42 h. ago Steven Soderbergh: ‘Erin Brockovich wouldn’t get made today unless you get Timothée Chalamet’

The Oscar-winning director of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, ‘Out of Sight’ and ‘Magic Mike’ speaks to Adam White about weathering the box office disappointment of his brilliant new film ‘Black Bag’, and his fears for the future – not only when it comes to his career, but Hollywood itself

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4 d. ago The original Star Wars is back – but what if George Lucas is right about it not being much good?

After 48 years, the 1977 theatrical cut of the movie is set to screen again this summer. It will surely look rather different this time roundCast your mind back, lightsaber-wielding relics of a certain age, to the first time you saw the 1977 theatrical cut of Star Wars. Was it in a cinema, surrounded by gaggles of wide-eyed space cadets astounded by this glittering, laser-blasted disco ball? Or perhaps on a VHS recorded off ITV’s small-screen premiere in 1982? Perhaps, if you’re under 30, you’ve never actually seen it, and a Star Wars without crappy CGI Jabbas, Greedo shooting first and gratuitous Tatooine dinosaurs is something you can’t even imagine. Maybe you actually think it’s called A New Hope, and is a sequel to all those brilliant films about Anakin Skywalker, trade route embargos, and midichlorians.And perhaps you’re right. It’s so long since we’ve seen the original version of Star Wars, our collective memories of it as a gritty, charming space western may be nothing more t...

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6 d. ago 20 brilliant films that should have won the Oscar for Best Picture

...and the movies that beat them

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9 d. ago Michelle Williams hits out at controversial Best Picture Oscar winner: ‘What was that?’

It was considered one of the biggest upsets in awards history

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9 d. ago Michelle Williams calls out controversial Best Picture Oscar win: ‘What was that?’ (cloned)

It was considered one of the biggest upsets in awards history

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9 d. ago Michelle Williams hits out at controversial Best Picture Oscar win: ‘What was that?’

It was considered one of the biggest upsets in awards history

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1 week ago 5 Stephen Graham films and TV shows to watch after Netflix's Adolescence

Stephen Graham has appeared in some brilliant TV series and films over the years - here are five of the best that you can stream now.

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1 week ago ‘What was that?’ Michelle Williams hits out at controversial Best Picture Oscar win

It was considered one of the biggest upsets in awards history

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1 week ago Val Kilmer's greatest films: from The Doors to Top Gun, his top 10 performances

The best of Val Kilmer, who has sadly died at 65, but has left a brilliant legacy of films behind him

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2 w. ago Inside Andy Kaufman: SNL’s strange genius with an unsettling dark side

The unconventional star of ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Taxi’ is the subject of a brilliant new documentary film. Stevie Chick looks back at the life and work of one of comedy’s true originals

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