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The gang romance set in Brussels’ most notorious neighbourhood has earned comparisons to the 1995 French classic – and opened Hollywood’s doors for its Moroccan-Belgian directors
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The star of Disney’s remake of the 1977 cult classic talks about how storytelling has changed and how his role in the film is a refreshing change from darker, reality-based dramas
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The pair, who last collaborated on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, are in talks to work together again on follow-up to the 2013 zombie thriller
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Fans of The Office will enjoy seeing the sitcom’s shabby antihero again, as he tours his pop band towards inevitable disaster, but it’s a patchy comic reunion
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Group of more than 40 documentarians, including eight Oscar winners, has called on the justice department to investigate ‘harassment’ of citizen journalists
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The crime caper, titled Ocean’s Eight, will also star Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Helena Bonham Carter
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Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn and Kristen Bell shine in this lewd but safe comedy from the writers of The Hangover that sees what happens when stressed-out mothers cut loose
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Paul Greengrass and his star have upped the tech and chucked in references to Snowden, but it’s basic Bourne that remains most persuasive
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This accomplished finance drama feels fresh for its gender-switch dynamics – but did all the men need to be quite so dim?
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The directorial debut of Brady Corbet explores how a young American immigrant (Tom Sweet) manipulates the adults around him in post-first world war France
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In Australia to promote Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders talk about what Eddy and Patsy would make of Brexit and Twitter
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A cast including Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh and Harry Styles head up the ambitious new film from director Christopher Nolan
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Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme walks off during a live interview with Australia’s Channel Seven, saying it was “boring”
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The Guardian film team review the week’s big and small releases
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Ellen DeGeneres and Dominic West, the stars of Pixar sequel Finding Dory, join director Andrew Stanton to talk about the film
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The trailer for Suicide Squad, the superhero movie based on the DC Comics’ antihero team, directed by David Ayer and starring Will Smith
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After a record year at the box office in 2015, failed franchise-starters and tired superhero films have had an underwhelming time at the multiplex
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Struggles over the new Star Wars movie and DC’s ongoing travails suggest studios can’t cope with the demands of the ‘cinematic universe’ era
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While LGBT characters have appeared in blockbusters, fears of a backlash from older cinemagoers, and overseas audiences, keep them largely in the closet
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From Citizen Kane to Gangs of New York, cinema has been warning of the inexorable rise of the Republican candidate for years
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The director has limited himself to ‘pure drama’ for his 20th movie. Here he talks about Brexit, the vanished freedom of the 1980s, and his need for solitude
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Her new horror movie Lights Out is terrifying – but the actor insists she’s not a fan of blood and gore, and is more afraid of snakes than the supernatural
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How social-media activism (and an oddball sitcom) introduced the 80s star to a millennial audience
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Actor recalls how the online abuse she endured while playing Skyler White in Breaking Bad empowered her to play role in financial thriller
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Making any film in the Mojave desert would be difficult – never mind with a wine-swigging, naked Depardieu in tow. Valley of Love director Guillaume Nicloux explains how he did it
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The standup comic and film-maker discusses Don’t Think Twice – his follow-up to Sleepwalk With Me – and why nixing a potential TV show was the right call
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The writer-director has mined the darkest of subjects from stalking to rape to paedophilia. In Wiener-Dog he turns his attention to dachshunds and death
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Five best momentsFive best momentsWill Smith: five best momentsThe one-time blockbuster king hopes to regain his crown with DC’s ensemble action thriller Suicide Squad – but what have been his all-time greatest roles?
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The film quizThe film quizMatch the wedding to the movie – quizThis week sees the release of the rather self-explanatory Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, a crude comedy with Zac Efron and Adam Devine, but how well do you know other movie nuptials?
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UK box office reportUK box office reportCrime pays: DC's Suicide Squad tops UK box office with £11.25mDespite the disapproval of critics, the supervillain film had the third biggest opening of the year, and dwarfed the takings of the other films in the UK chart
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Charlie Lyne's home entertainmentCharlie Lyne's home entertainmentStonewall: False pride and unsung heroesRoland Emmerich’s movie, now on VoD, prioritises one man’s struggles at the expense of historical accuracy
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Silent but deadly!Silent but deadly!Sunset Boulevard: what Billy Wilder's satire really tells us about HollywoodThe scathing black comedy offers up bitterness and grotesquery but also a revealing, and complicated, look at the end of the silent era
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Guy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGuy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsSing Street; Midnight Special; Dheepan; Tale of Tales and others – reviewThe 80s reign again in a lovable high-school musical and a skin-prickling sci-fi chase, while Jacques Audiard’s Palme D’Or winner tells of Tamil refugees in Paris
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We’re three weeks away from the awards season onslaught, when studios release their biggest hopes for Oscars gold – from a Jackie O biopic to book adaptations
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The making of James Cameron’s 1986 space horror, as revealed in a book Aliens: The Set Photography. The book, which includes brand new set photos and commentary from cast member Carrie Henn, details how Cameron and his set designer Ron Cobb created the world in which Ripley and co are stalked by predatory aliens lead by a territorial queen
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Jenny Agutter: ‘Our motel in the Australian outback had draught-excluders on its doors – to keep the poisonous snakes from getting into bed with you’
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He rocketed to stardom in High School Musical as a clean-cut all-American kid. But Zac Efron is now notching up a string of muscular comedy performances to match his pecs
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As Penn and Gibson team up for a movie about a dictionary, here’s an A to Z of surefire comeback projects they could do instead
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A fresh cast of characters has given the movies a boost and the studios know they’re on a winner
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Barry Lyndon is perhaps Stanley Kubrick’s most charming protagonist – yet he is a bully, a deceiver and a snob
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