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Leviathan director Andrei Zvyagintsev: ‘Living in Russia is like being in a minefield’Oscar contender Leviathan is a frank portrayal of corrupt Russia. In a rare interview, its director talks to Shaun Walker about his country’s ‘eternal curse’ and why voting there would be a ‘completely pointless step’ -
Will Interstellar inspire a new space race?Steve Rose: Like Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey Christopher Nolan’s epic unashamedly celebrates travelling to the stars as the next logical step in our evolution. Perhaps, after years of cynicism, we’re ready to be inspired by space exploration again
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(Spoiler alert!) People hate spoilers in film trailersDebunking recent Netflix survey, researchers find that audiences want to be excited and teased about forthcoming films rather than knowing the plot, writes Ben Child -
Mr Turner: the fine art of historical biographyMike Leigh’s impeccably researched, beautifully filmed but dull film has to join the dots in order to describe the private life of the highly secretive painter, writes Alex von Tunzelmann
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The Better Angels review: a torpid take on Lincoln's childhoodWith its fractured characterisation, swirling camerawork and heavy-handedness with the facts, this Malick-produced movie crosses the line from slow to dull, writes Jordan Hoffman
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Matthew McConaughey turns rebel to play anti-slavery leader Newton KnightMcConaughey’s new role as Newton Knight will explore the life of Newton Knight, leader of an outlaw band of Confedrate deserters who rejected slavery and secession, writes Andrew Pulver
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Matt Damon downsizing with Alexander PayneThe actor is to star in director’s long-gestating social satire about a down-on-his luck man who decides to shrink himself
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Jack O'Connell to tilt at lead role in Terry Gilliam's revived Don Quixote filmThe former Skins star is the latest lead in a film beset by problems and delayed for 17 years
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Channing Tatum says howdy to Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful EightStar, currently filming Magic Mike XXL, signs up for Tarantino’s new western, about a pair of bounty hunters transporting prisoners through 19th-century Wyoming
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George Lucas' Chicago museum 'looks like palace for Jabba the Hutt'First look at architectural designs for Lucas Museum for Narrative Art draws range of reaction from snide comments to admiration
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Darren Aronofsky to head the jury at the Berlin film festivalBen Child: The US director of Black Swan and Noah, who will help to decide the winner of the 2015 Golden Bear, says the Berlinale is ‘always exciting and fascinating’
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Warner Bros studio to cut 1,000 jobsThe film company’s CEO Kevin Tsujihara announces the redundancies as part of $200m worth of budget streamlining after a rocky year at the box office
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Frozen finery: fans can't let it goAs sales of replica costumes in the US passes 3 million, expect a Frozen Christmas merchandising bonanza, with everything from yogurts to plasters on sale
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Harmony Korine sets up The Trap for Jamie FoxxBenicio del Toro is also on board for the revenge film, described by Korine as his ‘most ambitious to date’
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Michael Fassbender latest name synced to Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs biopicActor considers starring role as the Apple co-founder after Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio pass on playing the tech guru
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Mr Turner makes a big impression at the UK box officeA huge draw at arthouse and multiplex alike, Mike Leigh’s acclaimed biopic, starring Timothy Spall as the great 19th-century painter, exceeds expectations, writes Charles Gant
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles prompt RSPCA warningCharity concerned about baby terrapins bought after seeing the film, only to be abandoned as they grow up
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Director Nicolas Winding Refn takes on The Neon DemonDrive director plans horror film about ‘vicious beauty’ with female cast after realising he is ‘surrounded and dominated’ by women
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’71, first-time director’s film about the Troubles, wins nine Bifa nominationsBritish independent film award shortlist also includes Mike Leigh biopic Mr Turner and ‘honour killing’ drama Catch Me Daddy
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Jake Gyllenhaal: heavyweight TV news more important than the 'survival of a cat'Ben Child: Nightcrawler star suggests dumbing down of TV news shows is fundamentally ‘enabled by us the audience’
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Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana team up for Special Correspondents remakeBen Child: Gervais to write and direct English-language version of Frédéric Auburtin’s comedy Envoyés Très Spéciaux, with Bana as a fake war reporter embedded in his Manhattan apartment
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It bleeds and leads: Nightcrawler tops US box officeJake Gyllenhaal crime drama ties for No 1 with Ouija, cheapo horror based on Hasbro board game
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They’re here to save the world: but how many superhero movies can we take?Edward Helmore: After making billions from Batman and the rest, Hollywood has 30 comic book-inspired films in the pipeline. But now critics say enough is enough
