2020

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Cinema 

Suffragette director Sarah Gavron turns to London teenage girls for her new film, the product of extensive workshops: showing a truthful, joyful reality

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TV 

In this new BBC adaptation of David Nicholls' Us, Tom Hollander stars as a pedantic biochemist who hopes to fix his family relationships with a trip across Europe

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Netflix 

Pushing four new suspects into Criminal's snazzy interrogation room, this season stars Kit Harington, Sharon Horgan, Sophie Okonedo and Kunal Nayyar

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Immersive 

In a strange and elusive collaboration between Sky and Punchdrunk, The Third Day stars Jude Law as a reluctant visitor to a mysterious island off the British coast

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TV 

David Tennant stars as Dennis Nilsen in Des, ITV's new three-part drama about the serial killer's arrest and eventual conviction. Daniel Mays and Jason Watkins also star

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Netflix 

From the gruelling examination of Dennis Nilsen's conviction in ITV's Des to the BBC's new adaptation of David Nicholls' Booker-nominated Us, this week in TV is dark and emotional

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TV 

In this new ITV period drama from the Oscar-winning Christopher Hampton, David Morrissey stars as a rubber baron in Singapore during the Second World War

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Netflix 

In Katherine Ryan's semi-autobiographical sitcom about single motherhood, her alter-ego Katherine is desperate for a second child after the first one, Olive (Katy Byrne), turned out so well

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Cinema 

Stellan Skarsgård and Harvey Keitel star in Václav Marhoul's The Painted Bird, a Jobian odyssey across eastern Europe during the Nazi occupation

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Cinema 

From Italy to Arrakis, Timothée Chalamet shoots for the cosmos alongside a mighty ensemble cast in Denis Villeneuve's Dune remake

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Cinema 

Boasting big names like Steve McQueen, Spike Lee, David Byrne and Frances McDormand, this looks to be another cracking LFF – even with the Covid-19 restrictions

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Cinema 

Frances McDormand, Helen Mirren and Vanessa Kirby all star in this year's line-up for the Venice Film Festival. Here's our list of five films we're excited about

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Kids 

After months of delays, Disney's live-action remake of Mulan, the most expensive film ever to be directed by a female filmmake, has finally come to Disney+

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TV 

In Lethal White, the third series of Strike, private investigators Cormoran (Tom Burke) and Robin (Holliday Grainger) get wrapped in a complex family conflict wrapped in political division

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Netflix 

In Charlie Kaufman's new Netflix movie, Jake (Jesse Plemons) and his girlfriend (Jessie Buckley) visit his parents (David Thewlis and Toni Collette). But his girlfriend is having doubts...

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TV 

In this anthology series from Widows director Steve McQueen, Small Axe tells five stories set within London's West Indian community. John Boyega and Letitia Wright star

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Netflix 

The Crown season 4 looks like the most exciting season so far: starring Gillian Anderson as Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher and Emma Corrin as Lady Diana Spencer

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Cinema 

After a wise postponement to autumn, No Time to Die is coming mid-November with a slew of excellent stars including Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, and Ana de Armas

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Cinema 

France's Oscar entry, directed by Ladj Ly, frames a modern-day conflict exposing police brutality and warring communities in Paris – a far cry from the hit musical

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Netflix 

From Katherine Ryan's debut series The Duchess to the violent small-town drama of The Devil All the Time with Robert Pattinson, Netflix in September features many strange families

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TV 

Phoebe Waller-Bridge joins the cast for His Dark Materials season 2, in which Lyra (Dafne Keen) crosses the bridge between dimensions and finally meets Will (Amir Wilson)

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TV 

Billie Piper (Doctor Who) and Lucy Prebble (Succession) reunite for their new psychological comedy-drama about Suzie Pickles, a former child singer who endures the burdens of female celebrity

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Cinema 

With Tenet, Christopher Nolan brings together an all-star cast – John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Kenneth Branagh – to deliver another mainstream mind-stretcher

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Cinema 

Immersive cinema experts Backyard Cinema return with the Winter Night Garden experience: an enchanted forest, hit movies, cocktails and street food

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Netflix 

Covid-19 has wounded the cinema schedule, but there are still some cracking titles coming up. From Rebecca to Wonder Woman 1984, a wave of wondrous movies is coming this autumn

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Kids 

Matteo Garrone's darker, more faithful adaptation of Pinocchio wields a dark visual power but becomes strangely mundane. Roberto Benigni (Down By Law, Life is Beautiful) stars

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Netflix 

Cures and curiosity: the latest Netflix docu-series (Un)Well examines some of the pros and cons of the wellness industry

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Cinema 

Eliza Scanlen, Ben Mendehlson, Essie Davis: the biggest names from Australia play a family in crisis in the eccentric film debut from Shannon Murphy (Killing Eve)

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TV 

In this new BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love, Lily James stars as an upper-class woman engrossed in ideas of love, sex and marriage

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Netflix 

From a more sceptical look at wellness trends in Un(Well) to the adventures of the Fab Four in Sex and the City 2, Netflix in August is appealing and eclectic

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TV 

In the latest BBC film from Jimmy McGovern, Anthony is a metafictional examination of Anthony Walker, a teenager murdered in 2005 for being black

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Beauty 

From a waterless cleanser to a summer scent, along with a complexion-enhancing foundation, designer room diffusers and dreamy hand care, these are the new beauty launches to buy now