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Tilda Swinton and Julio Torres on elves, slaps and giving dignity to toilets
‘I wish my parents were alive so I could tell them I’m a concept’  
Tilda Swinton and Julio Torres on elves, slaps and giving dignity to toilets
Comedy auteur Torres’s surreal new opus, Problemista, is also the basis for a friendship with arthouse queen Swinton. Cinema’s oddest new couple talk South Park scatology, mortifying restaurant behaviour and cutting-edge queerness
Picks of the week
‘You have to get over the me thing’  
Kevin Bacon on money, marriage – and learning to live with himself
Kevin Bacon on money, marriage – and learning to live with himself
Superman, Frodo and Star Wars  
The stunning life of Kiran Shah – the world’s smallest stuntman
The stunning life of Kiran Shah – the world’s smallest stuntman
David Duchovny  
‘I’m not just throwing on a kilt willy-nilly’
‘I’m not just throwing on a kilt willy-nilly’
Love all!  
Wimbledon, the delightfully predictable tennis romcom at 20
Wimbledon, the delightfully predictable tennis romcom at 20
Unicorns star Jason Patel  
‘If you don’t toot your own horn, who else will?’
‘If you don’t toot your own horn, who else will?’
Shakespeare goes pop  
The best of the Bard’s work updated on screen
The best of the Bard’s work updated on screen
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
A horribly watchable Hollywood tale of sex, death, fear and gore
MaXXXine  
A horribly watchable Hollywood tale of sex, death, fear and gore
Mia Goth returns for the third chapter of the X trilogy as an adult film star trying to take a crack at horror while a serial killer stalks the city’s sex workers
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This week's reviews
Younger  
Rousing study of female athletes excelling in their 60s and beyond
Rousing study of female athletes excelling in their 60s and beyond
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F  
Fish-out-of-water Eddie Murphy chases past glories
Fish-out-of-water Eddie Murphy chases past glories
Loop Track  
No escape for tormented hiker on horror trek to creature-feature hell
No escape for tormented hiker on horror trek to creature-feature hell
Orlando, My Political Biography  
Woolf’s trans hero gets a 21st-century mashup
Woolf’s trans hero gets a 21st-century mashup
The Sparrow  
Grief and guilt haunt teenager in dark West Cork tale
Grief and guilt haunt teenager in dark West Cork tale
We recommend
Roman Polanski’s superlative neo-noir is still unmissable
Chinatown  
Roman Polanski’s superlative neo-noir is still unmissable
Time has lessened our sense that this 1974 film is simply a pastiche of the classic 30s gumshoe thrillers – it now looks like a straightforward classic
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