3 d. ago Mektoub My Love: Canto Due review – gobsmackingly weird series drops another surreal sex shocker

Locarno film festivalBlue Is the Warmest Colour director Abdellatif Kechiche’s latest erotic melodrama delivers another heady dose of flirting, farce and bafflementSo here it is – the third but, incredibly, perhaps not the final episode in the most bizarre arthouse franchise in film history, and which, for its sheer melodramatic ker-aziness it commands attention. So, as it were, previously on Mektoub My Love The first film in the series from Tunisian-French director Abdellatif Kechiche, who had won the Cannes Palme d’Or for Blue Is the Warmest Colour (for which he was famously required to share the award with his two acting leads Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux), arrived in 2017. This first MML (called Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno) turned out to be an epic erotic summer romance set in the early 90s about a guy called Amin (Shaïn Boumedine) who comes back from Paris to his hometown of Sète, having abandoned his medical studies to follow his dream of being a screenwriter, and finds ...

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4 d. ago Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner: A timeline of the couple's mysterious romance

When this unexpected couple were first rumoured in 2023, people were in disbelief. Now, this summer, Kylithée’s romance is said to be under threat — here’s what we know

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6 d. ago Katherine Ryan stuns in flattering high street occasionwear dress at Freakier Friday premiere

Katherine Ryan showed off her baby bump in a flattering crystal-covered midi dress from the high street as she attended the Freakier Friday premiere

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6 d. ago Katherine Ryan just wore the most flattering occasionwear dress to the Freakier Friday premiere

Katherine Ryan’s crystal-covered midi dress is the perfect summer occasionwear, with the comedian showing off her growing baby bump at the Freakier Friday premiere

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7 d. ago Vicky Pattison gets 'a lot of compliments' on £23 dress that 'works wonders to cover bloat'

Vicky Pattison is the queen of affordable fashion. Now, the former Geordie Shore star has shared a perfect black dress that 'works wonders to cover bloat' - and right now it's on sale for £22.50

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9 d. ago The Kingdom review – an intensely exciting and absorbing mob drama

Corsica-set mafia tale boasts outstanding performances from first-time actors as it follows a teenage girl discovering and revelling in her status as the blueblood daughter of a crime bossThere are fierce and overwhelmingly authentic performances here from first-timers in Julien Colonna’s terrific mob drama. The setting is Corsica, around the 1990s, in the coastal region of Ajaccio, famously the home of Napoleon. Lesia (played by nonprofessional Ghjuvanna Benedetti) is a moody 15-year-old girl living with her aunt, hanging out with her friends and boisterous extended family of cousins.School is out for the summer and Lesia appears to be getting into a romance with a local boy. Maybe because of this, or due to other reasons, she is ordered to leave her aunt’s house and go to the luxurious and fortified family compound of her widowed father. This is mob boss Pierre-Paul (superbly played by Saveriu Santucci), a heavy-set, slow-moving but intimidating patriarch who is perhaps displeased...

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3 w. ago Boden summer dress that skims curves and covers upper arms is 'so good' shoppers 'buy all the colours'

The Boden Anna Double Cloth Midi Dress has been described as the 'perfect fit' by shoppers, and it's easy to see why with its flattering shape and comfortable design

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4 w. ago Roman's summer dress 'perfect for evenings on holiday' now 33% off

Roman's Light Blue Floral Border Print Midi Dress is £15 cheaper now as its price has dropped from £45 to £30

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4 w. ago The £34 Next trousers 'so comfortable in hot weather' shoppers are buying multiple colours

Super comfy. Can be dressed up or down. Very versatile and I get many compliments"

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last month Roman's £38 summer dress that 'covers lumps' has shoppers buying multiple colours

"Love this dress. Fits perfectly, looks amazing. Such a flattering style"

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last month Boden's 'does it all' summer dress that skims curves and covers upper arms reduced by £15

"Love this dress. Great fit and colour. I've even had a stranger in the street stop to compliment me"

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