves... and Batman: Here's the best Christmas movies to stream in 2023
A selection of the best Christmas movies to stream 2023
Christmas

Romcoms, elves... and Batman: Here's the best Christmas movies to stream in 2023

Wonka stars Mathew Baynton and Simon Farnaby: 'With the help of others you can change the world'
Timothee Chalamet in Wonka
Film

Wonka stars Mathew Baynton and Simon Farnaby: 'With the help of others you can change the world'

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Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
Black and white photo of child leaning elbows on a wall
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Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better

How Star Wars Holiday Special became more powerful than George Lucas could possibly imagine
Darth Vader in the Star Wars Holiday Special
Film

How Star Wars Holiday Special became more powerful than George Lucas could possibly imagine

'Activism and organising is kinda sexy!': Colman Domingo on Rustin, Oscar buzz and the Obamas
Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in Netflix film Rustin
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'Activism and organising is kinda sexy!': Colman Domingo on Rustin, Oscar buzz and the Obamas

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 
Montage of stars of Love actually
Film

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 

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