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New film claims to identify Israeli killer of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

In Who Killed Shireen?, IDF soldier Alon Scagio is named as shooter of the Palestinian-American in Jenin in 2022

Surgery, real sex and water sports: Louise Weard on her four-hour camcorder trans film Castration Movie Part One

The Canadian director set out to make a 90-minute snapshot of the trans experience before it ballooned in length and scope. Nevertheless, the film’s writer, director and star is confident of reaching the mainstream

Parties, petty crime and a U-ey on the Harbour Bridge: a 40-year-old portrait of Sydney’s underbelly gets a new life

Released in 1982, the film Going Down captured the grit and grain of sin city through one barrelling night out. Now a restoration of this ‘rough little picture’ is heading to the US

Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films to be written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne

The director has appointed the acclaimed Olivier, Tony, Bafta and Oscar winning talents to be the screenwriters for The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event

Nicolas Cage: ‘I don’t think a day goes by where I’m not mistaken for Nick Cave’

As psycho-thriller The Surfer is released, the actor answers your questions about eating rats, loving pickled eggs and scaring Terry Wogan

‘Not much zoology – apart from the rabbit!’ Desmond Morris on his secret surrealist love romp film

The zoologist, now aged 97, is about to unveil Time Flower, his fantasy-fuelled film in which he pursues a woman called Ramona – who gave such a brave performance leaping off the bonnet of a car that he proposed to her

Luke, I am … an INTJ? Darth Vader would slice hurtful colleagues in half – not take them to an employment tribunal

An NHS worker received £28,989 after being compared to the Sith Lord because of a Star Wars-themed Myers Briggs test. But I’d rather be Darth than Obi-Wan

Nigerian film-makers pivot to YouTube as streaming firms pull back

In a market where big names have struggled to turn profits, a flood of new titles are connecting with audiences online

Jon Voight defends Trump’s film tariff plan: ‘Something has to be done’

Oscar-winning actor gives first interview to Variety since working with Trump on plan to shake up Hollywood

UK officials land in Washington as talks over trade agreement continue

Senior negotiators hope to get agreement with US signed ahead of UK-EU summit on 19 May

Bedfordshire residents say they have been left out of Universal theme park consultation

Locals welcome plan but fear being pushed out of homes by theme park

Summer of 69 review – charming, if overfamiliar, teen sex comedy

Awkward teenager strikes deal with stripper played by SNL’s Chloe Fineman in moderately entertaining throwback

‘A safe haven from racial violence’: Sinners shows the importance of juke joints

Ryan Coogler’s smash hit horror focuses on the opening of a juke joint, a one-time mainstay in Black southern culture

Michael Pitt arrested for alleged sexual assault and attack on ex-girlfriend

Boardwalk Empire and Dawson’s Creek actor accused of multiple domestic violence charges

Aardman announces third Shaun the Sheep movie: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

Studio promises ‘smashed pumpkins, wayward science and a wild hairy beast’ in third big-screen outing for the much beloved animation

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  • New film claims to identify Israeli killer of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
  • Surgery, real sex and water sports: Louise Weard on her four-hour camcorder trans film Castration Movie Part One
  • Parties, petty crime and a U-ey on the Harbour Bridge: a 40-year-old portrait of Sydney’s underbelly gets a new life
  • Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films to be written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne
  • Nicolas Cage: ‘I don’t think a day goes by where I’m not mistaken for Nick Cave’
  • ‘Not much zoology – apart from the rabbit!’ Desmond Morris on his secret surrealist love romp film
  • Luke, I am … an INTJ? Darth Vader would slice hurtful colleagues in half – not take them to an employment tribunal
  • Nigerian film-makers pivot to YouTube as streaming firms pull back
  • Jon Voight defends Trump’s film tariff plan: ‘Something has to be done’
  • UK officials land in Washington as talks over trade agreement continue
  • Bedfordshire residents say they have been left out of Universal theme park consultation
  • Summer of 69 review – charming, if overfamiliar, teen sex comedy
  • ‘A safe haven from racial violence’: Sinners shows the importance of juke joints
  • Michael Pitt arrested for alleged sexual assault and attack on ex-girlfriend
  • Aardman announces third Shaun the Sheep movie: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
  • Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd review – timely, human-scale recap of momentous times
  • Ocean with David Attenborough review – a passionate case against the ruination of the seas
  • Riefenstahl review – nauseating yet gripping story of Nazi poster woman
  • By calling a genocide a genocide, Andor just made its most political point yet
  • Desire: The Carl Craig Story review – goatee-stroking homage to a techno legend
  • How would Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign films affect the UK industry?
  • Sharp Corner review – Ben Foster unravels in smart, darkly compelling thriller
  • ‘Simply unworkable’: British film industry leaders aghast at Trump’s movie tariffs
  • No Way Out: the 1987 thriller that prophesied a deeply corrupt US government
  • How Jon Voight went from Oscar-winning A-lister to Trump acolyte
  • The Uninvited review – Walton Goggins and Pedro Pascal shine in tasty satire
  • ‘I’m not trying to hurt the industry’: Trump softens tone on movie tariffs
  • Swing Bout review – underdog, backstage boxing tale is a gutsy winner
  • Crash at 20: is it the worst best picture winner of all time?
  • Trump’s talk of film tariffs makes no sense, but it’s already doing damage – to Hollywood

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