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Film of the Week: 'Aftersun'

Charlotte Wells debut feature film is a masterstroke in recreating nostalgia through film. If you come for Paul Mescal's star turn alone, it's worth the price of admission.

10/02/2023

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Legendary songwriter and composer Burt Bacharach dies aged 94

Burt Bacharach was considered one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music.

09/02/2023

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More ‘Frozen’ and ‘Toy Story’ sequels as Disney axes 7,000 jobs

Disney CEO Bob Iger has announced multi-billion dollar cost saving restructuring and sequels to some of the company's biggest animated franchises

09/02/2023

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World’s oldest living actress, Branka Veselinović, dies aged 104

As of 7 September 2022, after the death of American actress Marsha Hunt, she became the oldest celebrity and living actress in the world.

08/02/2023

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'Dances With Wolves' actor charged in sex abuse case

The actor, 46, is accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and women for two decades in multiple states in the US

07/02/2023

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Who won big at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards?

The 43rd annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards named Todd Field’s Tár as the Best Film of 2022.

06/02/2023

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Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi is released from Evin Prison

His release from the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran was confirmed by the Independent Center for Human Rights in Iran and Panahi’s lawyer

03/02/2023

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Film of the Week: 'Knock at the Cabin'

As any horror fan and discerning cinephile will tell you, nothing good ever happens in a remote cabin in the woods...

03/02/2023

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Imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Panahi declares hunger strike

“This arrest was more like banditry and hostage-taking than the execution of a judicial sentence,” Panahi writes.

03/02/2023

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Where have I seen Oscar-nominated Andrea Riseborough before?

Andrea Riseborough keeps nomination following Academy investigation – but where have you seen her before? Here are some of her best performances.

01/02/2023

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Alec Baldwin charged with involuntary manslaughter

Alec Baldwin charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. If found guilty, he could face up to 18 months in prison.

01/02/2023

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'Dances With Wolves' actor arrested in sex abuse case

Nathan Chasing Horse was taken into custody, accused of sexually assaulting young Indigenous girls during a period spanning two decades.

01/02/2023

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Michael Jackson nephew Jaafar Jackson to play King Of Pop in biopic

This news won’t quash ever-growing talks of nepo-babies… Then again, who better to play Michael Jackson in the upcoming biopic Michael than his nephew?

31/01/2023

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Cindy Williams of 'Laverne & Shirley' fame dies aged 75

“Give us any chance, we’ll take it, read us any rule, we’ll break it."

31/01/2023

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Staying on top: What challenges lie ahead as Disney turns 100?

How did Disney go from a small family animation studio to a multinational media monolith? We look at Disney's past, present and future on its 100th birthday.

31/01/2023

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Has the Oscar nomination for Andrea Riseborough broken the Academy?

While no formal complaint has been filed, the Academy has launched “a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s nominees, to ensure that no guidelines were violated.”

30/01/2023

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Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, dies aged 64

Loring played the princess of all things morbid from 1964 to 1966 in The Addams Family, the first adaptation of Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons.

30/01/2023

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'Avatar: The Way of Water' overlaps 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'

'Avatar: The Way of Water' climbs to fourth highest-grossing film of all time

30/01/2023

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Who won big at the Sundance Film Fesitival?

The Sundance Film Festival took its bow this weekend in Park City, Utah, after its first in-person edition since 2020. Here are the winners of this year's festival.

30/01/2023

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Vaincre ou Mourir: A far-right view of the French Revolution?

A new film about the French Revolution has been attacked for promoting far-right and revisionist views of one of the biggest chapter's in French history.

29/01/2023