arts
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The next Paul Verhoeven? I'd buy that for a dollarThe Dutch director’s new thriller Elle is at Cannes, but whatever happened to the master of 80s/90s sci-fi bombast who gave us Robocop, and Total Recall? -
How Chance the Rapper redefined the music business's boundariesThe Chicago rapper, who released his third free mixtape on Thursday, has pursued a singular artistic vision outside the usual structures a record label
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Five reasons to welcome their reunionAfter decades of bickering, pop-punk pranksters Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only have buried the hatchet to play two festival shows. Here’s why it’s exciting news -
Artifacts from ancient Chinese cave temples head west for California exhibitSituated on the edge of the Gobi desert, the Dunhuang caves features six miles of art many centuries old – and now an American audience will get a taste of it
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I didn’t have a fully-lived lifeThe star of two films at Cannes has discussed living in the media spotlight as a teenager and how she chooses to work with directors with ‘reckless intentions’
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I'm stunned anyone ever said a word against Howards EndSpeaking as the acclaimed adaptation enjoys an anniversary restoration, Redgrave and director James Ivory attribute the costume drama's backlash to ignorance and inverse snobbery
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Female film directors must get equal funding – but they mustn't all be whiteThis week we at the British Film Institute have pledged to help rectify the appalling shortfall in gender equality by 2020 – but we’ll have failed if we don’t also address other issues around diversity
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Cannes MC says his Woody Allen rape joke was misinterpretedLaurent Lafitte says he was unaware of sexual abuse allegations surrounding director when he joked about Allen filming in Europe to avoid US conviction
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I'm pro-EU, but it's 'not doing us any favours at the moment'The director spoke about the EU referendum and Jeremy Corbyn during the Cannes film festival press conference for I, Daniel Blake, his polemic about the ‘conscious cruelty’ of poverty in the UK
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Trailer for Versus, a documentary about Ken LoachKen Loach, whose latest film I, Daniel Blake is screening at Cannes, is the subject of a new documentary directed by Louise Osmond, which examines the full breadth of his 50-year career
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Juliette Binoche goes mesmerically over the top in bizarre seaside comedyBruno Dumont, the former high priest of French seriousness, has successfully shifted to slapstick and pratfalls in this crime comedy set during the Belle Époque
people
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Still fighting prejudice 24 years after his deathBest known for an image on a U2 album cover, the painter and photographer was was also an Aids activist whose message of defiance from the late 80s reverberates in American politics today
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Afrika Bambaataa denies accusations he sexually assaulted boys in the 1980sHip-hop pioneer responds to claims from Ronald Savage and three other men by telling Fox 5 News: ‘I never abused nobody’
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the big picture
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London's stunning alt-drag starsDamien Frost has photographed the most eye-popping members of the vibrant drag scene in London – from homages to Magritte to outfits made of tabloid newspaper
reviews
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High-Rise – Tom Hiddleston shines in social-surrealist film of the yearThe residents of a state-of-the-art tower block succumb to a collective breakdown in Ben Wheatley’s ingenious adaptation of the JG Ballard novel
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The Darkness – Kevin Bacon stars in hokey hex horror full of typical tropesAn autistic teen brings home an ancient curse in a film that starts with promise and ends with portals, talismans and chanting – none of which are very scary
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pictures & video
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Vicky McClure unleashes hell as Lady MacbethThis is England star Vicky McClure is possessed by evil in this nightmarish manga take on Macbeth, the fourth of the British Council’s films for Shakespeare Lives 2016
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Meet the contestants, with their reindeer headgear and bubblegum T-shirtsHere’s what to expect from each of the finalists in tomorrow’s song contest
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Super Furry Animals: Bing BongWatch the video for the first Super Furry Animals single since 2009 – a ‘communal disco anthem’ and a beacon of faith
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Sketches from William Grill's wolves of New MexicoKate Greenaway-winning illustrator William Grill shares sketches he made drawing the wolves at Wild Spirit Wolf sanctuary in New Mexico to research his breath-takingly beautiful new book The Wolves Of Currumpaw
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Trailer for new Woody Allen filmWoody Allen’s latest film Café Society features an on-the-make New Yorker Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) and the woman Vonnie (Kristen Stewart) he falls in love with.
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Beautiful beaches around the worldSoaring high over beaches from Cape Town to Sydney, photographer Gray Malin has captured the world’s most popular spots – seen from doorless helicopters
Shakespeare Solos
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You call me misbelieverPaterson Joseph speaks Shylock’s lines from The Merchant of Venice, in which the moneylender reminds Antonio of the times he has insulted him
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The quality of mercyLaura Carmichael speaks Portia’s lines from the courtroom scene in The Merchant of Venice, in which she tells the moneylender Shylock to be merciful
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Friends, Romans, countrymenDamian Lewis performs Antony’s funeral oration for Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s tragedy – one of a new set of films to mark Shakespeare 400
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'Now, gods, stand up for bastards'Riz Ahmed speaks Edmund’s soliloquy from King Lear, in which Edmund reflects upon being an illegitimate son and plots against his half-brother, Edgar
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‘All the world’s a stage’Jaques’s speech about the seven ages of man from As You Like It is performed by Zawe Ashton
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Damian Lewis and Zawe Ashton among new starsLewis plays Antony and Ashton performs ‘All the world’s a stage’ for our video series, which features Riz Ahmed, Laura Carmichael and Paterson Joseph
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