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Florence Pugh: ‘They tried to change my weight, my face, my eyebrows’
After turning her back on Hollywood glamour at 19, the British star’s offbeat trajectory has led to The Wonder – her best film yet.
- by Robbie Collin
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Dahmer commits many TV sins. These extraordinary shows prove it
A long-time bedrock of TV, this serial killer genre has proliferated in the streaming era to the point where it’s become numbingly familiar.
- by Paul Kalina
Pauline Chalamet tells why she avoided Hollywood for years
Seeing the whirlwind experience of her famous younger brother (yes, Timothee) convinced the Sex Lives of College Girls star to take a slower road to success.
- by Robert Moran
TV western’s unrelenting savagery will push you to the limit
Emily Blunt is an aristocrat seeking revenge in gory new series The English, which mixes Tarantino talk and Cormac McCarthy bloodshed.
- by Craig Mathieson
Monty Python’s Eric Idle: ‘I’ve survived cancer and crucifixion’
The veteran comic continues to look on the bright side at 79.
- by Nick Galvin
★★★
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After Don’t Worry Darling, here’s what Florence Pugh did next
The shape-shifting actor looks at home in 19th century Ireland as a nurse investigating mysterious “starving girls” in The Wonder.
- by Jake Wilson
The White Lotus twists the Italian Dream into a nightmare
Day two of the holiday is always better than day one, right?
- by Thomas Mitchell
28 million hours and counting: The Australian film that’s now a global hit on Netflix
Director Thomas M. Wright’s dark drama, The Stranger, was the third most-watched film on the streaming service globally last week.
- by Garry Maddox
★★★½
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The Crown is still great TV, despite moments of borderline parody
The fifth season works, but only just. Is it because we’re creeping towards the present day, where contemporary images of the Royal Family are too familiar?
- by Michael Idato
★★★★★
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Five stars: Del Toro’s gore-tastic horror anthology is must-watch TV
Like a modern Alfred Hitchcock, the Oscar-winning director of Shape of Water presents a creepy collection of delicious horror tales.
- by Kylie Northover
The TV romcom that Sex and the City’s creator was destined to make
Anchored by the peppy charisma of Neil Patrick Harris, romantic comedy Uncoupled zings with Darren Star’s usual snap, crackle and customary pizzazz.
- by Debi Enker