Film
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The Archibald-winning artist’s debut feature film Blaze is informed by a trauma she experienced as a child. Directing and cowriting it hasn’t come easy
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Everyone’s favourite invisible homicidal alien has had a major shot in the arm with the enterprising prequel Prey. Where can the franchise go now? -
As the sequel to the Cornish fishing film is released, its star discusses his 30-year mission to avoid fame, being caught up in a racism row and dealing with bullies – himself included -
Brian Anderson spent the 90s as a tabloid press photographer before moving into film production. Here he talks us through his early pictures and relives some of the excitement of the Britpop era -
2 out of 5 stars.
I Came By review – Hugh Bonneville gets nasty in silly Netflix thriller
2 out of 5 stars.The Downton Abbey star plays a believably sinister villain in an otherwise underwhelming tale of a judge with a horrific secret in his basement
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4 out of 5 stars.
My Old School review – audacious tale of thirtysomething man who posed as a teenage pupil
4 out of 5 stars.Jono McLeod directs this intriguing documentary about his former classmate Brian MacKinnon, who at age 30, went back to school as a ‘teenager’ -
3 out of 5 stars.
The Feast review – Welsh folk horror dials up the creepiness
3 out of 5 stars.Cannibalism, torture, gory sex and meaty subtexts are all on the menu at a dinner party held by an arrogant local MP -
2 out of 5 stars.
Fisherman’s Friends: One and All review – flavourless reheat of factory-made Britcom
2 out of 5 stars.Sequel to comedy about a singing group of mates fortuitously brought to fame is likable enough but all too predictable -
4 out of 5 stars.
A smart group of surfers reveal the sewage-grade misogyny prevalent in the sport in the 80s and 90s
What to watch
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From Spencer to Still Alice, and now David Cronenberg’s bonkers new horror sci-fi Crimes of the Future, we rate the Twilight star’s finest work -
Ahead of her starring role in White Noise, which opens the Venice film festival later this month – as well as her eagerly awaited Barbie movie – we rate Gerwig’s finest work -
As Brad Pitt’s new thriller Bullet Train arrives in cinemas, Guardian writers have picked their most exciting action films of all time
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Loved by both Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, the 1952 convention-defying film is like a political Rorschach test -
Missing the heatwave? With the release of Sara Dosa’s hotly tipped new documentary Fire of Love, we round up the most epic, exploding-mountain movies ever made -
To celebrate the release of Jordan Peele’s new UFO thriller Nope, critics have picked their top films about extra terrestrials
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From Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment to one of movie history’s most shocking death scenes, Warner’s classical training, style and fine voice gave character to any role -
Rafelson was a director who got era-defining performances out of Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens, as well as co-creating the Monkees -
Netflix’s attempt to modernize the classic novel has led to a disaster of anachronistic dialogue and annoyingly wry glances at the camera -
‘Gentleminions’ being turned away from showings of the latest Despicable Me spinoff should be nectar for the ailing industry
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Miller has made a dazzling variety of films in his 50 year career and his latest, featuring Elba as a djinn alongside Tilda Swinton, is as strange as any of them. But would he rather have stayed a doctor? -
The actor, who is about to star opposite Nicola Walker in new BBC drama Marriage, talks about chemistry, crying and being killed off -
The film director, 62, tells Michael Segalov about chapatis and jam, having twins in her late 40s, and her three-year struggle to get Bend It Like Beckham green-lit
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The Emmy-winning Orphan Black star on taking on tokenism – and bad guys – as She-Hulk in Marvel’s latest TV adventure -
The Scottish actor answers your questions on poisonous toads, Desperate Housewives, working with Mick Jagger and getting punched in the face by Taggart -
The tousle-haired star could be regarded as the quintessential Parisian actor – and now he’s taking on the city icon that looms largest
Regulars
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3 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Nope review – Jordan Peele’s brilliantly horrifying ride to nowhere
3 out of 5 stars.The director’s elliptical follow-up to Us stars Daniel Kaluuya as a California wrangler defending the family ranch from a deadly threat from above -
Ahead of Netflix’s biopic of the Hollywood star, what better time to catch up on her deft, joyous screen performances, from Some Like It Hot to The Misfits -
Everyone’s favourite invisible homicidal alien has had a major shot in the arm with the enterprising prequel Prey. Where can the franchise go now?
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Director Patty Jenkins recently condemned films produced by streamers as “fake movies”, but the evolution has opened doors for diversity
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In 1993, a 16-year-old pupil at a Glasgow school was unmasked as a fully grown adult. Now his classmates have made a documentary – My Old School – about the astonishing deception -
Eliot Ness hunts a killer, Nicolas Cage plays the Man of Steel and Marilyn Monroe is The Girl in Pink Tights in films that were never released. A writer, a producer and a film expert tell the movies’ hidden histories -
Brad Pitt’s new film is fizzling out. Meryl Streep is doing TV. Only Tom Cruise fills cinemas – and, in the age of superheroes and streaming, his days may be numbered. So, what does the future hold for Hollywood’s big beasts?
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Arrested in 1973 for a murder he did not commit, Chol Soo Lee became a rallying cause for Asian-Americans in the 1980s – a story too important to be buried in history, say the film’s directors -
After six blockbuster Tolkien movies, Jackson wants Derren Brown to wipe his memory of Middle-earth? It’s a boneheaded quest -
When I coined the term ‘post-horror’, gore fans showered me with abuse. Now it has been adopted by a festival celebrating the films that pushed the boundaries of cinematic terror
Film genres
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3 out of 5 stars.
Action Special Delivery review – noirish bruiser is Fast and Furious in South Korea
3 out of 5 stars.Parasite’s Park So-dam stars as an elite courier ferrying fugitives in an action thriller packed with dangerous driving -
3 out of 5 stars.
Animation Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero review – eye-candy anime is gloriously mesmeric
3 out of 5 stars.The immensely popular franchise is back with a bewildering cast of brightly coloured characters in a world of bad guys with outrageous quiffs -
5 out of 5 stars.
Crime The Stranger review – Joel Edgerton is at his brooding best in this sophisticated crime drama
5 out of 5 stars.Thomas M Wright’s unconventional, captivating film sees Edgerton as an undercover cop trying to identify a child murderer, opposite the brilliant Sean Harris -
2 out of 5 stars.
Drama Bosch & Rockit review – a sentimental and cheesy Byron Bay drama
2 out of 5 stars.Luke Hemsworth and Rasmus King aren’t to blame for the problems in this film, about a surfing drug dealer and his son who are forced to move after a bushfire
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