38 h. ago ‘Allegory for the times we live in’: De Niro and Scorsese reunite for Casino at 30

Director and star of the Vegas-set mafia drama spoke to an audience as part of this year’s Tribeca film festival, looking back at their 1995 hit and its timeless themesFor this year’s Tribeca film festival, the annual New York salute to moviemaking featured a special screening of Casino, the Martin Scorsese-directed drama starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone, timed to its 30th anniversary. But even though the splashy epic premiered in this same city back in November 1995, its themes of power, money, greed and ego are echoing in the modern ethos louder than ever.“You can go back to the ancient Greek tragedies,” said Scorsese, speaking alongside De Niro and moderated by standup comedian W Kamau Bell on stage at the Beacon Theater before the screening. “It’s a basic story of hubris and pride, with the pride taking us all down.” Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Love Island 2025: Meet the contestants as one person dramatically exits before launch

Presenter Maya Jama has promised the show is set to have ‘more drama’ and ‘more twists’ than ever before

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3 d. ago ITV Emmerdale spoilers reveal shock prison twist and character axe after 11 years

Emmerdale is set to be full of drama next week as the village is rocked by Nate Robinson's murder, with one resident facing a stint in prison, while another could be set to leave

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3 d. ago Netflix true crime thriller slammed by critics as ‘underwhelming’

An intriguing true crime thriller has shot to the top of the Netflix charts, but it has left critics divided

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3 d. ago Netflix’s ‘chilling’ murder mystery shoots to top of the charts despite ‘underwhelming’ reviews

A murder mystery film is currently at the top of Netflix’s movie chart - but is it worth watching?

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4 d. ago EastEnders fans 'work out' Zack paternity twist and it's nothing to do with Barney

EastEnders fans are convinced that Zack Hudson is set to welcome baby number four into the world following his drama with Barney Mitchell

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4 d. ago Love Island 2025: Meet the cast of ‘bigger’ and ‘bolder’ new summer series

Presenter Maya Jama has promised the show is set to have ‘more drama’ and ‘more twists’ than ever before

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5 d. ago Falling Into Place review – earnest romantic drama aims to nail the thirtysomething dilemma

A magical encounter on Skye leads to real life back in London in Aylin Tezel’s honest but difficult-to-care love storyGerman actor Aylin Tezel writes, directs and stars in this strident, fervent, oddly unreal romantic drama set in London and Skye; it is like the world’s longest TV banking ad without the humour that something like this needs. Yet for all its faults it’s an honest, flawed attempt to show how complicated it is to meet someone in your 30s who may be The One when both of you already have entanglements or relationships or ex-relationships.It looks like a very personal work from Tezel, with moments that could be taken from real life. Chris Fulton plays Ian, a guy who has come back to his home town in Skye for difficult family reasons, and in the pub he meets-cute, or meets-intense, with German set-designer Kira, played by Tezel. They have a magical night where they stay up all night talking, but then have to part, both back to London where they pursue their separate imperf...

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5 d. ago Netflix fans hail 'cream of the crop' British crime thriller as 'pure greatness'

The Scottish drama sees cranky detective Carl Morck, played by Matthew Goode, attempt to solve Edinburgh's cold cases from a shabby office.

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8 d. ago Inside the "strange and weird" world of Dept. Q with Edinburgh's Chloe Pirrie

Surreal, strange, weird... what happens when you set a Scandi noir crime drama in Scotland.

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8 d. ago Dept. Q Review: Is the new Netflix crime drama set in Edinburgh worth watching?

There’s a new crimefighter on the streets of Auld Reekie in a hotly-anticipated new Netflix series - and we’ve seen the first two episodes.

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9 d. ago TODAY's TV WITH SARA WALLIS: Netflix's remake of hit Nordic crime drama airs on TV tonight

Dept. Q is arriving on Netflix today, with Downton Abbey's Matthew Goode starring as an arrogant detective who must lead a team of misfits in cracking an Edinburgh cold case

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9 d. ago Netflix's new 'gripping' Scots crime drama hits screens today

From the director of The Queen's Gambit, the Edinburgh-based police drama will be released on Netflix today, Thursday May 29.

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9 d. ago Graham King & Ray Winstone Team For Crime Drama Series Set In London’s East End

Graham King & Ray Winstone Team For Crime Drama Series Set In London’s East End  Deadline

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9 d. ago Dept. Q review: Edinburgh's murder rate increases again as Matthew Goode's rogue detective delights in Netflix drama

There’s a new crimefighter on the streets of Auld Reekie in a hotly-anticipated new Netflix series - and we’ve seen the first two episodes.

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1 week ago Dept Q review – this excellent crime drama is a grimy, gothic treat

After getting another officer killed, a detective is forced to head up a cold-case department in a dank basement. This Scotland-based adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Danish crime novels is fantastic, rich TVIt must be so galling for an actor to be blessed with just the right face for one kind of part. Galling for good actors anyway. Pretty sweet for the others – “You need a face someone would definitely kill for? Put this useless hunk/babe in there and just move the scenery round them.”Matthew Goode is, nomenclaturally and otherwise, one of the former, but cursed with a face best described as “modern patrician” and has therefore been the first port of call for just about every period drama there has been for the last 20 years. He’s been in everything from Brideshead Revisited (as Charles Ryder) on the big screen, to Downton Abbey (Henry Talbot) and The Crown (where at least he got to play that bounder Lord Snowdon) on the small one. Judging by the relish with which he seizes the c...

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1 week ago Downton Abbey star Matthew Goode looks unrecognisable in new Netflix thriller

Matthew Goode stars in Netflix's latest crime thriller Dept Q. as a broken but brilliant detective and terrible colleague - worlds away from his polished days as Henry Talbot.

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1 week ago Dept. Q Cast: Here are all of the Scottish actors in Netflix's new crime drama

Though the cast is lead by Matthew Goode, there are plenty of Scottish cast members in Dept. Q.

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1 week ago Dept. Q on Netflix: What it's about, episodes, full cast and where you've seen them before

The streaming platform's latest drama is set in Scotland

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1 week ago Edinburgh winter festivals worth almost £200 million to city – report

The events drew more than 2.8 million visitors

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