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Inside Will Smith’s carefully choreographed comeback
‘People are looking to forgive him’  
Inside Will Smith’s carefully choreographed comeback
Two years after that slap at the Oscars made him persona non grata, the Fresh Prince is making a fresh start with a return to Bad Boys. His rehabilitation seems assured – so long as his films don’t flop
More picks of the week
Party like it’s 1999  
10 movies that encapsulate one of the greatest years for cinema
10 movies that encapsulate one of the greatest years for cinema
Anora is a vivacious Cannes victor and a fitting end to a radically romantic festival
Peter Bradshaw
Anora is a vivacious Cannes victor and a fitting end to a radically romantic festival
Happy birthday Clint Eastwood  
The actor's best films – ranked!
The actor's best films – ranked!
Super Size Me  
The film that sounded a fast-food alarm in America
The film that sounded a fast-food alarm in America
Alien? Mission: Impossible? Toy Story?  
What is the greatest movie franchise ever?
What is the greatest movie franchise ever?
Ron Howard on Jim Henson  
'You could see there was nothing to hide’
'You could see there was nothing to hide’
 
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Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Léa Seydoux’s audacious drama throbs with fear
The Beast  
Léa Seydoux’s audacious drama throbs with fear
Disaster appears imminent as Seydoux and an impressive George MacKay meet across three different eras in what is maybe Bertrand Bonello’s best movie yet
This week's reviews
The Girl in the Trunk  
Claustrophobic car-boot kidnap thriller
Claustrophobic car-boot kidnap thriller
Bonus Track  
Boy meets boy in sweet route-one romcom
Boy meets boy in sweet route-one romcom
Moosa Lane  
Loving cinematic bridge between two countries and cultures
Loving cinematic bridge between two countries and cultures
Sting  
Low-budget alien-spider horror offers laughs and out-of-your-skin shocks
Low-budget alien-spider horror offers laughs and out-of-your-skin shocks
Gasoline Rainbow  
A free-ranging coming-of-age ode to the curiosity of youth
A free-ranging coming-of-age ode to the curiosity of youth
We recommend
Whisked at warp speed to Planet Cronenberg
A History of Violence  
Whisked at warp speed to Planet Cronenberg
It looks on paper like a regular father-son drama, or a standard-issue gangster film, but there’s a Twilight Zoney offness and weirdness
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