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Holy See-owned L’Osservatore Romano hails Tom McCarthy’s best picture Oscar winner, which shows systemic abuse and cover-ups by Catholic church
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Boyhood star believes her 2015 acceptance speech about Hollywood’s pay gap has affected her career as it ‘cost people some money’
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First Stephen Fry calls her a bag lady at the Baftas, then a string of stars fail to clap as she wins an Oscar. What has everyone got against this apparently very nice and talented woman?
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Asif Kapadia accused by Mitch Winehouse of making award-winning documentary out of self-interest: ‘He’s fooled everybody’
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Four well-spoken white Brits, one charming black Londoner and an Irishman prone to taking his shirt off are the favourites to don Daniel Craig’s tuxedo
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While the film industry still struggles with gender inequality today, the history of early and silent cinema is filled with female producers, directors and writers
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Youm7’s Shaimaa Abdel Monem was trolled online after stumbling over her lines during the post-Academy Awards press conference
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Gordon-Levitt had been in line to direct and star in the big-screen version of Gaiman’s graphic novel fantasy
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The Guardian film team’s roundup of Monday’s movie news and reviews
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Like its predecessor, Disney Animation Studios’ tale of a city populated by talking animals has been hailed for its feminist credentials
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The Witch director Robert Eggers and stars Anna Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie regale Nigel M Smith with stories of demonic animals
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Predators and prey learn to get along in this animated tale of species coexistence – until a stray comment from the bunny-cop heroine turns the whole place into a hate-filled Trump rally
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A cheap-looking sequel to Olympus Has Fallen has the capital city targeted by terrorists allowing the US president time to chill with his favourite security guard
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Terrence Malick’s study of Christian Bale’s torment is, despite moments of visual flairm, all smouldering dalliances, ruin-porn landscapes and self-pitying shallowness
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Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for the final time to review the latest big screen releases, including Sacha Baron Cohen’s ribald comedy Grimsby
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The Dailies podcastThe Dailies podcast'You say Zootopia, I say Zootropolis'; and Hail, Caesar! reviewed – the Dailies film podcastThe Guardian film team’s roundup of Monday’s movie news and reviews
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The Guardian film team’s roundup of Friday’s movie news
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Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen attends the LA premiere of his new film ‘The Brothers Grimsby’ as his character Nobby on Wednesday, and ‘endorses’ Donald Trump for president
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The first trailer for Paul Feig’s much-anticipated reboot of cult 80s classic Ghostbusters has been released
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The Guardian film team’s roundup of Thursday’s movie news
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A Scottish couple separate themselves from civilisation in an exclusive trailer for this poignant drama
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The Welsh-born actor may reckon he ‘didn’t quite nail’ the caped crusader, but he still rates higher than Batnippled George Clooney and Val ‘are you trying to get under my cape, doctor?’ Kilmer
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Controversy is still swirling in the ether, Melissa McCarthy looks to be at her improvisational best, and smacking someone hard in the face is the best way to carry out an exorcism
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David Thomson: This self-serving club has outlived its purpose, and reforming its membership will do nothing to make things better
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What could be better than sitting down with your beloved mother to see a heart-warming film? Literally anything, if these shockers are your options
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Even after The Graduate made him a superstar, he always saw himself as a ‘funny looking semitic guy’ on the fringes of fame. Five decades on he talks about racism and the movies, how Tootsie made him a feminist and why he wishes he was Jack Nicholson
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As his adaptation of JG Ballard’s 1975 sci-fi novel High-Rise is released, the director talks about his love of uncompromising films and why he reads all his reviews
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The superstar is playing a ‘numbskull’ for the Coens again in Hollywood satire Hail, Caesar! In an exclusive interview he talks about why he should have cast more black actors, the stranger-than-fiction presidential campaign and his faith in fellow Americans to ‘do the right thing’
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The American Beauty star, who is in the middle of a comeback after fighting addiction, talks about working with Terrence Malick on Knight of Cups and taking it off for American Horror Story: Hotel
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The great rule of thumb when working with the Coens, the actor says, is whether you can hear them guffawing like donkeys in the background
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He reported from firefights in Afghanistan and Vietnam. But when the face of America’s news took on George W Bush, he lost. As new film Truth tells his story, the anchor shares his regrets and settles scores
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The director of the Pixar film tipped to win the best animation Oscar on the emotions that didn’t make the cut – including Schadenfreude clad in lederhosen
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Five best momentsFive best momentsMorgan Freeman: five best momentsAs the Oscar-winning actor reprises his vice-presidential role in action sequel London Has Fallen, here’s a look back at his worthier film scenes
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The film quizThe film quiz'I’m so exhausted from tying my own bow tie' – the Oscars quote quizAwards, expensive clothes and controversy about a lack of diversity … this year’s Oscars had it all. But it also had stars opening their mouths and saying strange things. Do you know who said what?
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Charlie Lyne's home entertainmentCharlie Lyne's home entertainmentTeam Negative One: the Star Wars George Lucas doesn’t want you to seeDefying the wishes of its creator, fans are going to great lengths to recreate the iconic space opera in all its former glory
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Guy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGuy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsThe Lady in the Van; I’ll See You in My Dreams; Mississippi Grind; Fathers and Daughters; Meru and more – reviewMaggie Smith shines, Ben Mendelsohn impresses as a poker addict and Spike Lee shows his love of Michael Jackson
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Alienation, boredom – and puppetry? As you might expect from the master surrealist, this isn’t your usual introspective indie comedy-drama
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For years, pregnant women on film have either been neurotic, placid or walking grossout gags. Alice Lowe, who directed and starred in her own horror film at seven months, says we should expect more
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Voter prejudice is shouldering much of the blame for the Academy Awards’ lack of diversity. But who is really responsible?
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How should the Academy Awards address its diversity problem? The woman behind the hashtag, April Reign, shares her suggestions
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They earned the attention of the Academy – but which nominees married critical acclaim and commercial success?
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Leading the race for best supporting actor Oscar for his comeback in Creed, this self-made star’s creative fortunes have been inseparably bound to his most famous creation, Rocky Balboa
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Here’s a look at the new Star Wars attractions coming to Disneyland and Walt Disney World
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- Oscars 2016
- Oscars
- Awards and prizes
- Film industry
- Comedy (Film)
- Comedy (Culture)
- Drama
- Documentary
- Science fiction and fantasy
- The Revenant
- Deadpool
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Race issues
- London Has Fallen
- The Big Short
- Spotlight
- Hail, Caesar!
- Grimsby (aka The Brothers Grimsby)
- Coen brothers
Comment Does the Oscars boycott explain low ratings? No, but the box office might