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Musicians performing on stage, with a grand piano, drums, and other instruments.
Review

This Much I Know To Be True

by Marina Ashioti

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis perform an intimate yet expansive session at the Battersea Arts Centre. The results are mesmerising.

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Monochrome image of a man wearing a tuxedo with a bow tie, standing in front of a curtain and a lamp.
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Martin Scorsese will narrate a documentary extolling Powell and Pressburger’s genius

by Charles Bramesco

The directorial duo known as The Archers gave the world resplendent visions of fantasy like Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes.
A man in a dark outfit looks thoughtfully up at the camera against a dark background.
In Praise Of

Tall, Dark and Gruesome: a celebration of Christopher Lee’s Count Dracula

by Katherine McLaughlin

On the centenary of a horror icon, we celebrate Christopher Lee’s indelible contribution to a vampiric legend.
Two people lying close together on a bed, with a warm, intimate expression.
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Florence Pugh and Harry Styles play house in the Don’t Worry Darling trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Olivia Wilde returns to the director’s chair for the upcoming psycho-thriller puncturing the idyll of ​’50s suburbia.
Woman in sequinned dress posing on red carpet.
Cannes Film Festival

24 curious facts about the Cannes Film Festival

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Some of the best nuggets of glitz and scandal throughout the history of the most famous international film festival.
A man in dark clothing holding a weapon, standing on a ledge in a dark, orange-lit setting.
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Introducing… the new host of Truth & Movies

by David Jenkins

Leila Latif slinks into the presenting hot seat of LWLies’ weekly film review podcast.
Two men pointing handguns at each other outdoors in a wooded area.
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Jerrod Carmichael braces for the end in the red-band On the Count of Three trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Christopher Abbott also stars in the dark comedy about a pair of friends in a suicide pact.
Two elderly women, one wearing a wide-brimmed hat and the other in a long, light-coloured coat, standing together in an ornate interior setting.
Review

Downton Abbey: A New Era

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

The sprawling period drama returns to the big screen for a giddy swirl of lawns and penguin suits.

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A group of young people, some standing, some sitting, on a concrete ledge against a blue sky. Various poses and styles of clothing, with speakers or sound equipment in the background.
Review

Casablanca Beats

by Marina Ashioti

A former rapper sets up a hip-hop programme for the participants of his local youth group in Nabil Ayouch’s well-meaning drama.

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Close-up of a grey and white cat with bright yellow eyes peering through foliage.
Review

The Velvet Queen

by Natasha Jagger

Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier track the elusive endangered Tibetan snow leopard in this poetic wildlife documentary.

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