9 h. ago Warner Bros sale: The $100bn battle for the soul of Hollywood

The bidding war for Warner Bros will determine the future of film — will London escape the fallout?

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23 h. ago ‘Beatlemania wasn’t like Taylor Swift — it came out of nowhere, like a meteorite’

Sean Ono Lennon has a timely festive message in his Oscar-winning film inspired by his parents’ song, Happy Xmas (War is Over) — and a thumbs-up to the actor who’s about to play his dad

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30 h. ago Rare Beauty gift sets review: why Selena’s Faves is the perfect Christmas pick

From a cosy everyday fragrance to the viral Soft Pinch blush, Rare Beauty’s gift sets tick every box for thoughtful Christmas beauty buys

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2 d. ago ‘To be really successful, you have to be sexy in a straight way’: Ben Whishaw on libidinous New York and playing Peter Hujar

Peter Hujar captured a queer Manhattan demi-monde that is now lost to Aids. Whishaw reveals what he learned playing the photographer in a minimalist film being hailed by some as a masterpieceOn 19 December 1974, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz went round to her friend Peter Hujar’s apartment in New York, and asked the photographer to describe exactly what he had done the day before. He talked in great detail about taking Allen Ginsberg’s portrait for the New York Times (it didn’t go well – Ginsberg was too performative for the kind of intimacy Hujar craved). He also described the Chinese takeaway he ate and how his pal Vince Aletti came round to have a shower. And he fretted about not being paid by Elle magazine.So what did Ben Whishaw, who plays him in the new film Peter Hujar’s Day, do himself the day before? The actor, on a video call from his home in London, rubbing his hands through his hair in a worried manner, says he could probably describe it in “about five sentences”, but aft...

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3 d. ago The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago. But its lessons live on in The Quiet American

Phillip Noyce’s political drama is a searing critique of American interventionism that feels all too pertinent todayGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAlden Pyle (Brendan Fraser) was a “quiet American”, says Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine) to a French policeman. “A friend,” he adds, as the lifeless corpse of Pyle stares back at him with a wretched expression.This is the scene that opens Phillip Noyce’s Vietnam-set political drama before the film flashes back a few months earlier to 1952 Saigon, where Fowler, an ageing Englishman, lives leisurely as a journalist reporting on the first Indochina war. When Pyle, a young American aid worker advocating for US intervention, falls for Fowler’s 20-year-old Vietnamese lover, Phượng (Đỗ Thị Hải Yến), the jaded reporter’s tranquil existence begins to unravel.Sign up for our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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8 d. ago 'Masterpiece' crime drama hailed the 'best thing on TV today' is a must

The show has been dubbed the "greatest television show of all time" by fans and has been given many 10/10 reviews

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8 d. ago 'Best TV series ever' that fan binged in a week is unmissable

The HBO drama has been hailed as a 'masterpiece' by viewers, who have been left 'seriously hooked' by the captivating storyline

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8 d. ago 'Best movie of the year' with Harry Potter icon now streaming

A "pulse-pounding" thriller that's been hailed as a "masterpiece" is ready to stream.

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9 d. ago Netflix adds ‘modern masterpiece’ thriller that keeps fans ‘constantly tense’

This 2014 masterpiece has been hailed as one of the best films of the 21st Century and is a must watch for thriller fans.

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9 d. ago 'Masterpiece' Western series hailed 'breath of fresh air' is available to stream now

An action-packed American Western crime drama is still a huge hit with fans fifteen years after the first season premiered, with some labelling it the ‘best TV series ever’

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1 week ago 'Best crime drama of all time' hailed 'masterpiece' by fans now streaming on Netflix

The beloved crime series ran for three seasons from 2013 until 2017

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1 week ago Superb Celta find Real Madrid and Bernabéu begrudgingly welcoming walk

Hosts were shown five cards in 38 seconds before Williot Swedberg delivered the coup de grace that left them bereftSunday night’s final scene at the Santiago Bernabéu was the way a final scene should be. Like something from a war film or a western, a heist movie or the truest romance, Williot Swedberg just walked calmly through the chaos and the noise, nothing the defeated could do now. Some had fallen, others just froze: all of them left behind with only the realisation, watching in slow motion as he went, their fate sealed and his victory secured, the story finished even before he had. Suitably cinematic and so cool.When did you last see someone literally walk the ball in? Here, of all places, it happened, and it was the perfect picture. An hour had gone when Swedberg, unseen, appeared like a shadow, providing a flick so subtle it wasn’t seen at first either and so soft it was like he was wearing slippers. That had deservedly delivered the opening goal, Celta leading 1-0. Now, int...

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1 week ago 'Masterpiece' crime series with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score hailed as 'the best Western ever made' and leaves viewers 'on the edge of their seats from the first episode'

A Paramount+ drama with a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes has been hailed as the 'best Western ever made' by viewers left 'on the edge of their seats'.

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1 week ago The New Yorker at 100: Netflix documentary dives inside a groundbreaking magazine

Film-maker Marshall Curry pulls back the curtain on the beloved institution in a revealing and celebratory new film When young film-makers ask Marshall Curry what makes a documentary idea, he tells them: “There are some stories that make great New Yorker articles, but they’re not movies.” It was only a matter of time before the director found himself testing his own wisdom with The New Yorker at 100, a new Netflix film about the magazine. “Somebody said to me that trying to make a 90-minute movie about the New Yorker was like trying to make a 90-minute movie about America. Ken Burns does that with one war.”The film pulls back the curtain on the mystical media shop. Curry and his crew spent a year rummaging through the archives, listening in on production meetings, shadowing famous bylines – none more venerated in the industry than editor David Remnick, the magazine’s abiding leader. Curry had hoped to make a meal out of staffers pushing to meet the February 2025 publishing date, the...

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2 w. ago 'Genuinely painful' war film with 90% Rotten Tomatoes score streaming for free

The 2009 war drama received critical acclaim

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. ago British thriller hailed as 'masterpiece' and best film of 2025 is now on two platforms

Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later has been called a "masterpiece" by fans and described as the "best film of the year" by one reviewer, with an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

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2 w. ago 'Masterpiece' war film showing 'true horror' of conflict on Film 4 tonight

The film won multiple awards, and is now considered a cinematic masterpiece with many film fans claiming it shows "the horrors and the darkness of what war and chaos can create"

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2 w. ago ‘Moving’ WWI film declared a ‘worthy tribute’ to the fallen as viewers in tears

The 2014 war film starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington has been heavily praised by viewers

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