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Kleber Mendonça Filho’s ‘stylish and vibrant political thriller’ could be an Oscars contender
Set in the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil, this buzzy crime drama, which has premiered in Cannes, “makes up in…
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Jafar Panahi’s ‘taut revenge thriller’ becomes frontrunner to take Cannes’ top prize
Courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival After years of imprisonment and travel bans in his native Iran, Jafar Panahi returns…
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Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor’s gay romance is ‘too polite’
Cannes Film Festival In this period drama, premiering at Cannes, two of Hollywood’s buzziest male actors play lovers making music…
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The sensational break-out star of The Phoenician Scheme
Focus Features Wes Anderson and the cast of The Phoenician Scheme tell the BBC about how they made the film,…
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This outlandish horror about an Aids-like epidemic is a ‘disorientating, maddening whirlwind’
Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival After winning the Palme d’Or for the shocking Titane, out-there French director Julia Ducournau is…
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How Midnight Cowboy became the only X-rated winner of the best-picture Oscar
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) When Midnight Cowboy came out 56 years ago this week, it instantly upended Hollywood’s idea…
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Jennifer Lawrence is ‘better than ever’ in a searing portrait of motherhood
Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival (Credit: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival) Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson star in Lynne Ramsay’s…
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Wes Anderson takes his quirkiness ‘to a whole new level’
Courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival Featuring Benicio Del Toro, Michael Cera, Scarlett Johansson and many more, the director’s latest…
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This ‘deranged’ starry thriller about the US’s pandemic divisions will ‘leave you breathless’
Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival (Credit: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival) Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster is once again…
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How history’s brutal witch trials still resonate now
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly…
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