49 m. ago Mountainhead review – tech bros face off in Jesse Armstrong’s post

Weapons-grade zingers come thick and fast in this chamber piece about four plutocrats on a weekend in a lodge that goes awry when the planet descends into chaosJesse Armstrong has returned with what feels like a horribly addictive feature-length spin-off episode from the extended Succession Cinematic Universe – though without Succession cast members. It is set in a luxurious Utah megalodge which winds up resembling the Dr Strangelove war room, mixed with the apartment from Hitchcock’s Rope. Mountainhead is a super-satirical chamber piece about the deranged, cynical and facetious mindset of the uber-wealthy, the kind of people who think about ancient Rome every day, though not about Nero and his violin. It may not have the dramatic richness of Armstrong’s TV meisterwerk while the pure testosterone of this all-male main cast (minus any Shiv figure) is oppressive – though that is kind of the point. The pure density of weapons-grade zingers in the script is a marvel.Our heroes are four ...

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49 m. ago Mountainhead is Succession creator Jesse Armstrong’s exquisite but merciless modern satire

Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman and Ramy Youssef exemplify the reprehensible super-rich in this pitch-black comedy that asks: how far you can extend gallows humour?

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59 m. ago The Mastermind review – Josh O’Connor is world’s worst art thief in Kelly Reichardt’s unlikely heist movie

Cannes film festival Reichardt’s quietist, observational style is unexpectedly successful at creating a super-naturalistic depiction of an art gallery robberyIt needs hardly be said that the title is ironic. The abject non-hero of Kelly Reichardt’s engrossingly downbeat heist movie, set in 1970s Massachusetts, is weak, vain and utterly clueless. By the end, he’s a weirdly Updikean figure, though without the self-awareness: going on the run with no money and without a change of clothes, to escape from the grotesque mess he has made for himself and his family.This is James, played with hangdog near-charm by Josh O’Connor; he is an art school dropout and would-be architectural designer with two young sons, married to Terri (a minor complaint is that the excellent Alana Haim is not given enough to do). James depends on the social standing of his father Bill, a judge, formidably played by Bill Camp, and is borrowing large sums of money from his patrician mother Sarah (Hope Davis), ostens...

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60 m. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We see if 'It Feeds' satisfies horror fans' taste buds

Little originality on show but still works. on its own merits - just.

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1 hour ago BBC slam 'pure fiction' reports that Ncuti Gatwa leaving Doctor Who after just two seasons

The Scottish actor has been the face of the show for the past two years

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1 hour ago Who will win Aberdeen vs Celtic? Our writers predict Scottish Cup Final clash at Hampden

Our writers predict the Hampden showdown and by all accounts it's set to be a grim afternoon at the National Stadium for the Dandies

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1 hour ago Scots brothers aiming to be fastest to rowers across Pacific keeping morale high

Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean are aiming to be the fastest people to row across the Pacific.

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2 h. ago Tributes pour in after Billy Joel reveals brain disorder diagnosis: Latest updates

The singer-songwriter has cancelled all upcoming shows after being diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus

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2 h. ago Gangland cops arrest four men in latest morning raids after Scots firebombings

The arrests are being treated as part of the series of linked incidents across the country, with a total of 41 people arrested.

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2 h. ago Netflix’s ‘divisive’ new comedy series has fans ‘in a chokehold’ while others can't stand it

Tyler Perry's new political sitcom She the People dropped its first eight episodes this week

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2 h. ago Up to 43,000 criminals a year set to avoid jail under Labour's soft

A new sentencing review already been accepted 'in principle' by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood could see tens of thousands of offenders avoid jail each year, official data shows.

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2 h. ago Woman and police 'assaulted' in Glasgow park as man appears in court

A 36-year-old woman was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment.

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2 h. ago So, after 30 games without a win over Celtic, here's what Aberdeen MUST do to produce a Hampden shock

To stand a chance of becoming the first Aberdeen manager in 35 years to lift the Scottish Cup, Jimmy Thelin first must flick a psychological switch in his squad.

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2 h. ago Ewen Ferguson blitzes to the top of Soudal Open as nothing fancy plan works for Scots star in Belgium

Scottish star races clear of the pack after two days as no frills approach he settled on looks like paying off

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2 h. ago A biblical hatred is engulfing both sides in the Gaza conflict – and blinding them to reason | Jonathan Freedland

Israel starving Palestinians, two killings at a Jewish museum: both are atrocities. But vanishingly few can see itI sat this week with Hussein Agha, a man who has given his working life to seeking peace between Israelis and Palestinians, negotiating from the Palestinian side of the table. He was gloomier than I have ever seen him, adamant that peace between the two sides can never, ever come. Because, Agha explained, this conflict was not about mere lines on a map or forms of words, the goods in which diplomats trade. This was about emotions, and specifically hatreds. Hatreds that, he feared, are becoming too murderous to contain. “It’s biblical,” he said.What he had in mind was the fury that drove Hamas to slaughter around 1,200 Israelis on a sleepy Saturday morning nearly 20 months ago and the fury that has driven the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to bombard Gaza ever since, killing more than 50,000, according to the Hamas-controlled health ministry, and, over the last 80 days,...

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3 h. ago How we went goo goo for Labubu dolls: 'There's something primal about collecting them'

Pop Mart has promised to introduce a fairer system for buying the cult bag charms, but some fans are worried it’s gotten out of hand. India Block meets the obsessives

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3 h. ago The Barber in London at The Courtauld Gallery: 'a selection box with no duds'

The Barber in Edgbaston is being refurbished, which is lucky for Londoners as some of its best works are holidaying at The Courtauld

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3 h. ago McLaren boss snaps back at loss of form suggestion after Max Verstappen showed them up

Apples, pears and peaches were on the mind of Papaya boss Andrea Stella as the Italian responded to suggestions McLaren may have lost their overall advantage to Red Bull

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3 h. ago Public warned 'do not approach' man missing in Edinburgh with Liverpool accent

Cops are appealing for information on the whereabouts of Daniel Lewis who was last seen in the St Leonard's area of the capital around 4.25pm on Thursday, May 22.

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3 h. ago Sarwar: Reform voters are not racist, they are ‘scunnered’ and ‘frustrated’

Scottish Labour leader says Scotland is diverse and “welcoming” country

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