movies
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A favourite of film buffs, this Japanese classic about a Kabuki actor finding his muse is elegant, rich and ultimately heartbreaking
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We were correct about the likely quality of new movies by Andrew Haigh and Noah Baumbach – but miles off the mark when we predicted future classics from Cameron Crowe and Gus Van Sant
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In testy open letter, the star of The Revenant denies that he pulled out of a press junket interview at short notice while doing publicity for the film
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Billy Wilder’s 1960 classic comes complete with a festive office party, booze-fuelled flirtations and the liberation that comes with finding love
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Given the way the film industry widely distributes DVDs to Oscar voters while hyping new movies to the skies, it’s amazing that they don’t leak more often
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It was a middling year for superhero movies, but a storming one for dystopian science fiction and hyper-nostalgic space opera
best of 2015
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How well do we know our readers? How far do the choices of Guardian critics and consumers intersect? The results are through – and the disparity is interesting …
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The Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the US in 2015, counting down to the best of the year
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Our critics’ votes are in ... As we count down the best films of the year, it’s your chance to nominate the movie you enjoyed the most this year
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JJ Abrams banishes memories of George Lucas’s prequels with this outrageously exciting and romantic return to a world you hadn’t realised you’d missed so much
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are terrific as a pair of middle-aged siblings finally forced to confront the realities of adulthood
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They’re less annoying than the Minions, their version of Uptown Funk will make you smile, and this silly road movie has an old-fashioned vaudeville romp at its heart
video & audio
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The Guardian film showThe Guardian film showThe Guardian film show: Joy, In the Heart of the Sea and The Danish Girl – video reviewsThe film team review this week’s big releases, include David O Russell’s biopic of the Miracle Mop inventor and Eddie Redmayne as the world’s first sex change operation patient
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The Dailies podcastThe Dailies podcastTim Roth's Fifa shame and Hollywood's best value actors – the Dailies film podcastThe Guardian film team’s daily round-up of the latest movie news and reviews
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Our film critics review this week’s new releases
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Our film critics review Tom Hooper’s film about the first person to request a sex change operation
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Our film critics review David O Russell’s take on the life of Joy Mangano, the inventor of the self-wringing Miracle Mop
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Our film critics review an epic adventure based on the true story behind Moby-Dick
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Nigel M Smith interviews Kaufman and the film’s puppeteers as he discovers how much work goes into creating the detail of every aspect of Michael’s world, including puppet pubic hair
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The duo’s Saturday Night Live success helped women wisecrack their way to the top of the box office and now the pair are back with a new film
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Financial crashes have always been catnip for film-makers, and now The Big Short joins the long list of movies that try to capture the mania of banking
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Captain Kirk is still a fan of the Beastie Boys, Idris Elba could do with some skin cream and Bones is having a terrible time
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A female Iranian vampire, forbidden love and Pixar’s brilliant depiction of a teen’s inner turmoil helped make 2015 a great year for cinema
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On the eve of the limited US release of his film Where to Invade Next, the film-maker says that he expects Trump to be the Republican candidate
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Will Ferrell knows exactly how to make us laugh. He’s back with Mark Wahlberg for his latest film, Daddy’s Home, and will soon return as Mugatu in Zoolander 2. Tim Adams meets him to see what’s behind the most expressive jowls in America
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The Danish actor on regrets, his strict upbringing and how time spent with soldiers on his new film, A War, changed his views
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She won an Emmy for her role in How to Get Away With Murder – and admiration for her inspiring acceptance speech
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He’s known for playing misfits in There Will Be Blood and Little Miss Sunshine – now the actor is turning his back on Hollywood to take on Tolstoy
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He’s made a French film and played Ronald Reagan but, for a loyal army of fans, he will always be Ash from The Evil Dead. We salute a cult legend
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She won an Oscar for her first film, 12 Years A Slave. Now Lupita Nyong’o is back, in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. She talks aliens, sudden fame and family
regulars
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Five best momentsFive best momentsToni Collette: five best momentsThe Oscar-nominated actor stars as a mother battling a devil-goat during Christmas in festive comedy horror Krampus, but what have been her greatest films?
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The film quizThe film quizComplete the Star Wars quote – quizAs The Force Awakens looms, cast your mind back to the original Star Wars trilogy. Here are 10 key lines of dialogue … with a little bit missing. Fill in the blanks
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DVDs and downloads
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Philip French's classic DVDPhilip French's classic DVDThe Ladykillers review – the greatest comedy caperAlec Guinness’s thieves without honour are no match for Katie Johnson’s Mrs Wilberforce in this allegory of postwar Britain
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Charlie Lyne's home entertainmentCharlie Lyne's home entertainmentMaking A Murderer, a frighteningly addictive true-crime taleBegun before the streaming platform even existed, this new Netflix documentary is made for binge-watching
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Guy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGuy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsThe Bridge; The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson; The Shop Around the Corner; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg; Sister; The Dead – reviewIf the week’s major releases aren’t very Christmassy, then here are a few suggestions to get you in the festive mood
you may have missed
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The brassy confidence of Robert Siodmak’s twisted 1944 tale – starring Gene Kelly cast against type as a charming murderer – deserves to win it more plaudits during the annual Frank Capra love-in
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Quentin Tarantino leads a stampede of movies harking back to the days of the old frontier – and TV is transplanting the genre to Yorkshire
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Jennifer Peedom set out to make a documentary about the untold role the Sherpas play in helping wealthy western climbers conquer Mount Everest, but when an avalanche hit during her shoot, she ended up with an even bigger story
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Worried you won’t know Captain Phasma from C-3PO? As the latest episode arrives in cinemas, here’s a handy guide to the deep mythology of the Star Wars universe – from new characters to old favourites
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From the true nature of the Force to actual the cost of the Death Star, we search for the science fact in the world’s most popular science fiction
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Not a fan but keen to keep up? Before the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we tell you everything you need to know about Luke Skywalker and co
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Ratings boards have assigned 12A and PG-13 ratings to JJ Abrams’s highly anticipated forthcoming movie. But is the new episode really any scarier than The Empire Strikes Back?
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