Cinema
‘We can bury anyone’: Blake Lively, the director and allegations of a smear campaign
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to insult the actress after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of It Ends With Us.
- by Megan Twohey, Mike McIntire and Julie Tate
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Summer holidays movie special: Our critics’ picks of the flicks
Already seen Wicked? Want a film that will please the family? Our reviewers have you covered from Boxing Day and beyond.
A mysterious woman, a sudden death keep us guessing in Parthenope
Paolo Sorrentino was orphaned at 16. His films still grapple with the questions that followed.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
★★★
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Italian master Paolo Sorrentino’s films feel like deranged ads. His new one is no exception
Starring Celeste Dalla Porta and Gary Oldman, Parthenope is an experience you can drift through as the heroine drifts through life, enchanted and sceptical at once.
- by Jake Wilson
★★
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Jim Carrey’s showboating double-act can’t save Sonic the Hedgehog 3
The comedian takes on a second role as Dr Robotnik’s lookalike grandpa, which doubles the number of movie characters he’s played this decade.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★½
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Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin collide in not-so-solemn Holocaust pilgrimage
A Real Pain follows two bickering cousins as they travel to Poland to honour their grandmother.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
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Crazy, stupid love: Anora takes you somewhere quite unexpected
The Cannes Palme d’Or winner about a stripper and her wealthy Russian suitor features a cast so spirited that anything seems possible.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★★
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Cannes award-winner breaks one of screenwriting’s biggest rules – and it works
All We Imagine As Light is a film of two halves, with loneliness and belonging at its centre.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★
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It has its devotees, but Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton euthanasia drama left me cold
Spanish master director Pedro Almodovar’s English-language feature debut is visually rich but lacking in earthiness.
- by Craig Mathieson
★★★
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Robbie Williams as an ape? This biopic is more than monkey business
Better Man is far more unconventional than Bohemian Rhapsody, but lacks the connective personal tissue that held Rocketman together.
- by Craig Mathieson
Anything but Love Actually: The alternative guide to Christmas movies
From Hot Frosty to timeless classics, this festive streaming guide has you covered.
- by Nell Geraets
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