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Why Sentimental Value is being called ‘the best film you might see all year’

Following a record 15-minute standing ovation at its world premiere, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value is winning rave reviews and generating

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This outlandish horror about an Aids-like epidemic is a ‘disorientating, maddening whirlwind’

Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival After winning the Palme d’Or for the shocking Titane, out-there French director Julia Ducournau is

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This ‘deranged’ starry thriller about the US’s pandemic divisions will ‘leave you breathless’

Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival (Credit: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival) Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster is once again

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What Gérard Depardieu’s conviction means for France

Getty Images Yesterday, the French mega-star was found guilty of sexual assaulting two women on a film set. It’s verdict

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The provocative Estonian pop song that has caused outrage in Italy

Alina Pyazok One of the most controversial entries in the Eurovision song contest is Espresso Macchiato by Estonia’s Tommy Cash.

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The stunning retro space-age homes that are perfect for today

Ligne Roset Space-age style is skyrocketing in pop culture – in celebrities’ homes, at global design fairs and even in

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The men who broke out of Alcatraz with a spoon

Getty Images On 12 June 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz, never to be seen again. The ultimate fate of

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Thunderbolts* to Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: 12 of the best films to watch this May

Paramount The return of Marvel, Final Destination and Mission: Impossible franchises are among this month’s unmissable films to watch and

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‘The greatest Marvel offering in years’

Disney The latest in the superhero franchise “is scrappy, scruffy-looking, down-to-earth fun”, with a “charismatic” Florence Pugh at its centre,

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10 of the best films of 2025 so far

Nicholas Barber and Caryn James Yun Sun Park/ BBC (Credit: Yun Sun Park/ BBC) BBC film critics Caryn James and