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My Mistress review – BDSM coming of age story that plays it too safeA troubled kid meets a professional dominatrix in a film that trades a potentially challenging hypothesis for a much more familiar path
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Interstellar review: Nolan’s biggest spectacle – and biggest disappointmentMatthew McConaughey stars in this colossal space adventure that is as visionary as Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, but not nearly so subversive, writes Peter Bradshaw
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From the archive, 3 November 1923: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - reviewOriginally published in the Manchester Guardian on 3 November 1923: The Week On The Film: Robert Wiene’s masterpiece of psychological horror, made five years ago but just released in the UK, has yet to be surpassed on the screen
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Mr Turner review – Mike Leigh shines a brilliant new light on the great masterTimothy Spall is a giant as the eccentric Victorian painter in Mike Leigh’s visually ambitious biopic, writes Mark Kermode
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Le jour se lève review – Philip French on Marcel Carné’s poetic realist classicPhilip French enjoys an immaculatly restored 75th anniversary version of this Marcel Carné masterpiece
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Horns review – hybrid horror with occasional Gogol-esque humourDaniel Radcliffe does his best with this flawed tale of a DJ who sprouts horns, writes Jonathan Romney
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Extraterrestrial review – ‘extra-terrible’The Vicious Brothers’ awful alien abduction movie recycles the staples of 80s horror without a hint of irony, writes Jonathan Romney
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Charlie Countryman review – ‘arthouse solemnity meets strident facetiousness’Shia LaBeouf preens his way through this poor, Bucharest-set thriller to no avail, writes Jonathan Romney
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers review – ‘taut direction, an authoritative lead and a magnificently ambivalent ending’Don Siegel’s 1956 science-fiction chiller deserves its classic status, writes Jonathan Romney
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The Overnighters review – a sobering depiction of America in crisisJesse Moss’s documentary following a Lutheran pastor on a mission in a North Dakota fracking town strikes narrative gold, writes Jonathan Romney
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Ouija review – horror by the board...Endure this tedious tale of kids messing with the supernatural at your peril, writes Jonathan Romney
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Nightcrawler review – a lean thriller packed with psychological richnessJake Gyllenhaal is icily impressive as a freelance cameraman in Dan Gilroy’s LA thriller, writes Jonathan Romney
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Timothy Spall plays the painter as a rough diamond, a blast of the roistering 18th century in the moralising Victorian eraThe real Mr Turner: has Mike Leigh’s film got its man?
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The ABCs of Death 2 review: horror, iPod shuffle styleFeaturing 26 people coming to a sticky end, this is ideal viewing for those with short attention spans and a taste for gore, writes Jordan Hoffman
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Nightcrawler review – Gyllenhaal hits career highA creepy, gaunt Jake Gyllenhaal plays a sociopath with a scanner and a video camera in Dan Gilroy’s gripping LA drama, writes Peter Bradshaw
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The Overnighters review – fracking with JesusA documentary about North Dakota’s fracking boom turns into a revelatory examination of a flawed individual, writes Peter Bradshaw
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Extraterrestrial review – reshuffles sci-fi horror clichesThe Vicious Brothers have plumbed the depths of the horror well … only to find it has run dry, writes Peter Bradshaw
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Horns review – sympathy for the devil? NopeThere’s a smart black comedy trying to get out of this lumbering horror, but it – and Daniel Radcliffe – is devilishly dull, writes Peter Bradshaw
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The Great Invisible review: an eloquent return to Deepwater HorizonThough at its heart a work of advocacy, this documentary about the aftermath of BP’s disastrous oil spill is nuanced and cinematic
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The Imitation Game: watch Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in the Oscar-tipped biopic - video exclusive
Watch an exclusive clip from the acclaimed biopic of the Bletchley Park codebreaker
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Love is Strange trailer: Alfred Molina and John Lithgow play a married couple separated by circumstance - video
Watch the trailer for a romantic drama, starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina as a married couple forced to live apart after 40 years together
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Why Sacro GRA is the one film you should watch this week - video review
Peter Bradshaw explains why documentary film-maker Gianfranco Rosi's voyage around Rome's ring-road is worth your time this week
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Concerning Violence: watch a clip from the documentary about colonialisation, narrated by Lauryn Hill - video
Narrated by former Fugee Lauryn Hill, this documentary explores the liberation struggles across Africa in the 1960s and 70s, as colonial masters were overthrown
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Fast and Furious 7: watch Paul Walker and Vin Diesel in the trailer for the car racing action film - video
