Film

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Cinema 

Based on one of the most ridiculous stories never told, Blackkklansman shows Spike Lee hasn’t lost his touch but that he may just be out of it

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Netflix 

From the producers of The Babadook comes Netflix film Cargo, an Australian thriller held together by a convincing performance from Martin Freeman

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Cinema 

Somerset House and Film4 bring a curated selection of films to the great outdoors this week

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Cinema 

The HBO adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451 updates the story in interesting and relevant ways, creating a true dystopian tale for our troubled times

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Cinema 

Mads Mikkelsen shines in Arctic, a by-numbers but efficient one-man survival story directed with a sure hand by first-timer Joe Penna

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Cinema 

The second Star Wars anthology film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, is a broadly enjoyable adventure with only a few standout moments and star turns

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Cinema 

A revenge story of cosmic proportions from visionary director Panos Cosmatos featuring a career-defining performance from Nicolas Cage, Mandy has us holding on to our seat

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Cinema 

Cannes’ opening night: From influential director Asghar Farhadi and starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Everybody Knows (Todos Los Saben) is a fine-tuned family drama that sometimes falls flat

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Cinema 

Starring Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike, Entebbe teases out one of the Middle East’s tensest moments but struggles to make us see events in a new light

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Cinema 

Redoubtable is an amusing and self-aware take on the life of one of France's most celebrated auteurs

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Immersive 

Immersive cinema is having a moment in London: here are the ultimate cinematic experiences this city has to offer

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Classical Music 

The champion of chanson is back: Michel Legrand brings his award-winning film scores to London this autumn

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Cinema 

Enjoy a screening of spaghetti western, A Fistful of Dollars, at the BFI this April

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Cinema 

A hilarious Hollywood classic with an all-female cast: this film is on trend for 2018

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Cinema 

A feminist revenge comedy is exactly what we need in 2018

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Cinema 

Monroe and Russell are the ultimate material girls in this quintessential Hollywood flick

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Cinema 

Dark Night is a deeply thoughtful film about modern America but one without a clear social conscience

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Theatre 

Tim Minchin's glorious Groundhog Day musical returns to London after closing early on Broadway

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Theatre 

Cut loose with this big-haired, high-energy stage version of the hit 1980s film: Footloose – the Musical returns to London for a limited run at the Peacock Theatre

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Cinema 

A 25^th anniversary restoration of a dazzling 1992 adaptation of E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End comes to the BFI

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Best of 

Chris Evans helps a pint-sized prodigy take on the patriarchy

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Cinema 

Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson's new stop-motion movie lands in cinemas at the end of March: here's a list of reasons fans should be cheerful about the Texan director

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Cinema 

Lady Macbeth is a cold, composed drama with a superb performance at its centre

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Cinema 

Deadly boring: Charlie Hunnam and Sienna Miller star in James Gray's latest film, the true story of a British explorer's quest for a lost Amazonian city

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Cinema 

Portrait of strength: Kleber Mendonça Filho's Aquarius casts Sônia Braga as undeterred heroine amidst life's setbacks in this slow-moving Brazilian-French drama

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Thanks, Warren Beatty – Oscars 2017 results will go down as the most memorable

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Theatre 

Oscar winner Denzel Washington discusses his latest film and directorial effort, Fences, with theatre director Paulette Randall at the National Theatre

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Talks 

5x15 invites a diverse cast of experts to speak on the power of film and moving image for a special, day-long event

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Theatre 

Hit 1990s musical Rent brings Bohemian romance and a rocking songbook to the London stage this winter

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Cinema 

A pop up sex cinema in Islington aims to confront stereotypes about the seedy soho 'raincoat bridgade'

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Essential

Talks 

Colin Firth and Emma Thompson head up an impressive list of speakers for a conversation on the refugee crisis in aid of the Helen Bamber Foundation

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Talks 

A very rare public appearance from Edward Snowden: the whistleblower will discuss mass surveillance after a sceening of film Citizenfour