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Superheroes, sinners and sequels: The ultimate guide to the most anticipated films of 2025
Film

Superheroes, sinners and sequels: The ultimate guide to the most anticipated films of 2025

Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: 'Black women's tears are exploited'
Film

Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: 'Black women's tears are exploited'

How can Netflix top sexy snowman caper Hot Frosty?
Film

How can Netflix top sexy snowman caper Hot Frosty?

Rom-com master Richard Curtis on Christmas, Love Actually and criticism: 'You change with the times'
Christmas

Rom-com master Richard Curtis on Christmas, Love Actually and criticism: 'You change with the times'

Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game
Film

Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game

Rumours review – an absurdist satire of the G7 summit that should make us all a bit afraid
Film

Rumours review – an absurdist satire of the G7 summit that should make us all a bit afraid

Sanditon star Rose Williams helps Big Issue with Christmas deliveries: 'A pleasure and a privilege'
Actor Rose Williams helps with Big Issue deliveries in London
Christmas

Sanditon star Rose Williams helps Big Issue with Christmas deliveries: 'A pleasure and a privilege'

Nightbitch director Marielle Heller: 'I'm trying to normalise the messy side of menstruation'
Film

Nightbitch director Marielle Heller: 'I'm trying to normalise the messy side of menstruation'

Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless: 'To have Lisa Simpson say your name is crazy'
Letter to my Younger Self

Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless: 'To have Lisa Simpson say your name is crazy'

These children are going blind – so their parents gave them memories to last a lifetime
kids
Film

These children are going blind – so their parents gave them memories to last a lifetime

Malala Yousafzai on taking on the Taliban and why 'storytelling is the soul of activism'
Malala Yousafzai
Activism

Malala Yousafzai on taking on the Taliban and why 'storytelling is the soul of activism'

Wicked: The musical reimagining of The Wizard of Oz shows a way to reclaim the American dream
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked
Film

Wicked: The musical reimagining of The Wizard of Oz shows a way to reclaim the American dream

Seven Samurai is the daddy of all action films. So why have I never watched it until now?
Film

Seven Samurai is the daddy of all action films. So why have I never watched it until now?

John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler: 'When are Black people not in dire straits?'
Danielle Deadwyler as Berniece and John David Washington as Boy Willie in The Piano Lesson
Film

John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler: 'When are Black people not in dire straits?'

Will Gladiator II be a useful cautionary tale about putting self-serving man-babies in charge?
Paul Mescal in Gladiator II
Film

Will Gladiator II be a useful cautionary tale about putting self-serving man-babies in charge?

Ben Whishaw on the 'quiet political message' running through Paddington: 'I love it'
Film

Ben Whishaw on the 'quiet political message' running through Paddington: 'I love it'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Emily Mortimer: 'Britain can be a tolerant place – but obviously there's times when it isn't'
Film

Emily Mortimer: 'Britain can be a tolerant place – but obviously there's times when it isn't'

Paddington is a British icon. So why are we all not a bit more like Paddington?
Film

Paddington is a British icon. So why are we all not a bit more like Paddington?

'War is madness': Steve McQueen and Saoirse Ronan on Britishness, trauma and new drama Blitz
Exclusive

'War is madness': Steve McQueen and Saoirse Ronan on Britishness, trauma and new drama Blitz

Anora review – even Russian mercenaries have a sensitive side 
Film

Anora review – even Russian mercenaries have a sensitive side 

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