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The actors’ strike may be over, but Hollywood is still in trouble
The actors’ strike may be over, but Hollywood is still in trouble
After four months, the Sag-Aftra film and television union has reached a tentative deal, but we may be waiting a while for the art itself to triumph
Picks of the week
‘We all knew what we were getting into!’  
Gross-out lesbian comedy Bottoms and its audacious director
Gross-out lesbian comedy Bottoms and its audacious director
‘Every great actor gets really scared’  
Todd Haynes on Heath Ledger, Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett
Todd Haynes on Heath Ledger, Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett
‘I need to make this love story’  
Documenting the radical dementia care of a pioneering reporter
Documenting the radical dementia care of a pioneering reporter
‘He had to fight to get every film made’  
Mark Kermode on… the revered British director Terence Davies
Mark Kermode on… the revered British director Terence Davies
‘Scam or real?’  
Bad Behaviour’s Alice Englert on mothers, Medusa and meditation retreats
Bad Behaviour’s Alice Englert on mothers, Medusa and meditation retreats
Love Actually at 20  
Richard Curtis’s imperfect yet irresistible Christmas romcom
Richard Curtis’s imperfect yet irresistible Christmas romcom
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Nicolas Cage’s Nicolas Cagiest performance yet in viral fame comedy
Dream Scenario  
Nicolas Cage’s Nicolas Cagiest performance yet in viral fame comedy
The actor plays a dull academic whose image somehow arrives in millions of sleeping minds in a combination of Freddy Krueger and Leonard Zelig
Reviews
Punch  
Queer coming-of-age story packs emotional left hook
Queer coming-of-age story packs emotional left hook
The Marvels  
Bonkers battle for ‘quantum bands’ in bubblegum sort-of sequel
Bonkers battle for ‘quantum bands’ in bubblegum sort-of sequel
Wickedly Evil  
Glimmers of zest in Irish heist-gone-wrong comedy-horror
Glimmers of zest in Irish heist-gone-wrong comedy-horror
Anatomy of a Fall  
Sandra Hüller compels as an author accused of her husband’s murder
Sandra Hüller compels as an author accused of her husband’s murder
Gurkha Warrior  
True story of a daring rescue in the Malay jungle
True story of a daring rescue in the Malay jungle
We recommend
Savour its unhurried strangeness
Blade Runner: The Final Cut  
Savour its unhurried strangeness
Harrison Ford falls for a robot-woman amid the dystopian corporate squalor in Ridley Scott’s sad, magical sci-fi noir gem
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