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Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People) returns with a new biting satire on the super-rich – mocking, but also uncovering the grim truths of fast fashion
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Jessica Hausner's pristine dystopia asks how engineered emotion can be trusted, in a cerebral Cannes Competition entry with a playful edge
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Photographer Autumn de Wilde makes her directorial debut with a new take on Jane Austen's Emma with Anya Taylor-Joy, Mia Goth, Bill Nighy and more
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The musician-turned-actor plays Mr Knightley in Autumn de Wilde's EMMA. Johnny Flynn tells Culture Whisper about adapting a classic, playing an exemplary man and working with romance
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It was an astonishing night, with big successes for Parasite and trophies for Brad Pitt, Laura Dern, Joaquin Phoenix and more. Read on for the full list of winners
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South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho has made motion picture history with 2020 Oscar-winner Parasite – shocking, thrilling, entertaining in equal measure
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As Gareth Jones, James Norton plays the Welsh journalist who risked his life to report the truth during the Soviet famine
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From the double beds of the Electric Cinema to the pyjama parties of the Prince Charles: these are the best cinemas for dates in London
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In The Lighthouse, Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe give the demented performances of a lifetime. Robert Eggers' maritime madness is a winner in our eyes
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Following the triumphant Can You Ever Forgive Me?, director Marielle Heller returns to tell the story of beloved children's entertainer Fred Rogers
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Nancy Ephron, Luca Guadagnino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Desiree Akhavan, Mati Diop and more are behind the camera for the best romantic films to stream this Valentine's Day
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Armando Iannucci (The Death of Stalin) enlists an all-star cast to bring to life a fresh retelling of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield
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Dirty Dancing, The Greatest Showman, The Sound of Music and more: every sing-along to know about in London this year
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Terrence Malick returns with A Hidden Life, an achingly beautiful blend of true events and meditative romance
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The story that unfolded behind closed doors is the subject of Bombshell starring Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman as the biggest names in right-wing news
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The actor du jour lines up his latest star-studded role, as Timothée Chalamet is Bob Dylan in James Mangold's new biopic, Going Electric
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Filmmaking duo Josh and Benny Safdie sink into the criminal underground once more after Good Time with a high-stakes thriller set in New York's diamond district
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With a new year to get excited for, it's time to plan which foreign-language films to watch across the next months. Here are the titles to keep on your radar
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George Mackay and Dean-Charles Chapman lead the war epic, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott, Colin Firth and Mark Strong in supporting roles
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In his follow up to Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi brings his trademark wit to Nazi Germany: playing a little boy's imaginary friend – Adolf Hitler
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Superheroes, lovers, lighthouse keepers, wuxia warriors – whoever your hero, there's a new favourite film just around the corner for you.
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Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen are the March sisters in Greta Gerwig's stunning retelling of Little Women
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Eva Green suits up in an astronaut drama with a twist. Proxima sees Belgian director Alice Winocour reach for the stars
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From Beauty and the Beast to Murder on the Orient Express, Christmas movies are coming up thick and fast. Here's how, when, and what to watch this season
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Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson stars as the legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic in 2020
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In The Two Popes, Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce star as former pontiff Pope Benedict XVI and the current Pope Francis I – just before the former's resignation in 2013
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Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac – the three galaxy-travelling musketeers gear up one last time for JJ Abrams' conclusive Star Wars film
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Amy Adams stars in adaptation of bestselling book The Woman in the Window. But following a revelatory profile in the New Yorker, Dan Mallory, the author, is in the limelight
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From Oscar winners to indie gems, it's time to take stock of what 2019 has given us. Only the best, here's every five-star film to catch up with this year
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Tom Hooper's film makeover of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats goes all out in its casting: Taylor Swift, James Corden and more are on board
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Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha) returns with a tender film about the difficulties of divorce on an intimate scale, with the help of Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver and Laura Dern
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In Honey Boy, Shia LaBeouf examines his traumatised childhood with an abusive father. Lucas Hedges and Noah Jupe star