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Leonardo DiCaprio bear epic now vying with The Martian – another Fox movie – to be highest-grossing best picture contender in UK, as critically-hated Robert De Niro/Zac Efron comedy proves popular with public
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The Guardian film team’s round-up of today’s movie news
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Sense and Sensibility and The Man Who Fell to Earth to be screened in memory of the late stars, alongside previously-announced world premieres, and an expanded TV slate
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The first film from writer/director Andrew Steggall, Departure stars Juliet Stevenson and Alex Lawther as a troubled mother and son holidaying in France
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The pope will be the first pontiff to appear in a feature film – though Vatican forewarns ‘he is not an actor’
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This week sees the release of Jack Black’s family adventure Goosebumps and, because half of that word is ‘goose’, here’s a chance to check your knowledge of cinematic waterfowl
Road to the Oscars
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In straining for diversity, the magazine’s Hollywood issue – showcasing a range of female actors selected under uncertain criteria – fails to adequately address the issue or reflect reality
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Producers for the ceremony have named the music producer – who had said he would accept only on the condition of being allowed to speak out – among a raft of new presenters aimed at redressing the lack of diversity among the nominees
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Selma director, whose film was controversially sidelined by Oscars voters in 2015, enthusiastically praises concept coined by film critic Manohla Dargis
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Filmgoers who try to pursue Michael Burry’s route to wealth, as portrayed in Adam McKay’s Oscars frontrunner, might end up morally and financially bankrupt
Sundance
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From sexting politicians and slave revolts to virtual reality hype and big-money buys, Sundance has been as interesting as ever. Here’s what caught our attention
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The independent film festival has long served a launchpad for future Oscar winners – and this year’s edition is sure to prove no different
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Viggo Mortensen steals the show as a father whose idealistic way of raising his children comes under attack by the real world
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Nate Parker’s film about Nat Turner slave revolt and warts-and-all political documentary about former congressman Anthony Weiner took home top gongs
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Ice Cube and Kevin Hart return as the exuberant cop duo, on the track of a villain so boring he had audience members reaching for their smartphones
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Michael Bay’s bloody bonanza about the 2012 US compound attack is atrocious, shrewdly timed for the presidential race and so scornful of foreign intervention it could be pacifist
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Smith is excellent as the homeless woman who parked her camper van in Alan Bennett’s garden for 15 years, in this enjoyable film about their poignant relationship
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The Guardian film showThe Guardian film showAll the fun of the Vanity Fair cover and the Pope plays himself - the Dailies film podcastThe Guardian film team’s round-up of today’s movie news
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The star of the third highest-grossing film to date voices agreement with fans who felt that Leonardo DiCaprio’s character died unnecessarily at the end of James Cameron’s Titanic
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Diversity ruled the night at the Screen Actors Guild awards on Saturday in LA, as actors of colour claimed a slew of wins after controversy over all-white acting nominees at the Oscars
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Peter Bradshaw recommends Grant Gee’s meditation about the Nobel prizewinner Orhan Pamuk’s multimedia creation The Museum of Innocence – and the novel of forbidden love that inspired it
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Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases.
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Barack Obama speaks to ABC7/KABC-TV on Wednesday about the Oscars diversity row
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The New Frontiers exhibition at the Sundance Film Festival offered many experiences at the cutting edge of virtual reality, from tickling jellyfish to a one-on-one chat with C3PO
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With his unhurried, free-form explorations of art and sex – one of which ran for amost 13 hours – the French New Wave’s late-blooming great continued thinking and innovating until the end
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The actor on starring in an acclaimed Sundance drama about Christine Chubbuck – the news anchor who achieved notoriety in the 70s for killing herself on live TV – and why she’s rarely offered parts this complex
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The level of fanboy ire targeted at George Lucas’s prequels will pale in comparison to the fury the studio would face if it mucks up the celebrated Star Wars icons in an expanded franchise
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Unlike in recent years, the 2016 Independent Spirit award nominees have deviated from the Oscar picks, showing that the Academy is moving further towards populist choices
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Romcom lead, sitcom star, indie champion… Ryan Reynolds can turn his hand to almost any role. But can he make a foul-mouthed comic-book antihero lovable?
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The Oscar-nominated Juno star talks about child stardom, her Vice TV show and why she had to stop living a lie
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From Alien to his Oscar-nominated The Martian, the director has been lost in space for decades. He talks about his secret briefings from Nasa and why making a blockbuster is ‘like bloody brain surgery’
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The only black director to win best picture, says change has to happen now. He talks about Hollywood apartheid, being written off as a young black teenager, and his friendship with Kanye West
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From a suave spy in a John le Carré story to playing country star Hank Williams, Tom Hiddleston is set to have the year of his life. Elizabeth Day finds him utterly charming
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Oscar nominated for his role as a investigative reporter in Spotlight, the indie fixture-turned-Avengers-superstar talks about the power of the press, Bernie Sanders and life as the Hulk
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The director of Anchorman seemed an unlikely choice for Wall St drama The Big Short. And then it was nominated for five Oscars
regulars
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Five best momentsFive best momentsJane Fonda: five best momentsAs the two-time Oscar winner steals the show in Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film, Youth, here’s a look back at her finest performances
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The film quizThe film quizTake a gander: match the goose to the movie – quizThis week sees the release of Jack Black’s family adventure Goosebumps and, because half of that word is ‘goose’, here’s a chance to check your knowledge of cinematic waterfowl
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DVDs and downloads
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Charlie Lyne's home entertainmentCharlie Lyne's home entertainmentWestern: an elegant documentary, roundly ignoredNetflix’s decision to make its library available worldwide means gems like this US/Mexico border doc are now finally accessible in Britain
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Guy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGuy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsMacbeth; Sicario; The Walk; Irrational Man; Life; Miss You Already and more – reviewMarion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender are on fire in a searing Macbeth for our times
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The World Health Organisation would like films that feature smoking to automatically be given adult ratings. Bad news for Pinocchio and Cruella de Vil …
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With no starry, big-budget biopic in sight, Amy Berg’s new Janis Joplin doc is an insightful reminder of a vivid yet complex figure
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Netflix’s decision to make its library available worldwide means gems like this US/Mexico border doc are now finally accessible in Britain
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A raft of Hollywood film-makers are forsaking the likes of Austin Powers and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for true stories about blacklisted communists and arms dealers in Afghanistan
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From The Third Man to Pulp Fiction, a good film poster can be as much a work of art as the movie it is selling. So why are so many modern posters drab and uninspiring?
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Whether they’re letting you walk on Star Wars’ planet Jakku or experience what it’s like to be bombed, film-makers are embracing immersive technology
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The symbiotic relationship between film studios and fan magazines ensured the cinema-going public was fed a diet of Hollywood glamour and celebrity gossip
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