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Lee Daniels' biopic examines the last 10 years of Billie Holiday's life, as she endures addiction, abuse, and a conviction by the US government. Andra Day stars
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Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman star in Florian Zeller's directorial debut The Father, adapted from his play. Hopkins plays Anthony, a man with dementia trying to piece things together
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In Azazel Jacobs' new dark comedy, Michelle Pfeiffer plays a Manhattan widow who spends her entire inheritance and has to move to a flat in Paris. Lucas Hedges also stars
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In To Olivia, Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes star as Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal, who endure a devastating loss and try to move past it
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In this dark, satirical thriller, Rosamund Pike stars as a swindling guardian of elderly clients. But her schemes are foiled when she crosses a Russian mobster (Peter Dinklage)
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Shaka King's new biopic about Black Panther leader Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) examines his assassination, facilitated by FBI informant William O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield)
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From Nomadland with Frances McDormand to Soul with Jamie Foxx, here's our list of probable nominations for the 2021 Oscars
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Director Paul Greengrass directs this new Western, following the travelling newsreader Kidd (Tom Hanks) as he escorts a German girl (Helena Zengel) back to her family
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In this new road movie from Chloé Zhao, Frances McDormand stars as an unemployed widow who travels across southwest America to find work
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Zendaya and John David Washington star in this housebound relationship drama from Euphoria writer Sam Levinson
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A new pocket of Princess Diana's life will be explored courtesy of Kristen Stewart, in a new film by Pablo Larraín
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Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan, Johnny Flynn and Lily James star in this 30s period drama about the excavation of Sutton Hoo
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In this new biopic, David Bowie (Johnny Flynn) tries to find his identity as a musician in the years leading up to Ziggy Stardust. Marc Marron also stars
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Edward Hall's adaptation of Noël Coward's classic comedy opens up the story and provides a more modern touch. Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann and Judi Dench star
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In the long-awaited follow-up to 2017's Wonder Woman, Patty Jenkins directs the 80s-inspired sequel. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Kristen Wiig star.
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Regina King's film debut examines the historic meeting between Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge)
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In Kornél Mundruzó's Netflix film Pieces of a Woman, Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf star as a couple recovering from a devastating loss.
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From Pieces of a Woman to West Side Story, 2021 is littered with many great movies that are hopefully coming to cinemas (Covid permitting)
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Our TV / Cinema Editor Euan Franklin chooses his favourite films of the year: from the chilling Saint Maud to Charlie Kaufman's latest brain-scratcher I'm Thinking of Ending Things
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Featuring Chadwick Boseman's final performance, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – based on the August Wilson play – follows a 1920s blues band recording their next album. Viola Davis also stars
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David Byrne of Talking Heads returns to the stage, in this Spike Lee-directed film version of his Broadway show American Utopia
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From George Clooney's post-apocalyptic space movie The Midnight Sky to the late Chadwick Boseman's final role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, here's the line-up in cinemas this week
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From Home Alone 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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In this curiously subverted crime drama, Rachel Brosnahan stars as Jean, wife to a criminal who's betrayed his partners. Jean goes on the run, hiding from possible killers
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The swinging romance of summer 1963 gears up to get London audiences dancing in July 2021
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Viggo Mortensen's filmmaking debut examines a conservative father (Lance Henriksen) living with dementia and his liberal son (Mortensen) trying to care for him
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David Fincher's 11th feature film follows the story of understated Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he pens the script for Citizen Kane
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Culture Whisper chats with writer/director Helena Coan about her new documentary film Audrey, focusing on the classic Hollywood actor Audrey Hepburn
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Abby (Kristen Stewart) decides to stay with her girlfriend Harper's (Mackenzie Davis) family over the holidays, but Harper hasn't told them she's gay...
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The new film from Brandon Cronenberg, David Cronenberg's son, follows an assassin with the ability to change bodies to facilitate untraceable murder. Sean Bean and Christopher Abbott star
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Sure, Halloween 2020 looks a little different, but there are still fright nights, spooky screenings and immersive experiences in London providing chills and thrills
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In this family horror debut from Natalie Erika James, Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) try to find their missing matriarch Edna (Robyn Nevin)