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Cinema
Starring Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates, Kelly Fremon Craig's new adaptation of the classic and controversial Judy Blume book examines an 11-year-old's crossing into womanhood
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Cinema
Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson and Phoebe Waller-Bridge bless the Cannes Film Festival this year. Here's a list of our favourites from the selection
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Cinema
Mia Hansen-Løve's new film looks at the disrupted life of Sandra (Léa Seydoux), a Parisian translator whose father suffers from a neurodegenerative disease
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Netflix
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's multiversal sci-fi comedy, starring Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis, gathered the most Oscar nominations this year. Here's our take on the whole selection
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Dance
Akram Khan’s Creature for English National Ballet is now an intense, claustrophobic feature film directed by Academy Award winner Asif Kapadia
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Cinema
In Laura Poitras' Oscar-nominated documentary, Nan Goldin battles against big pharma and the Sackler family while examining her own upsetting background
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Cinema
This latest Steven Spielberg movie is a semi-autobiographical drama about a teenager's passion for filmmaking. Stars Paul Dano, Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen
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Writer/director Damien Chazelle returns with an orgiastic appreciation of hedonistic Hollywood during the Roaring Twenties, starring Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, and Diego Calva
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Cinema
Cate Blanchett and Noémie Merlant star in this fervently fascinating character drama from Todd Field, in which the sins of an esteemed and domineering composer come back to haunt her
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Best of
From Paul Verhoeven's erotic religious drama Benedetta to Luca Guadagnino's cannibal romance Bones and All starring Timothée Chalamet, here are the best films of 2022 (UK release dates)
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Cinema
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star in this film adaptation of Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's New York Times investigation into Harvey Weinstein
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Musicals
Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Alisha Weir star in this spectacular film adaptation of the Matilda stage musical
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Cinema
Based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis, this road movie is the latest from Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino. Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance star
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Netflix
From Little Women to It's a Wonderful Life, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus, and AppleTV Plus spill with festive treats. Have yourself a merry little Christmas with our top picks
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Cinema
Ruben Östlund returns with his second Palme d'Or-winning film, which is a satire of the wealthy on board a luxury yacht. Woody Harrelson stars
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Cinema
The new movie from Korean director Park Chan-wook follows a Busan-based detective (Park Hae-il) on a murder case who falls in love with the chief suspect (Tang Wei)
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Netflix
Starring Ana de Armas and Adrien Brody, Andrew Dominik's controversial adaptation of the Marilyn Monroe novel by Joyce Carol Oates is finally coming to Netflix
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Cinema
Florence Pugh, Harry Styles and Chris Pine star in Olivia Wilde's second film as director, diving into a weird suburban world with something dark bubbling under the surface
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Cinema
Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart star in David Cronenberg's latest film, which delves into a bleak near-future in which human bodies adjust to a synthetic environment
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Cinema
From the new Matilda musical with Emma Thompson to the latest film adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover starring Emma Corrin, LFF is awash with great titles this year
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Cinema
Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez star in this funny, frustrating filmmaking satire from Argentine filmmakers Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat
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Cinema
In this latest film from Jordan Peele, Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer star as sibling ranchers whose land is suddenly invaded by a whirring UFO
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Cinema
Daisy Edgar-Jones stars in this new film adaptation of Delia Owens' popular 2018 novel, co-produced by Reese Witherspoon
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Cinema
Austin Butler and Tom Hanks star in this new biopic by Baz Luhrmann about the king of rock 'n' roll, Elvis Presley
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Cinema
Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack star in this feel-good sex comedy, in which a middle-aged woman solicits a sex worker. Katy Brand writes and Sophie Hyde directs
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TikTok users love to name and shame celebrities who've risen nepotistically, like Maude Apatow, Lily Rose-Depp and Daisy Edgar-Jones, but is this really productive?
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The world's most important film festival – boasting big names like Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks – has drawn to a close. Here are the biggest moments from Cannes 2022
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From Baz Luhrmann's glamorous biopic Elvis to David Cronenberg's latest provocative piece Crimes of the Future, here are the most exciting titles at this year's Cannes Film Festival
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Cinema
Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi star in this new biopic of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon
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Cinema
Tom Cruise returns as the rebellious and dangerous naval aviator Maverick, now teaching a new generation of pilots for a new mission. Miles Teller, Val Kilmer and Jennifer Connelly star
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Cinema
The second feature from filmmakers Dan Kwan And Daniel Scheinert explores the multiverse from the perspective of a laundrette owner (Michelle Yeoh). Jamie Lee Curtis also stars
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Cinema
From the Nick Cave concert movie This Much I Know to be True to Tom Cruise's aerodynamic return in Top Gun: Maverick, here are the best films coming in May