movies
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Denzel Washington’s adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning play about race, family and dysfunction is real, raw and deserves recognition
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Continuing our series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Catherine Shoard explains why Steve McQueen’s film deserved to triumph over Gravity
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Fewer than 12% of characters in last three years’ best film nominees 60 years old or more, university paper shows
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Removal of key platform could lead to loss of discussion within film community and make site irrelevant
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The new wave of 80s TV remakes delights in an ironic self-awareness – but when every recognisable brand has been plundered, what next for Hollywood’s directors?
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The director and cast of Kong: Skull Island, including Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson, discuss filming opposite an 85ft ape – while using as little green screen as possible
best films of 2016
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The Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the US this year
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Our countdown of 2016’s top films concludes as Benjamin Lee salutes a poetic and poignant movie that depicted the life of a gay black man with heart-swelling humanity
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As our countdown nears its conclusion, Catherine Shoard picks – in joint second place – a German comedy that pokes extravagant fun at work, life and imbalanced family ties
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EL James’s panting couple are back – but director Sam Taylor-Johnson is not – in this daft yet dull S&M soap
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This sophisticated pop culture adventure set in a world of Lego bricks just might rescue DC Comics’ battered reputation
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A strange, shameful chapter of history is dusted off by Amma Assante to make this earnestly stirring Empire drama
video & audio
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The star and director of the sequel to the hit film about a hitman upset by the death of his puppy discuss whether cinema needs to show the consequences of violence
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In this teaser to the second part of mockumentary series Team Thor, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) tries to pay rent with a pumpkin, and lobbies for a servant.
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The star and director of Fences, adapted from the late August Wilson’s Pulitzer prize-winning play, discusses the impact of the diversity debate on his film
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Emma Stone accepts the award for best actress at the 2017 Bafta Awards at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday
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Highlights from the 2017 Bafta Awards, which took place at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night
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Director Ken Loach accepts the Bafta award for Best British Film for his portrayal of life in the British welfare system
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The star of Mike Mills’s Oscar-nominated 20th Century Women speaks of her admiration for the former president
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Red Nose Day will kick off with a belated sequel to the 2003 hit – here’s how I think the plot ought to play out, hot air balloon crashes and all
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The BBC’s five-part miniseries, adapted from Len Deighton’s novel, holds up handsomely on the big screen, favouring film noir style over pulp content
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The bundle of luxury goods given to Academy Award nominees is an unofficial cash-in – and could mean a hefty tax bill for its recipients
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James Cameron has called the Oscars biased, but should box-office smash hits like his really be rewarded with prizes?
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The star talks about her novels for neglected women, missing her ‘dear pal’ Victoria Wood – and how it was a miracle she survived the lorry attack in Nice
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Jobless and expecting, the comedy actor channelled her frustrations into her directorial debut, delivering a funny, gory and subversive horror film
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The Hairspray director is famed for his boundary-trashing B-movies but he hopes Trump’s presidency will inspire the next wave of punk-rock film-makers
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He uses a walker, and a stroke has affected his speech, but the old charm is still there as the actor recalls his old Hollywood friends Burt Lancaster and John Wayne – and how he was never really a tough guy
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The Native American actor and breakout star of Certain Women on stereotyped casting, her famous forebears and horseback riding with Kristen Stewart
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One of America’s great comics for the past 60 years, the maker of films Blazing Saddles and The Producers talks about why he can’t take the president seriously – and the White House sidekicks that are no laughing matter
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The Oscar-winning actor is nominated again for box-office smash Hidden Figures, the story of Nasa’s black female mathematicians. She talks about diversity, her mentor Whoopi Goldberg – and being a control freak
regulars
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UK box office reportUK box office reportLego Batman stacks up ahead of Fifty Shades Darker at UK box officeThe erotic sequel is blocked out – just – by the family comedy, counting preview traffic, while La La Land and Lion each see an encouraging Bafta-winning boost
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Charlie Lyne's home entertainmentCharlie Lyne's home entertainment555: would you pay good money for a hipster sketch series?Vimeo are the next streaming site to do original programming, but their surreal show about a bunch of Hollywood misfits could be worth coughing up for
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Mark Kermode's film of the weekMark Kermode's film of the weekPrevenge review – audacious horror from a mother of inventionWriter-director Alice Lowe stars as an expectant mother urged into a killing spree by her unborn baby
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Guy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGuy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsCameraperson; Trolls; We Are the Flesh; Blood Father; Cover Girl; The Demons – reviewKirsten Johnson’s remarkable debut is an intimate look at life behind the lens, while Trolls charms, briefly, thanks to its Glee-style songs
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Week in geekWeek in geekIn space, no one can hear you steal: is new sci-fi film Life just an Alien remake?Hollywood has caught the sci-fi bug again. But can the forthcoming space thriller improve on Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror, or will it be just another Inseminoid?
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John PattersonJohn Patterson#OscarsSoWorthy: should the biggest blockbuster bag best picture instead?James Cameron has called the Oscars biased, but should box-office smash hits like his really be rewarded with prizes?
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Past lovers Nina Hoss and Stellan Skarsgård border on the unlovable in this slow-paced drama, but Volker Schlöndorff’s film rewards patience for its final twist
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The actor has had another airborne incident, this time almost landing on top of a Boeing 737 at a California airport after mistaking a taxiway for the runway
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The Finnish screenwriter employs his usual sensitivity to highlight the experiences of two men who flee their homes and form an unlikely friendship
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The Clint Eastwood political potboiler is a fascinatingly terrible film built from hair-brained anti-Clinton conspiracy theories, but what role does it play today?
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All the stars were at the awards ceremony. And so was our columnist, stuffing his face with weird food and applauding everything from duff skits to political point-scoring
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James Gray’s introspective tale of adventurer Percival Fawcett’s obsession with a lost Amazonian city is a twist on the familiar Conrad jungle narrative
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The film studio has been known for adventures such as the Hunger Games – but the musical hit hints at a new Hollywood trend: smaller is bigger
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