15 h. ago Iranian film director tells of Tehran prison torture after fleeing to Scotland

Javad Daraei is now living in Glasgow after being imprisoned in Iran where his films are banned.

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22 h. ago TV star's extreme parenting move she's too scared to tell other mums, director's savage comment on nepo baby star, plus which politician is making an eye

On the hit BBC show Dragons' Den , her empathy while dealing with entrepreneurs has earned her a reputation as 'the nicest dragon'.

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1 week ago Martin Scorsese no longer watches films in cinemas due to audience bad behaviour

Noise of phone conversations and guzzling of snacks have spoiled the experience, veteran director tells critic Peter TraversThe director Martin Scorsese has said that no longer watches films in theatres because he’s so appalled by the behaviour of his fellow cinemagoers.Speaking to US film critic Peter Travers for his blog, The Travers Take, Scorsese reportedly explained that he found himself too distracted by the chat and mobile-phone disturbance from the audience to concentrate on the film. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an Accident

Panahi, long censored and previously imprisoned in his home country, took top prize as Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent also honouredThe dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has won the top prize at the Cannes film festival for his drama It Was Just an Accident, inspired by his stints of imprisonment at the hands of the Iranian government.The film was the first made by the director after a ban on film-making was lifted – although he has continued to direct despite being expressly forbidden to do so. In 2011, a year after his first arrest, a copy of his drama This Is Not a Film was snuck into Cannes on a USB stick hidden in a cake. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Rob Ashford on directing Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet: 'the dancers loved it'

Turning The Who’s iconic album into a stage show has required a complex marriage of dance and theatre, director Rob Ashford tells Kelly Apter

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last month Alan Cumming on the magic of Pitlochry Festival Theatre: 'I love the soup to nuts aspect of the place'

As Pitlochry Festival Theatre gears up for its summer season, the venue’s new artistic director Alan Cumming tells Joyce McMillan what makes it so special

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