movies
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Sick of Yuletide specials and endless repeats on television? Then tuck into these movies for an non-cheesy festive film feast
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Passengers has been sold as a love story, but for the sake of dramatic tension films like it are often guilty of normalizing abuse
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Charm, comedy, hit film after hit film – there was a point when the Hollywood star seemed to have it all. And then he lost his way. Can he recover it?
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In the latest in our 10-part series, the films we are most looking forward to next year by the world’s most singular directors
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As the director finishes his Kidulthood trilogy with Brotherhood, he explains why he’s still a provocateur film-maker fuelled by a working-class appetite for hard graft
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The Charity Commission for England and Wales’s lack of faith is disturbing. The Temple of the Jedi Order is as theologically coherent as Buddhism
best films of 2016
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The Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the US this year
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Our countdown of 2016’s top films concludes as Benjamin Lee salutes a poetic and poignant movie that depicted the life of a gay black man with heart-swelling humanity
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As our countdown nears its conclusion, Catherine Shoard picks – in joint second place – a German comedy that pokes extravagant fun at work, life and imbalanced family ties
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Felicity Jones’s fugitive, hunting for the plans to the Death Star, is a tousled-but-game female lead – just one of many classic Star Wars motifs in Gareth Edwards’ exhilarating spin-off
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Will Smith stars in this horrifyingly cutesy Will Smith film in which bereavement is offset by soft-focus platitudes about wonder and compassion
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This long-awaited film adaptation of the August Wilson play remains stagy, but as a showcase for two towering performances it could hardly be improved
video & audio
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A young man in Miami struggles with his sexuality and his drug-addicted mother in Barry Jenkins’s acclaimed drama
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Guardian Australia’s film critic Luke Buckmaster sits down for the interview of his career with Phoenix, the canine star of the Red Dog sequel True Blue
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Moonlight is the surprise contender in this year’s Oscar race; directed by Barry Jenkins, and adapted from a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, it’s the story of a black gay man at three different stages of his life
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Alice Lowe, co-writer of Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, has made her directorial debut with Prevenge, a darkly satirical slasher film in which she plays a pregnant woman who is convinced her foetus is ordering her to kill
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The actor and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor, has died aged 99
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The first UK trailer for Elle, which stars Isabelle Huppert as the formidable CEO of a video games company who takes curious revenge on a sexual assailant
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In Rachel Perkins’ new adaptation of Craig Silvey’s award-winning novel, a girl goes missing in an isolated and racially divided Australian town
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With US films increasingly targeting China’s filmgoers, an industry is tilting and major players want in on the action. Here are 10 parties with big stakes in the shift
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Actor and socialite pioneered concept of being ‘famous for being famous’ and creating personal brand seven decades ago
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Guardian Australia’s film critic counts down this year’s best offerings from the silver screen
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From the canonical to the controversial, and in no particular order, we asked 10 standups to pick 50 movies that make them giggle. They made some surprising choices…
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Star Wars actor is not only a pop icon but a huge fan and collector of pop culture memorabilia, as his new web-based show reveals
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Her parents thought she was an unlikely star, but decades after Alien, Sigourney Weaver is still in the spotlight, with more monster-wrestling on the way
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Anomalisa is our favourite film of the year. Its director shares his thoughts on road rage, Donald Trump and why we need to smile at each other more
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Her second collaboration with Whit Stillman in Love & Friendship has brought her the best reviews of her career
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A Bigger Splash is our fourth-favourite film of the year. Its star explains what it taught her about human nature – and reveals if she really was channelling David Bowie
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In his latest role, the actor tackles homophobia in football. He tells Eva Wiseman how ‘everything’s built up to the performance in this film’
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The Mexican actor and Chilean director talk about the power and the duty that Latin American cinema has to combat racism in the era of Donald Trump
regulars
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UK box office reportUK box office reportRogue One opens well in the UK – but not quite as well as Fantastic BeastsStar Wars spin-off claims biggest opening of the year as rereleased James Stewart classic It’s a Wonderful Life crashes back into the festive chart
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Charlie Lyne's home entertainmentCharlie Lyne's home entertainmentFight for your right: the "war on Christmas" films nobody needs to seeA dubious new genre is centred on characters “saving” the holiday and all its trimmings from scrooges – and the concept of cultural inclusivity
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Mark Kermode's film of the weekMark Kermode's film of the weekRogue One: A Star Wars Story review – back to the retro futureFelicity Jones fronts the resistance against the Empire in a convincing spin-off that blends nostalgia with cutting-edge CGI
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Guy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGuy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsRemember the Night; Brotherhood; The Purge: Election Year; War Dogs and more – reviewA neglected Preston Sturges Christmas classic is the highlight of a week of grim movies best left until after Boxing Day
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Week in geekWeek in geekLost in space: the Rogue One Disney didn't want us to seeRogue One’s diverging trailers give some idea of how the Star Wars spinoff might have turned out before the widely reported reshoots
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John PattersonJohn PattersonDonnie Darko: the missing link between Spielberg, King and Stranger ThingsFifteen years ago it marked Richard Kelly out as a great new director. So what went wrong?
you may have missed
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A leaked trailer for The Mummy with sound effects removed lays bare its star’s grunts, shrieks and yelps. His commitment to the cause should be treasured
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A dubious new genre is centred on characters “saving” the holiday and all its trimmings from scrooges – and the concept of cultural inclusivity
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She vapes, she masturbates, she has poor social-media etiquette – no wonder Katherine Heigl gets ditched in favour of Rosario Dawson in this throwback thriller
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He’s been camp, carried a scythe, played everything from Chess to Twister and even cracked jokes. Now she’s Helen Mirren in a blue beret and boa. We explore the many lives of the Grim Reaper
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Following a pre-programmed trajectory marked #OscarsSoWhite, this biopic of the scientists behind John Glenn’s space flight is irresistably uplifting
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Otto Bell’s documentary mixes the traditional and modern to thrilling effect
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The actor’s friend and co-star remembers a gentle man whose sensitivity was born from a tough upbringing and a constantly ailing mother
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