4 h. ago Dead Man’s Wire review – Gus Van Sant calls the shots with surreal true

Venice film festivalAl Pacino, Colman Domingo and Myha’la excel in this gripping take on the events of 1977 when an Indianapolis businessman held his mortgage broker hostage With terrific chutzpah, black-comic flair and cool, cruel unsentimentality, screenwriter Austin Kolodney and director Gus Van Sant have made a true-crime suspense thriller set in the 1970s, tapping into the spirit of both Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon and Network. Apart from anything else, it is a reminder that in that post-Kennedy, post-Watergate age, plenty of lawless and febrile things happened that would now be considered phenomena purely attributable to social media.In 1977, an Indianapolis businessman named Tony Kiritsis, with many acquaintances in the police department, kidnapped a mortgage broker named Richard Hall, and tied Hall’s neck with a “dead man’s wire” to his shotgun, which would therefore go off if police sharpshooters tried to kill him. Kiritsis even paraded his victim like this on TV while...

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29 h. ago Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson set for Bayern Munich loan with £56.2m obligation to buy

Jackson defied Chelsea’s request to fly back to London when the deal collapsed on Saturday

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37 h. ago Tottenham now open talks to sign £43m star who's ready to fly to London

Tottenham now open talks to sign £43m star who's ready to fly to London  Football FanCast

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3 d. ago Hypersonic space plane could fly from London to New York in 1 hour by 2031

Hypersonic space plane could fly from London to New York in 1 hour by 2031  supercarblondie.com

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5 d. ago Prince Harry set to meet King Charles on UK return but William rejects reunion

EXCLUSIVE: Relations between the Duke of Sussex and the King have begun to ease following an informal peace summit with Buckingham Palace officials as Harry is due to fly back to London

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5 d. ago Schoolgirls smash 'male builders' stereotype with the ultimate work experience at LEGO

The 'She Built That' event saw 350 girls tackle roles including art director, boom operator, set builders and stylist in addition to performing as dancers in the final show

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5 d. ago Original Harry Potter director says set photos of new TV series left him asking ‘What’s the point?’

‘It’s more of the same,’ says filmmaker

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1 week ago Emily in Paris 'filming halted' as director dies after collapsing on set

Netflix's Emily in Paris assistant director has died while working on the fifth series of the Lily Collins-fronted Netflix romantic comedy.

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1 week ago This Hypersonic Space Plane Will Fly From London to N.Y.C. in an Hour

This Hypersonic Space Plane Will Fly From London to N.Y.C. in an Hour  Robb Report

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1 week ago ‘If the devil did exist, he’d be just such a gentleman’: Neil Jordan remembers Terence Stamp

The Company of Wolves director on casting the late actor and an unforgettable hour on set involving Stamp, a Rolls-Royce and a shrivelled skullObituary of Terence StampTerence Stamp: a life in picturesWe were making The Company of Wolves. And we had a problem. With Angela Carter, I had written a scene where the devil drives a cream-coloured Rolls-Royce through an imaginary forest, chauffeured by the young dreamer Rosaleen, played by Sarah Patterson.My initial thought was for Andy Warhol to play the devil. Those pale-blue eyes and that blank expression framed by the blond wig. Andy read the script and liked it. Stephen Woolley, the producer, flew to New York to talk to him, but he was recovering from being shot by Valerie Solanas, who seemed to think he was the actual devil. He said he would play the part, if we shot his scenes in New York. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man Utd search comes to an end with Premier League raid 'close to completion'

Manchester United are closing in on the appointment of a new academy director, with Stephen Torpey set to make the move to Old Trafford from Premier League rivals Brentford

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2 w. ago Misper review – mystery, melancholy and murder in a faded seaside town

A crumbling hotel is the setting for a debut feature about the uneasy aftermath of a young woman’s death, which transcends the tired tropes of the crime dramaHere is a solid first feature debut from director Harry Sherriff, an atmospheric crime drama set in a gloomy, decaying seaside town, with an eerie depiction of grief experienced by those who exist within the margins of the life of a murdered girl.The film follows Leonard (Samuel Blenkin), a meek hotel concierge who has a boyish crush on his charming 25-year-old colleague Elle (Emily Carey). Dressed in a red raincoat with short dark hair and a wry smile, Elle’s character is very much reminiscent of Jordana Bevan in Richard Ayoade’s 2010 film Submarine, as is the dry sardonic humour peppered into the script. Leonard and Elle’s exchanges are awkward yet sweet, teetering on the edge of a true connection. That is, until Elle doesn’t show up to work one day and reports of a missing person trickle through the town. The hotel staff are...

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2 w. ago You Can Fly to Europe for Under $130 This Fall—Destinations Include London, Paris, and Rome

You Can Fly to Europe for Under $130 This Fall—Destinations Include London, Paris, and Rome  Travel + Leisure

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3 w. ago Director set to fly to London to tie up deal for experienced Tottenham player

Director set to fly to London to tie up deal for experienced Tottenham player  Spurs Web

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3 w. ago Happy Gilmore 2 director teams with another comedy icon after dominating Netflix charts

Happy Gilmore 2 director Kyle Newacheck is set to team up with another comedy legend for his next movie after the Netflix sequel became a huge hit with fans

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3 w. ago China unveils supersonic jet that can fly from London to New York in THREE HOURS

China say the C949 could reduce Britain to New York journey time from the usual seven hours to less than half that, making transatlantic travel much quicker than it is currently

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4 w. ago British teenager boards wrong flight at Menorca airport and ends up in Italy

Boy, 15, became separated from his family, who were due to fly back to London Stansted, at island’s Mahon airportA British teenager separated from his family at a busy Spanish airport on Monday boarded a flight to Italy instead of his return flight to London.The 15-year-old was supposed to fly with Tui from Menorca to Stansted but disappeared in the island’s Mahon airport. Continue reading...

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