Comedy

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Booking for the 61st BFI London Film Festival is open. Here's our pick of the latest and greatest films that are going to sell out fast

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Eddie Izzard, 'Marathon Man', transgender political activist, and comedian talks about his latest role in biopic Victoria and Abdul, working with Judi Dench and his new lease on life

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Tom Cruise's perverse likeableness tips this humdrum true-story account into watchability

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

An all-American joyride starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and Daniel Craig, Logan Lucky is a hilarious heist film – with heart – from Ocean Eleven’s director, Steven Soderbergh

In the Know

Theatre 

This no holds barred comedy explores the surreal moments ahead of a one night stand

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Final Portrait, about the experience of sitting for a Giacometti painting, is a good likeness artfully composed

In the Know

Theatre 

Have your cake and eat it too as four of our favourite improv stars collaborate on a spontaneous show featuring baked goods

Must See

Here's our pick of the best films out now in London's cinemas

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Theatre 

Fleabag, the fearless, ferocious feminist comedy that had everyone obsessed returns to Soho Theatre for one show before transferring to the Ed Fringe

Features

A Ghost Story, starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck with a sheet over his head, comes from a long line of paranormal romances... some more successful than others

Features

In The Emoji Movie, talented thespian Patrick Stewart debases himself by playing a sentient ideogram of some poo. Some actors just can't get enough of trashing their reputations

Features

The Big Sick, arriving in cinemas this weekend, is a romantic comedy film that manages to feel interesting and new. Fortunately, it's not the only one of its kind...

Must See

The best films out in August include the new Kathryn Bigelow movie starring John Boyega, and a story of war to rival Dunkirk

Essential

Cinema 

The Big Sick feels like a perfect balance between sincerity and snarkiness, a very contemporary rom-com along the lines of Man Down and In a World

Interview

The Big Sick is the 2017's funniest film so far. We chatted to BAFTA-winning actor Adeel Akhtar

Tried and Tested

Theatre 

Mime, manga and monochrome animation: we recommend Mr Potsunen’s Peculiar Slice of Life

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

The Baby Driver cast is impressive – Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Ansel Elgort, Lily James and Jon Hamm – but Edgar Wright's passion project lacks his usual humour

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TV 

Big hair, big biceps and even bigger attitudes. Mad Men star Alison Brie is talk of the town in this Netflix comedy about female wrestlers: GLOW

Essential

Cinema 

The gross-out movie gets its long due shake-up in the trailer to Rough Night

Preview

Cinema 

Buckle up: the Huffleys are going on a road trip in the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

A Dog's Purpose asks the important questions. What is the meaning of existence? How can one achieve happiness? And WHO'S A GOOD BOY?

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

You can't stop this feeling: the Guardians of the Galaxy are back

Must See

From Anne Hathaway's drunken Godzilla to surreal Finnish comedy, the best films out in May are a varied bunch

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Rules Don't Apply is a sharper, smarter film than it first appears, and Warren Beatty steals the show as Howard Hughes

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Their Finest might be just feel-good fun, but when it makes you feel this good – and is this fun – that's something to appreciate

Features

Sex, hammers, and octopi – the most exciting films by the best Korean directors

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

French film Raw is a darkly funny horror that might just put you off your steak tartare

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Free Fire is Ben Wheatley's high-octane cartoon for adults, an effervescent feature-length gun battle as enjoyable as it is disposable

In the Know

Theatre 

West End transfer to Apollo Theatre: directed by Trevor Nunn, Terence Rattigan's Love in Idleness explores the clash of values in pre- and post-war Britain

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

New Terence Davies film A Quiet Passion – an Emily Dickinson biopic starring Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) – is an unusual marvel

Tried and Tested

Theatre 

Even Hollywood heavyweights cannot energise this stale update of Molière’s satire on greed and guile

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Theatre 

Gary Barlow and Tim Firth team up for a feel-good feminist musical: The Girls brings the spirit of Knapely WI to London