2021

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Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Henry Golding, and Richard E Grant are all set to star in this new Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen's final novel

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Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's three-hour triumph lost Best Picture at this year's Oscars, but deserved better. A delicate odyssey through grief and storytelling, Drive My Car was the best film of 2021

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Bridgerton was one of Netflix's most successful releases in 2020, but is it really worth watching? Our TV Editor Euan Franklin breaks down the reasons why it is

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Season 2 of Darren Star's sugary, ridiculous, but addictive, romcom has come back for Christmas. And Emily (Lily Collins) is trying to uncomplicate her life

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Joel Coen adapts and directs this new, black-and-white adaptation of the William Shakespeare play. Stars Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand and Brendan Gleeson

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After Raw, director Julia Ducournau comes back swinging with her dark, twisted, Palme D'Or-winning second film. Agathe Rouselle and Vincent Lindon star

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From the return of Jed Mercurio's thrilling Line of Duty to Russell T Davies' fun and tragic Aids drama It's A Sin, here are our favourite TV shows of 2021

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From Julia Ducournau’s Palme D'Or winning Titane to the eerie Haruki Murakami adaptation Drive My Car, here are our favourite movies of 2021

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Claire Foy and Paul Bettany star in Sarah Phelps' latest drama, based on the notorious divorce trial of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in 1963

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Not feeling festive? Spark some joy with Christmas candles and seasonal scents to transform your home

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Oscar-nominated actor Maggie Gyllenhaal makes her first feature film The Lost Daughter, based on the novel by Elena Ferrante. Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson star

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Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler star in the stunning, spectacular remake of West Side Story by Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg

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From Little Women to It's a Wonderful Life, Netflix, Disney Plus and Amazon Prime are full of Christmas treats. Have yourself a merry little Christmas with our top picks

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Tom Edge's new four-part BBC drama follows the car salesman Hero (Samuel Adewunmi) as he's on trial for murder. He decides to deliver his own closing speech

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From Olivia Colman and David Thewlis escaping reality in Landscapers to an amnesiac Jamie Dornan in mystery thriller The Tourist, here’s the best of Christmas TV 2021

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From the satire Don't Look Up with Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep to the return of Emily in Paris with Lily Collins, Netflix in December provides a sumptuous holiday feast

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In Jane Campion's latest film, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as a toxic cowboy on a wealthy ranch in Montana, 1925. Also stars Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee

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From Aaron Sorkin's new biopic Being the Ricardos with Nicole Kidman to Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut The Lost Daughter starring Olivia Colman, here are the best films coming in December

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Peter Jackson's new three-part documentary series sees Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr preparing for their famous rooftop concert

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Lady Gaga and Adam Driver star in Ridley Scott's new crime drama about the failed marriage of Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani. Al Pacino and Jared Leto also star

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From the cinema at Selfridges to The Luna Cinema's palatial venues, we round up the best Christmas film screenings London 2021 has to offer

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In Reinaldo Marcos Green's new sports biopic King Richard, Will Smith plays the father/manager to tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams

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Following her success with Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma returns to the big screen in this small, beautiful, and dream-like coming-of-age movie

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Michael Keaton, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosario Dawson, Will Poulter and Peter Sarsgaard star in Danny Strong's new Disney+ series about big pharma company Purdue and America's opioid crisis

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Rebecca Hall's directorial debut follows two light-skinned women of colour, Irene (Tessa Thompson) and Clare (Ruth Negga), who 'pass' for white in 1920s New York

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In this new ITV detective drama written by Patrick Harbinson (Homeland), DS Sarah Collins (Gemma Whelan) investigates two deaths at the bottom of Portland Tower in southeast London

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TV's favourite serial killer (as played by Michael C Hall) returns in this sequel series created by showrunner Clyde Phillips. Jennifer Carpenter and Jack Alcott star

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Hailee Steinfeld stars, for the last time, as the 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson in this surreal period dramedy from Alena Smith. Ella Hunt also stars

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Jeymes Samuel's new Black-led, revisionist Western features performances from Idris Elba, LaKeith Stanfield, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Regina King and Delroy Lindo

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Jackie director Pablo Larraín casts Kristen Stewart as the late Princess Diana in this new, speculative movie about her visit to Sandringham in 1991

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From the imprisoned return of zoo owner Joe Exotic in Tiger King 2 to the rural delights of Greta Gerwig's Little Women, Netflix in November has many American gems

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In Edgar Wright's new horror film, Thomasin McKenzie stars as a fashion student who discovers a darker London in her dreams. Also stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith and Diana Rigg