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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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TV
Gabriel Byrne, Andrea Riseborough and Dane DeHaan star in this violent examination of the international drugs trade
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Netflix
This new Netflix soap opera follows best friends Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) as they grow from childhood to their 40s, trying to make it as journalists
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Netflix
Zendaya and John David Washington star in this housebound relationship drama from Euphoria writer Sam Levinson
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Netflix
From a caring Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass' News of the World to a scary Lupita Nyong'o in Jordan Peele's Us, Netflix in February provides escape from Lockdown 3
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Kids
A live-action Harry Potter TV series is reported to be in development with HBO Max
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Netflix
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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TV
In his new Channel 4 Aids drama, Russell T Davies examines the impact of the virus on the British gay community. Stephen Fry, Neil Patrick Harris and Olly Alexander star
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TV
The ITV detective drama The Bay returns. Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie) has to deal with her demotion as well as having her old lackey Med (Taheen Modak) as a boss
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TV
In this six-part ITV family drama about grief, Keeley Hawes stars as Alice, whose partner Harry suddenly dies. The impact ripples across the family, but Harry had a few secrets…
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Cinema
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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Cinema
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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Cinema
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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TV
In this latest true-crime drama from ITV, the murders of Welsh serial killer John William Cooper (aka the Bullseye Killer) are investigated by DSI Steve Wilkins (Luke Evans)
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TV
In season 2, Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) is approaching fame as a poet after the newspaper mogul Samuel Bowles (Finn Jones) comes to town. But does she really want it?
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Netflix
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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Netflix
From the contentious drama Pieces of a Woman with Vanessa Kirby to Olivia Wilde's ecstatic debut Booksmart with Kaitlyn Dever, Netflix in January delivers a great start to 2021
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TV
This eight-part true-crime drama examines the exotic and murderous case of Charles Sobhraj (Tahar Rahim) and his accomplice Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman). Billy Howle and Ellie Bamber also star
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Netflix
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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Gigs
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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TV
In the final film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, 12-year-old Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy) is taken out of school for being 'educationally subnormal'. But something else is afoot…
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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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Cinema
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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Musicals
Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and James Corden star in Ryan Murphy's latest project The Prom, based on the Broadway musical
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TV
Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) steps into a new world, and Will (Amir Wilson) and Lyra (Dafne Keen) plan to steal back the alethiometer from Lord Boreal (Ariyon Bakare)
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TV
The penultimate film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology examines the early life of novelist Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), looking at his time in Brixton shortly before the 1981 Uprising
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Netflix
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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Netflix
From David Fincher's examination of Citizen Kane in Mank to a final farewell to Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Netflix in December is both cold and colourful
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TV
In the third Small Axe film from Steve McQueen, John Boyega stars as Leroy Logan, a black officer in the 80s who wanted to eliminate racism in the police
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Cinema
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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TV
While all eyes have been on The Queen’s Gambit and The Crown, a less royal flush of no less gripping shows has dropped onto our streaming platforms undetected
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Cinema
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...