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Your mission, Tom Cruise, is to improve at interviews. And please keep sending the cakes
He risks his life for entertainment, but getting an anecdote out of him is a trickier matter. Happily, Cruise is no stranger to knuckling down and pulling off the impossibleBy [...]
Wed, Sep 16, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
Whisper of the Heart review – Studio Ghibli deep cut is pep talk on how to live the artistic life
Hayao Miyazaki-scripted 90s teen romance sees an aspiring writer drawn to a potential soulmate thanks to library books and a curmudgeonly catWhile 2013’s The Wind Rises and 2023’s The Boy [...]
Wed, Sep 16, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Cycle of Love review – a 6,000-mile bike ride caps a real life Swedish-Indian romance
One Oscar-winning director, one horoscope-prompted meet-cute and a continent-crossing cyclist – is this the start of documentaries that make you happy-cry?Here is a story that on the face of it [...]
Wed, Sep 16, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
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A Talent for Murder review – Helen Mirren is a viperous Patricia Highsmith in hit-and-miss thriller
Toronto film festival: A fictionalised version of the cantankerous crime author plots a murder with an ambitious editor in a story in need of a sharper edgeThe restrictions of Covid [...]
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo review – Takashi Miike follows Ferrara and Herzog with a disappointment
Toronto film festival: There’s a surprisingly tame quality to the gorehound’s contribution to the rough and ready franchise and a general aimlessness that frustratesAbel Ferrera’s Bad Lieutenant, starring Harvey Keitel [...]
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This should be condemned by any thinking human’: film industry rallies behind NAZA directors
Backing comes after Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor were threatened with having their citizenship revoked and accused of treasonFilm industry heavyweights across the globe have expressed solidarity with Yuval Abraham [...]
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
James McNeill Whistler review – painter’s work shines through attention-grabbing life story
The latest Exhibition on Screen documentary does a good job balancing the famous scandals with the subtle brilliance of his artTimed to coincide with Tate Britain’s impressive gallery show – [...]
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Debut review – Julianne Moore is a thrill in Jesse Eisenberg’s oddball comedy
Toronto film festival: riotous lead performance holds together third movie from actor turned film-maker, about a housewife who joins a local musicalJesse Eisenberg’s last two directorial efforts – the prickly [...]
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
Venice best actress winner says she signed on at Danish job centre days before her victory
Mathilde Arcel, who won the Volpi Cup on Saturday for her role in Golden Lion winner Woman Unknown, said job offers have now begun to arriveThe winner of this year’s [...]
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
Legend of Destruction review – starry voices grace animated telling of theJewish revolt against the Romans
Eight years in the making, the innovative film uses painted still images – it’s like being read a graphic novel by a cast including Oscar Isaac, Evangeline Lilly and Elliott [...]
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com