10 h. ago Why small farmers can’t fix our hunger problem | Cassandra Loftlin

Big farmers grab the lion’s share of US government support, and recent cuts have chipped away at small growers’ markets and marginsThe most significant food system failure since the pandemic was not a natural disaster: in October, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) was temporarily suspended for the month of November due to the government shutdownMore than 40 million people had to ration food, skip meals and make sacrifices we might associate with the Great Depression, not 21st-century America. Churches, community groups and neighbors sprang into action. They checked on single moms juggling multiple jobs, elderly friends living alone, people with disabilities and large families with children too young for school lunch programs. And though food stamps were restored, the Trump administration is now threatening to pull Snap funds from Democratic-led states. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Ballon d'Or winner denied Chelsea switch and then got "even better" transfer

Chelsea have been among European football's biggest spenders for much of the 21st century but one failed deal more than a decade ago could be the one that got away

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20 h. ago 'One of the greatest British films of 21st century' on Film 4 tonight

This iconic coming of age drama and award winning film stars Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jack O'Connell and Vicky McClure, and later inspired several hit TV mini series

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20 h. ago 'Fantastic' drama 'glues viewers to their seats' on Film 4 tonight

An ‘insane’ flick featuring an award winning British actor was filmed in one-shot and had fans fixated with the intense world of the main character and his struggles

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20 h. ago 'Guilty pleasure' horror film is 'so bad it's good' on ITV tonight

This film is the fourth in the iconic shark thriller saga and was released in 1987, with many film fans claiming it's more of a 'guilty pleasure' than a horror movie

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22 h. ago Europe is holding the line against Trump’s and Putin’s plans for Ukraine. But it won’t be able to for ever | Martin Kettle

In the 21st-century imbalance of power, Europe and Nato have neither the arms nor the wealth to impel Russia or the US to take its peace settlement seriouslyThe failure of this week’s peace talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff fits into a now well-established pattern of standoffs on Ukraine during Trump’s second term. But the dynamic that produced these talks may be becoming more entrenched. The US and Russian interests driving the process have not changed, while the conflict on the ground is intensifying. The lack of progress this week means there will be another attempt to end the war soon, and perhaps another after that, until, one day, there is some kind of US-backed deal to halt the conflict on terms broadly favouring Russia.The geopolitical algorithm driving this effort is too consistent to ignore. It has been repeated ever since Trump re-entered the White House in January. On the campaign trail, Trump had claimed he could stop the war in a day. ...

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38 h. ago Mr Men Little Miss feature film in the works from Paddington producers

David Heyman has joined the French media company StudioCanal with plans to bring one of the bestselling children’s book series of all time to the screenThe film-makers behind the successful Paddington series are to embark on a feature film adaptation of another British family favourite, the Mr Men and Little Miss series of illustrated children’s books.David Heyman, whose Heyday Films produced Paddington and Paddington 2 as well as the Harry Potter series, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and White Noise, is to join with the UK arm of French media company StudioCanal to make the film. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Mr Men and Little Miss feature film in the works from Paddington producers

David Heyman has joined the French media company StudioCanal with plans to bring one of the bestselling children’s book series of all time to the screenThe film-makers behind the successful Paddington series are to embark on a feature film adaptation of another British family favourite, the Mr Men and Little Miss series of illustrated children’s books.David Heyman, whose Heyday Films produced Paddington and Paddington 2 as well as the Harry Potter series, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and White Noise, is to join with the UK arm of French media company StudioCanal to make the film. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago 'Brutal' war film so good 'you can smell the gunpowder' on Film 4 tonight

This War World II film has a star-studded cast as Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs, and Scott Eastwood in its 'raw' depiction of war

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44 h. ago 'Phenomenal' period drama with tragic Brit star on Film 4 tonight

The film which lasts for almost two hours won three Oscars, but it's stood the test of time with many film fans giving it five stars for the storyline and star-studded cast

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45 h. ago Quentin Tarantino has strong opinions about Paul Dano and none of them are right | Sian Cain

Tarantino has called Dano a ‘weak, weak uninteresting guy’, ‘the giant flaw’ in There Will Be Blood – and the main reason it is not his favourite film of the 21st centuryHow does the saying go? Opinions are like arseholes? Arseholes like opinions? Anyway: Quentin Tarantino went on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast this week to announce his 20 favourite films of the 21st century – a list that starts with Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down at No 1 and finishes on Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story at 20, by way of a few surprises (Toy Story 3 in second spot, Midnight in Paris at 10).But the wildest of wild takes was revealed in his No 5 pick, There Will Be Blood, when Tarantino declared Paul Dano was the film’s “giant flaw”. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Quentin Tarantino names his surprising top ten films of the 21st century with a war movie taking first place

The Pulp Fiction director revealed his top ten movies of the 21st century, with a war film leading the list. The filmmaker's list also surprisingly included an animated movie in second place.

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52 h. ago Guillermo del Toro to receive the British Film Institute’s highest honour

‘This is the honour of a lifetime and a thrilling moment in a storyteller’s life,’ says the Mexican director

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52 h. ago Guillermo del Toro to be given BFI Fellowship for ‘extraordinary contribution’

The Mexican director will be honoured at a dinner next year.

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60 h. ago ‘He asked me what I’d done sexually with a woman’: how Joy Gharoro

The rising star has made her debut film, Dreamers, a semi-autobiographical love story set in an immigration detention centre. She talks about fleeing persecution in Nigeria – and what she learned from French new waveJoy Gharoro-Akpojotor had a little wobble when she stepped on to the stage after the screening of her debut feature, Dreamers, at the London film festival. The Nigerian-British director’s film is a love story set in an immigration detention centre. It had already premiered in Berlin earlier this year. But showing her semi-autobiographical film to a home crowd in London felt exposing. “I suddenly had this feeling: Oh my God, everyone can see me. Everyone knows everything about me.” She laughs.Gharoro-Akpojotor has built a reputation as a rising star producer. Her company Joi Productions makes films telling black, female and gay stories. (“All of the above, sometimes individually.”) Her credits include Rapman’s Blue Story and Aml Ameen’s romcom Boxing Day, and she is curre...

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64 h. ago UK’s favourite Christmas film confirmed – and it’s not Love Actually

An American comedy classic is officially the Christmas film most loved by British public

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65 h. ago 'Phenomenal' Christmas movie from 20 years ago now on Netflix

One of the best Christmas movies of the 21st Century has just been added to Netflix

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3 d. ago 'Instant cult classic' movie with unlikely Strangers Things star on Film 4 tonight

This action meets comedy Christmas film has a star studded cast and hilarious storyline making it a fan favourite with reviews praising the gritty action and festive twist

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3 d. ago Leona Lewis’s One More Sleep is most streamed 21st century Christmas song

Coldplay’s Christmas Lights came second in the list.

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3 d. ago The top 100 photos of 2025 from The Associated Press: Images that defined the year

Years come and go, sometimes before we even realize that time has passed. Events blur and run together. The news is overwhelming, and even those who follow it closely can feel a sense of unremitting vertigo. Such is 21st-century life on a connected and chaotic planet.

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