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How do you get inside the mind of cycling’s greatest drug cheat? For actor Ben
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Film crews for episode eight of the franchise set to return to Skellig Michael, as Irish government hopes island’s film appearance will boost tourism
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The experimental artist and director talks about her heartwrenching new film, the trouble with social media – and coming to terms with death
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China will overtake North America within three years to become the world’s largest film audience – which is great news for fans of Transformers and endless Terminator sequels
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Tom Hardy’s portrayal of the Kray twins in Legend isn’t the first time an actor has starred alongside himself in a movie. For some it worked a treat – others should look in the mirror (or at their CGI twin) and think about what they’ve done
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The film team review this week’s big releases, including Tom Hardy as both Kray twins in Legend and Joaquin Phoenix as an agonised philosophy professor in Woody Allen’s Irrational Man
Toronto
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Sebastian Schipper’s extraordinary thriller is no mere stunt but an immersive experience whose gripping performances and technical innovation make it hard to shake
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This year’s anniversary edition is set to premiere major Oscar contenders and expand horizons with new programming, including a nod to the primacy of TV
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The first trailer for David Gordon Green’s spin doctor satire is out, featuring a shifty politician played by Billy Bob Thornton, and Sandra Bullock’s first role since Gravity
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Amazing Grace, which features footage of the singer shot in 1972 by Sydney Pollack, has been pulled from the programme at the Toronto film festival, following legal action by Franklin
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Alex and Stephen Kendrick’s faith-based film argues that domestic abuse can be cured by retiring to a bunker and praying. It’s an odd plan of attack, says Jordan Hoffman
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Comedy staples adopt worried faces as parents fleeing with their kids from foreign unrest in this weirdly dubious action thriller
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Zac Efron is a super-hot DJ searching for credibility amid the music-video cliches and Entourage-style bro-love
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Our film critics review Woody Allen’s latest, about an anguished philosophy professor who finds a new lease of life after being thrown into an unreal situation
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Our film critics review Abel Ferrara’s biopic of the great Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Our film critics review Tom Hardy as both Reggie and Ronnie in a biopic of the Kray twins
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My two-star take on Tom Hardy’s Krays biopic was included in an official poster for the film. While I applaud the chutzpah in this case, audiences do need to be wary of false advertising
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This summer, critics’ favourites Jurassic World and Straight Outta Compton trumped poorly reviewed Fantastic Four and Terminator: Genisys at the US box office. Is it time for studios to rethink their marketing-heavy strategy?
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As the footballer warms up for Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur movie, we score the hits, misses and fouls of other athletes turned actors
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The 1967 adaptation of Truman Capote’s book is almost perfect. Unfortunately, director Richard Brooks’s ego got the better of him…
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As awards buzz builds around her role in Room, the Short Term 12 star discusses the downsides of being a white, blonde 25 year old and why European cinema produces more interesting heroines
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Ingmar Bergman’s muse talks about ever-more explicit mainstream movies and her new version of Miss Julie
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On the eve of his Australian tour, the Clerks director talks about making superhero films for girls, being typecast and giving up on pleasing the critics
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The first time the actor saw C-3PO, he felt kinship – and went on to play the android in all six Star Wars movies. Ahead of The Force Awakens, he talks about being censured by Disney, working with JJ Abrams and playing the worrywart robot once more
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She’s equally at home in comic-book blockbusters, arthouse fare and awards bait, but could this coolly unflappable screen presence have made her first career missteps by returning to work with Allen on Irrational Man, and courting controversy in Aloha?
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Movie will be a modern musical like no other, says co-creator, currently starring in People, Places, Things, working on a comedy radio play and flummoxing New Zealand customs
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In new film Vacation, the star of the Hangover movies and US version of The Office plays another normal man unhinged by events. Ed Helms talks southern manners, prosthetic penises – and what he hated about doing the Daily Show
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Five best momentsFive best momentsBenicio del Toro: five best momentsThe finest scenes from the Oscar-winning actor who takes on the role of the infamous drug lord in Escobar: Paradise Lost
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The film quizThe film quiz'You're a monster': match the cruel quote to the relationship dramaAs Andrew Haigh’s devastating marital drama 45 Years hits cinemas, how well do you know the darkest moments in other films about caustic relationships?
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DVDs and downloads
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Philip French's classic DVDPhilip French's classic DVDVivre sa vie review – quintessential soul-searching from GodardEvery carefully considered shot of Godard’s fourth film questions the nature of cinema itself and how we perceive the world
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Charlie Lyne's home entertainmentCharlie Lyne's home entertainmentA Royal Night Out: princesses on the prowlA fearless exposition of the truth behind the night Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret joined the VE day crowds. That and a few bits to make it feel like Titanic
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Guy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGuy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGirlhood; Furious 7; A Royal Night Out; Rosewater; Trueblood; Doll and Em – reviewA tale of black Parisian teens is tough and tender, Furious 7 pauses for a little male bonding, the Windsor girls enjoy a Blyton-esque romp – plus much more
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As the dust settles on the boutique festival renowned as an awards launchpad, we assess the key competition runners and riders that came out of Colorado
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The best Bond themes are super-strength torch songs, but whether or not Spectre’s Writing’s On The Wall follows tradition, it will certainly have a lot to live up to
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Meryl Streep leads the Suffragettes, Bond battles Spectre, Angelina Jolie finds her marriage crumbling – and the Star Wars originals blast back … We preview this season’s must-see films
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In the second part of our series on early cinema, we celebrate the courage of Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill Jr – and four other actors who were tough enough to take the knocks on set
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Brian Helgeland’s movie about the lives of Ronnie and Reggie Kray portrays the East End gangsters at their most feared
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Formed in 1966, the group remains misunderstood and poorly represented – especially on film. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution tries to sort the fact from fiction
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A brief, brilliant turn in this year’s Sundance hit is the latest chapter in this actor’s overlooked oeuvre. Is Jon Bernthal finally about to hit the big time?
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best of 2015
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Gathering together the best movies released in the US this year, from A Most Violent Year to Furious 7, updated weekly
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