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‘We’re all wrestling with something all the time’
Jennifer Lopez on disability, domestic abuse, and dealing with the next Trump presidency

In Unstoppable, Jennifer Lopez plays the mother of wrestler Anthony Robles, who has one leg. She, co-star Jharrel Jerome and the real life mother-son duo, talk about why the engrossing sports drama is a film for our times

Picks of the week

Film advent calendar
24 festive movies chosen by leading film figures

Only one actor can play Liza Minnelli

Stuart Heritage

‘It’s about consequences’
What can we expect from Wicked: Part Two?

‘The whole foundation is rocking’
Inside the explosive film about the investigation of Benjamin Netanyahu

How far she went
Why did the Moana films become such a phenomenon?

‘Intensely nostalgic’
Why A Knight’s Tale is my feelgood movie

Peter Bradshaw's film of the week

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Rungano Nyoni’s strange, intense tale of sexual abuse

Nyoni uses unsettlingly playful surrealism in this account of a malign uncle and the family mythmaking that effaces his crimes

This week's reviews

Remembering Every Night
Drifting drama follows three Tokyo women living their lives

Drifting drama follows three Tokyo women living their lives

Grand Theft Hamlet
In-game Shakespeare performance is brilliantly exciting

In-game Shakespeare performance is brilliantly exciting

Porcelain War
Beautifully rendered portrait of Ukraine’s artist-warriors

Beautifully rendered portrait of Ukraine’s artist-warriors

Nocturnes
Entrancing film on how to study moths by night in the Himalayas

Entrancing film on how to study moths by night in the Himalayas

Nightbitch
Amy Adams doggy fantasy-satire stays fatally muzzled

Amy Adams doggy fantasy-satire stays fatally muzzled

We recommend

My Neighbour Totoro
Miyazaki’s supernatural masterpiece still enchants

Studio Ghibli’s inspirationally lovely film about a girl’s encounter with a gentle creature only becomes more beguiling with repeated viewings

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