4 h. ago Sanatorium review – Ukraine health resort guests seek sanctuary amid shelling

Poignant documentary by Irish director Gar O’Rourke peers into a faded Soviet-era institution where visitors search for relief while war grinds on outsideThere is something ever so slightly Martin Parr-like about this documentary, filmed inside a shabby rundown health resort near Odesa, in Ukraine. It’s not the colour palette, which is Soviet-era pale beige, but the images of holidaymakers: elderly men strutting about in thongs and playing ping pong in their vests; retirees of both sexes glad-ragged at the disco. Like Parr’s photos, the images are funny but not unkind; everyone retains their dignity. The director is Irish film-maker Gar O’Rourke, who planned Sanatorium before the war, but filmed it after Russia invaded Ukraine, which adds a layer of melancholy to the guests’ search for health and happiness.The huge Kuyalnik sanatorium is a time warp with its brutalist architecture and institutional interiors. Back in its glory days, people must have come here in their thousands. Now...

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22 h. ago Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch on family dynamics and working together for the first time in The Roses

Before the idea to reimagine the 1989 classic film The War Of The Roses came about, Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch had never worked together.

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3 d. ago 'Devastating' war film that 'sweeps you up on waves of heartbreak' airs tonight

The film has been described as 'perfectly-cast' and will leave viewers sobbing by the end

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4 d. ago War film hailed as 'best movie of the decade' now streaming on Apple TV

Christopher Nolan's epic war film Oppenheimer is now available to stream on Apple TV, and fans have been flocking online to share their thoughts on the ambitious historical drama

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6 d. ago 'Supremely important' war film based on true story coming to the BBC in just days

Bridge of Spies will soon be available to stream on BBC iPlayer for free starting September 3

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6 d. ago 'Brilliant' Ewan McGregor drama fans can't watch without crying is streaming for free

The 1996 drama features a young Ewan McGregor and has been hailed as 'magnificent and moving' by fans

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7 d. ago 'Most important' war film of all time has perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

Grave of the Fireflies has been hailed the 'best war movie ever' and is the top-ranked war film on Rotten Tomatoes - but does it live up to the hype?

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8 d. ago 'Greatest war film ever made' is a 'stone cold masterpiece' and streaming now

The 1998 war epic, often labelled the greatest war film ever made, tells the story of a group of soldiers on a mission to find (and save) Private James Francis Ryan and bring him home safely

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1 week ago 'Masterpiece' war film is 'criminally underrated' and streaming on Amazon Prime now

Fury is a 2014 war epic that is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most gritty and real depictions of World War Two to ever grace the big screen

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1 week ago 'Best movie of the decade' is available to stream – and it's Academy Award winner

This Academy Award-winning film is available to stream now – with fans hailing the film as the "best of the decade" and praising the lead's performance of a lifetime

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1 week ago Everyone need to watch masterpiece war film now streaming at least once

Kate Winslet's film Lee is streaming now and tells the remarkable true story of a woman who abandoned a career as a model to become one of the most important war correspondents of the 20th century

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2 w. ago Quentin Tarantino weighs in on one of cinema’s big questions: what is the best Tarantino movie?

Director names his ‘masterpiece’ film, along with his favourite and the one he was ‘born to make’It’s one of cinema’s most contested subjects: which Quentin Tarantino movie is the best? The director himself has finally weighed in – while also sharing his personal favourite and which of his films he was “born to make”.Speaking on The Church of Tarantino podcast, the 62-year-old film-maker said his 2009 second world war drama Inglourious Basterds was the best of his nine films, while his 2019 movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was his favourite. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Channel 4's 'moving' new period drama about forbidden love story hailed 'the best'

Channel 4's new period drama starring Gillian Anderson is based off Louise Kennedy's 2022 best selling novel.

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2 w. ago 'Greatest movie of all time' now available to stream after decades away from screens

A Hollywood classic that was once hailed as the "greatest movie of all time" is now making its way back to screens

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2 w. ago Warning over ‘decade of decline’ for one of England’s precious chalk streams

Conservationists call for more action to protect chalk streams after 10 years of monitoring shows major falls in river insects.

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2 w. ago ‘Truly exceptional’ WWI film leaves audiences in tears as it shows ‘true consequences of war’

The film boasts a stellar cast

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2 w. ago Netflix true war film leaves viewers 'absolutely speechless' as they rate it 10/10

Netflix subscribers have been left in tears after watching the true war film as they urge everyone to check it out immediately - with some even proclaiming it to be the 'best movie' ever

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2 w. ago Netflix viewers hail true war film as 'best movie' ever made with 10/10 rating

Netflix subscribers have been urged to check out a true war movie on the screaming service - as viewers rate it 10/10 and say it has stayed in their minds for months after watching it

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3 w. ago New War of the Worlds film named one of the 100 worst movies ever

The film achieved a zero per cent score on the review aggregator site

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3 w. ago ‘The dream came true’: Major League Baseball gets its first female umpire

Jen Pawol, 48, was given an ovation when she took to the pitch for a game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta BravesIt was, she said, the day “the dream came true”. Jen Pawol, a 48-year-old former art teacher, made US sporting history at the weekend when she became the first female umpire of a Major League Baseball game during the regular season.Pawol, whose debut came on Saturday in a game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves, was given a standing ovation as she arrived on the pitch. Supporters held up signs reading “Pawol making HERstory” and “the time has come for one and all to play ball” – a nostalgic reference to A League of Their Own, the classic sports film about a women’s baseball league during the second world war. Continue reading...

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