Hollywood loves Russians again
American cinema clearly prioritises its smouldering leading men over a distant war
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Liza Minnelli doesn’t need your pity
The star’s new memoir reveals struggles with men, addiction and having Judy Garland as a mother
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David Lynch is only getting weirder
What was it that gave the director, who would have been 80 this month, an aura all of his own?
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The rise of AI Face
Age-defying facelifts are reshaping what is aesthetically acceptable – and biologically possible
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Ariana Grande’s tragic gravity saves Wicked: For Good
John M Chu’s sequel is overlong and desaturated. But Grande has Judy Garland’s magnetism
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Robert Redford made heartbreak look like love
The Way We Were set the terms of my romantic life before I even had one
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Addison Rae and the art of AgitPop
Her public persona is one of a starlet propped up by a Warholian cabal.
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The show must go on for the Oscars
Also this week: The Wild Robot’s ode to mums and the triumph of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter.
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The women behind Humphrey Bogart
The documentary Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes searches for new insights into the actor’s life in his five closest female…
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Hollywood voyeurism at the Marilyn Monroe exhibition
A collection of the star’s possessions tries to make celebrity worship a feminist pursuit.
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Spielberg’s The Fabelmans is a major and personal work
The director’s 34th feature – and the first to turn the camera on himself – ranks as one of his…
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The genius of Jennifer Coolidge
In her performances – and in her Golden Globes acceptance speech – the 61-year-old actress tells us so much about…
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The best new films to watch this Christmas
This year’s festive offerings, from The Silent Twins to Avatar.
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The best films of 2022
The New Statesman’s critic picks his top ten movies of the year.
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Olivia Wilde discovers Hollywood misogyny is as virulent as ever
Gossip from the set of Don’t Worry Darling shows the outrageous standards female filmmakers are still held to.
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Will Smith vs Chris Rock shows toxic masculinity always has the last word
It’s possible to defend a woman without resorting to an attention-seeking “protection” narrative.
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China’s censorship machine sanitises Fight Club
The anarchic original runs counter to the Chinese government’s priorities of order and strong central control.
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The hypocrisy of Hollywood liberalism
The Golden Globes saga is just the latest instance of the film industry squandering its moral authority.
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Peter Bogdanovich: What went wrong?
“Billy was a shit,” Bogdanovich told me over the phone from LA.
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It’s time to admit that Pulp Fiction is a bad film
It’s time we recognised that Quentin Tarantino’s much-lauded movie is about nothing, says nothing and makes you feel nothing.
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