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Maya Hawke: I’m OK with having a life I don’t deserve due to nepotism

Actor, daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, says she rejected path of ‘changing name and getting nose job’The Stranger Things star Maya Hawke has said she is “comfortable with not deserving” the kind of life she has.The American actor and singer, the daughter of Hollywood actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, said her relationship with them was “positive”,...

Sat Jun 1, 2024 21:47
Young Woman and the Sea review – handsome if formulaic 1920s swimming biopic

Daisy Ridley stars in the true-life tale of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the Channel, in a drama that stretches the truth somewhatYou wait years for a stirring feminist true-life endurance swimming drama, then two come along within 12 months of each other. Young Woman and the Sea stars Daisy Ridley as Gertrude (Trudy) Ederle, the plucky butcher’s...

Sat Jun 1, 2024 17:43
Once Upon a Time in America at 40: Sergio Leone’s brutal gangster epic endures

The extravagant crime drama was mishandled upon release, hacked apart by Warners Bros, but time has been kind to the fuller, bleaker versionThere’s no mob whacking in movie history as gruesome as the job Warner Bros did on Sergio Leone’s final feature, Once Upon a Time in America, a sumptuous crime epic that Leone tried to cut down from 269 minutes...

Sat Jun 1, 2024 11:46
Robert De Niro denied leadership award after speaking out against Trump

National Association of Broadcasters rescinds honor after actor’s comments outside ex-president’s criminal trial in New YorkFilm actor Robert De Niro was scheduled to accept a leadership award from the National Association of Broadcasters, but the group has rescinded the award after the celebrity spoke out against Donald Trump outside the former president’s...

Sat Jun 1, 2024 11:46
Mark Kermode on… David Cronenberg, master of gore as a metaphor for our deepest anxieties

From The Brood to Crash and new film The Shrouds, the Canadian body horror pioneer has outraged the censors and inspired countless directorsIn 2021, French film-maker Julia Ducournau won the Cannes Palme d’Or with her blistering, autoerotic magnum opus Titane. It was a richly deserved victory – a celebration of a bold new voice in cinema. Yet for longstanding...

Sat Jun 1, 2024 10:45
The Great Lillian Hall review – Jessica Lange captivates in Broadway-set drama

The actor gives an astonishing, awards-worthy performance as a stage star with dementia in a slight yet powerful TV movieThere’s an almighty performance super-powering HBO’s mysteriously handled TV movie The Great Lillian Hall, an elegant Broadway-set drama blessed with an all-consuming Jessica Lange. It’s her first film lead since 2006 (even before...

Fri May 31, 2024 22:37

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