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Final preparations underway for 75th Cannes Film Festival

Final preparations are well under way on the French Rivera for this year's Cannes Film Festival.

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1,800 items from Hollywood's biggest movies under the hammer

More than 1,800 items from Hollywood's biggest hits are expected to bring in more than $9m (€8.5m)

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Chance to stay in windmill of the Moulin Rouge

Get the Parisian experience of staying inside the windmill of the 2001 movie and current Broadway hit "Moulin Rouge."

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‘Doctor Strange 2’ conjures up biggest opening of 2022

‘Doctor Strange 2’ screening marks a historic start at the US box office, the sixth biggest of all time globally.

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Star Wars fans in Taiwan mark 'May the 4th' in costumes

Taiwanese Star Wars fans dressed in their favourite characters walk the streets of downtown Taipei to celebrate 'May the 4th'

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May the 4th be with you: how the date became a Star Wars phenomenon

The earliest use of this play on words dates back to 1978, one year after the release of 'A New Hope', where American newspapers employed the phrase in the headlines on Independence Day. But now 'May' is a month rather than a wish.

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Netflix announces fall in subscriptions for the first time in a decade

The streaming platform faces stiff competition but that isn't why bosses think numbers are falling.

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New 'Fantastic Beasts' film opens to diminishing box office returns

'The Secrets of Dumbledore' pulled in $43 million at US cinemas over the Easter holiday weekend - a franchise low.

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'Follow Her' takes three top awards at Fantasporto

What happens when a social media addict goes too far and gets trapped by her own thirst for validation? That's the idea behind a new American thriller called "Follow Her".

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Will audiences buy into The Northman's Viking epic?

Ahead of the release of Robert Eggers' The Northman, we ask why Vikings have never seemed to make that big of a dent in Hollywood.

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Japanese cinema is facing up to its #MeToo moment

Film premieres have been cancelled, actors edited out of TV shows, and some of the countries biggest international names have been implicated in sexual abuse scandals.

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Postponed due to war: Ukraine's biggest film festival changes tack

Due to take place in Kyiv in March, the human rights-oriented Docudays UA festival is now postponed until the war ends. Organisers have instead launched a fundraiser and platform for documenting evidence of war crimes, while some of the headliners for 2022 have changed their plans.

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How European countries are taxing Netflix to invest in cinema

As Switzerland looks to approve a law forcing Netflix to invest 4 per cent of its revenue back into Swiss cinema, we look at how other European countries are bolstering their film industries through the streamers.

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Film shot in Ukraine takes aim at Russian homophobia

The first film highlighted homophobia in sport but now directors are taking aim at Putin's homophobia, as their Ukrainian cast and crew take up arms.

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Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock and his family in emotional video

After Rock joked to Smith that he was looking forward to a sequel to “G.I. Jane,” Smith stood up from his seat near the stage, strode up to Rock and slapped him. After sitting back down, Smith shouted at Rock to “keep my wife's name out of your f****** mouth."

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A moment of silence, and a plea for Ukraine at Oscars

"When you witness the strength and dignity of those facing such devastation, it’s impossible to not be moved by their resilience," Ukrainian-born actress Mila Kunis said.

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Russian Actress Chulpan Khamatova leaves country over Ukraine invasion

Khamatova has starred in ‘Good bye Lenin!’ but her latest appearance was a broadcast interview where she described her fear f returning to Russia.

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Is it finally the big moment for Spanish cinema?

Cruz has already won one Oscar but for an American film, her nomination for 'Parallel Mothers' is a landmark moment for Spanish cinema.

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'I Am Zlatan': Ibrahimović footballing biopic hits cinemas in Sweden

Despite still playing for AC Milan, a new film premiering in Sweden tells the story of footballer, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, by focusing on the star's childhood and early career

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Women's rights, ecology and torture scoop top FIFDH 2022 awards

Women's rights, ecology, and torture scoop top FIFDH awards as the Geneva film festival closes. Cinema reports.

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