Movies
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5 out of 5 stars.
The Masque of the Red Death review – horribly apt Poe adaptation
5 out of 5 stars.Roger Corman’s 1964 cult classic about a medieval pestilence closing in on a decadent count played by Vincent Price has uncomfortable resonance -
3 out of 5 stars.
Tokyo Dragon Chef review – ramen-themed yakuza musical comedy
3 out of 5 stars.Yoshihiro Nishimura throws every ingredient into this overblown, overcooked and oddly endearing underworld romp
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2 out of 5 stars.
The Rental review – predictable cabin-in-the-woods scares
2 out of 5 stars.Dan Stevens and Alison Brie star in this horror-mystery, which has a nicely tense setup but degenerates into cliche -
Will Paul King’s planned prequel follow in the pawprints of Paddington? Or might it stick closer to Warner Bros’ most recent origins hit: Joker? -
2 out of 5 stars.
The Exception review – psycho-thriller foiled by lazy sexism
2 out of 5 stars.A group of unhinged women turn on each other in a by-the-numbers Danish drama written and directed by men
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2 out of 5 stars.
Pieces of a Woman – vehement but inauthentic childbirth drama
2 out of 5 stars.Kornél Mundruczó’s film, starring Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf as a young couple hit by tragedy, combines high trauma and horribly unconvincing stretches -
5 out of 5 stars.
There’s not much logic involved in this weird and wonderful story of a pianist who is accidentally transported to a strange, otherworldly domain -
3 out of 5 stars.
Wonder Woman 1984 – queenly Gal Gadot disarms the competition
3 out of 5 stars.Gadot is terrifically imposing, while Kristen Wiig is the scene-stealing antagonist in Patty Jenkins’ epically brash sequel
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Promising Young Woman – Carey Mulligan ignites fiery #MeToo revenge tale
3 out of 5 stars. -
Sylvie's Love review – heartfelt period romance is a thrilling throwback
4 out of 5 stars.
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Video & audio
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Hollywood star and former California governor combines a classic Terminator quote with a visit to a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in Los Angeles
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Josh Toussaint-Strauss looks back over the history of Vodou and its portrayal in popular culture to find out how it came to be so vilified
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When Grace Shutti was growing up, black culture was synonymous with African Americans. Now, Africans have become a leading voice in black culture, but how did this come about?
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Historians estimate that one in four cowboys were African American, though you’d never guess because the conventional Hollywood image of a cowboy is a white man
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Josh Toussaint-Strauss discusses why audiences expect bad things to happen to black characters and explores how a new generation of black creators are using horror to subvert the negative tropes
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The pro-wrestler turned Hollywood actor said in a message posted on Instagram that he, his wife and their two young children had 'a rough go' after testing positive for Covid-19 in recent weeks
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With a star-studded promo video promising a new movie every week, Netflix has stated its intention: to blow Disney+ and its kind out of the water -
Schwarzenegger used to exemplify politico-showbiz ridiculousness. Now he's our true moral governator
Sword in hand, the governator’s clarion call for decency on YouTube was cheesy but also genuinely heartfelt and stirring -
Forever remembered as the dolly bird prone to wardrobe malfunctions, the actor was a survivor whose career was forged in groundbreaking 60s realism -
The star’s spectacularly misjudged performance as a gay Broadway actor in Ryan Murphy’s equally tone-deaf Netflix musical is a new low for Hollywood
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He has played a pivotal role in bringing black drama to British screens – but Noel Clarke must still battle for recognition. As his hit cop show Bulletproof returns, he talks about fighting prejudice, returning to the Tardis – and saying no to America -
The actor on filming the third series of the hit Netflix comedy, being taught cinema history by Scorsese – and the perils of toilet-training his cat
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The Game On actor has had Hollywood success without becoming an A-lister. But working with Malick, Stone and Francis Ford Coppola has made for an interesting career
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A hit at the festivals, Quo Vadis, Aida? explores the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, informed by its creator’s experiences of war -
The scene-stealing star of the French comedy series on her journey from a prank show in Paris to co-stardom with Matt Damon -
He’s revered for shooting Ways of Seeing with John Berger, but Mike Dibb has made films about all the giants of culture – as well as Wimbledon tennis balls. He looks back on a dazzling career
Regulars
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4 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Dear Comrades! review – dreams and disillusionment of a Communist party stalwart
4 out of 5 stars.The deadly Soviet response to a workers’ strike tests a mother’s faith in communism in Andrei Konchalovsky’s harrowing drama based on true events -
Shape-shifting Tom Ripley, ill-met strangers on a train… cinema’s love affair with Highsmith’s thrillers was immediate, and shows no signs of cooling off -
Now the Marvel head honcho has been brought into the fold, the Star Wars saga needs to try something more thrilling than it current cosy, reactive approach -
As a new drama about India’s caste system shows, films about masters and servants are often surprisingly subversive
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The Oscar-tipped Netflix drama centers on a harrowing and effective scene of loss yet its attempt to deal with the fallout fails to ring true
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The co-director of the haunting documentary, filmed inside the city’s hospitals during the first outbreak, explains why it is so important -
The Darren Aronofksy-produced documentary Some Kind of Heaven explores the Baby Boomer mecca that is the Villages and asks: what happens when fantasy becomes a nightmare? -
In a myth-busting new film, director Stanley Nelson looks back on the crack epidemic on the 1980s and how the government harmed the black community
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Quo Vadis, Aida? review – shattering return to Srebrenica
5 out of 5 stars.