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Why making a film about Donald Trump turned into a minefield
Ali Abbasi sees The Apprentice as a study in naked ambition, but his subject isn’t the only one who’s not happy.
- by Karl Quinn
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‘I’m not sure who I am,’ says Lady Gaga – but there are clues in Joker
The superstar channels her inner rebel as the complex Harleen “Lee” Quinzel in Joker: Folie à Deux.
- by Michael Idato
Luke Wilson gushes about Kevin Costner and new role
Luke Wilson admits Kevin Costner left his speechless when being cast in his brand new movie Horizon: An American Saga on Stan.
‘They exist on a different level’: The transformation of Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix
Director Todd Phillips says the stars of anticipated sequel Joker: Folie à Deux don’t know how good they are.
- by Michael Idato
‘I make people nervous’: The veteran villain who hides in plain sight
Giancarlo Esposito, best known for playing Gus Fring on Breaking Bad, loves being the bad guy.
- by Robert Moran
The Wild Robot is being hailed as the next E.T. For Lupita Nyong’o, it was relief to have cameras off
The award-winning actor has played dramatically diverse roles through her career. But this one - in a rich, textural animation winning critical acclaim - she found the space to work in a whole new way.
- by Michael Idato
‘The Brits made us feel like it was a peasant language’: Kneecap’s rebellious rise to power
The real-life story of a rap trio from Belfast and their fight to save the Irish language has become one of the year’s hottest films.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Priscilla at 30: How queens of the desert made Australian film history
The people behind the cinematic legend relive the colour and chaos behind the scenes – and how one casting misstep might have changed everything.
- by Michael Idato
Memes, TikTok and lots of chicken: The new world of movie marketing
Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds have provided a perfect case study in how modern films are marketed, and for some reason it involves eating a lot of chicken.
- by Nell Geraets
Why Trump keeps talking about fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter
The former president, described as a “crypt-keeper for the 1980s”, has mentioned Lecter or The Silence of the Lambs in speeches 20 times since November 2022.
- by Marianne LeVine and Clara Ence Morse
Is one of cinema’s most terrifying creatures just misunderstood?
Director Fede Alvarez had to look to the past when designing Alien: Romulus, which sits between the original Alien and its sequel, Aliens.
- by Michael Idato
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