Watch the trailer for Fast & Furious 7, the last of the franchise to feature star Paul Walker, who died in a car crash while the film was in production
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Matthew McConaughey and the cast of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar: 'Mother nature's going to be just fine, it's us that might not be' - video interview
The stars of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic, about a mission to find a new home away from ecologically-ravaged earth, talk to Catherine Shoard about climate change, human endeavour and getting tangled up in string theory
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Jake Gyllenhaal on Nightcrawler: 'When you don't have empathy you can get away with anything' - video interview
The star of Nightcrawler, a grisly satire on the job market and TV news, tells Henry Barnes how a lack of morality can help you get ahead
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The Guardian Film Show: Mr Turner, Nightcrawler, The Overnighters and Horns - video reviews
The film team review this week's releases, including Mr Turner, Mike Leigh's portrait of the gruff genius of JMW Turner and TV news satire Nightcrawler
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Why Invasion of the Bodysnatchers is the film to watch this week - video review
America loses its mind to space aliens in Don Siegel's 1956 horror Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Peter Bradshaw explains why Siegel's film, often seen as an anti-Communist allegory, is worth your time this Halloween
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What We Do in the Shadows: watch the first six minutes – video
Horror comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows is written and directed by – and also stars – Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement and his long-time collaborator Taika Waititi
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Fury, Jimi: All is By My Side, Serena and This is Where I Leave You: Guardian film show – video reviews
Our film critics review this week's new releases, including Brad Pitt steering heavy metal in tank thriller Fury and Andre Benjamin wigging out as Hendrix in Jimi: All is By My Side
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Why The Babadook is the film you should watch this week – video review
Peter Bradshaw recommends Jennifer Kent's horror film about a monster that springs from the pages of a child's pop-up book
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Tina Fey and Jason Bateman on This is Where I Leave You: 'There's a sense of always having to move on in America' - video interview
The stars of a comedy-drama about a dysfunctional family forced to sit shiva after the patriarch's death, tell Catherine Shoard why sitting still is the hardest thing for any American to do
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Steve Carell on Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: 'Never listen to advice about having kids' – video interview
Steve Carell discusses his new family comedy, in which he stars as a harried dad juggling childcare and job interviews
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The Judge, Northern Soul, Palo Alto and Citizenfour: Guardian film show – video reviews
Our film critics review this week's new releases, including Robert Downey Jr in The Judge and Laura Poitras's documentary on the NSA revelations, Citizenfour
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The Overnighters: clip from documentary about migrant workers in North Dakota town – video
The Overnighters, a documentary by Jesse Moss, tells the story of pastor Jay Reinke, who let those who could not find work in a North Dakota town stay in his church
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Why you might like to watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles this week - video review
The 80s cartoon about the crimefighting reptiles has got an all-action reboot courtesy of Michael Bay, and Andrew Pulver explains why it might be worth watching
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Björk: Biophilia Live: watch her perform Hidden Place from concert film – video
Watch Björk perform Hidden Place as part of her Biophilia: Live tour, recorded at London's Alexandra Palace in September 2013
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Watch Elijah Wood in the world exclusive trailer for Dylan Thomas film Set Fire to the Stars - video
Watch Elijah Wood in the world exclusive trailer for Dylan Thomas film Set Fire to the Stars - video
Elijah Wood stars in Andy Goddard's movie as John Brinnin, an aspiring poet who oversees Dylan Thomas's first tour to America in 1950
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The Guardian Film Show: '71, The Calling, The Rewrite and The Maze Runner – video reviews
The film team review this week's cinema releases, including the Troubles-set chase thriller '71 and young adult teen saviour story The Maze Runner
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Christopher Nolan: the man who rebooted the blockbusterThe long read: He is one of the few directors who can walk into a Hollywood studio with an idea and come out with $200m. So, asks Tom Shone, will Nolan’s latest epic, Interstellar, reinforce his reputation as the auteur who thinks big?
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Matthew McConaughey and the cast of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar: 'Mother nature's going to be just fine, it's us that might not be' - video interview
The stars of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic, about a mission to find a new home away from ecologically-ravaged earth, talk to Catherine Shoard about climate change, human endeavour and getting tangled up in string theory
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Jake Gyllenhaal on Nightcrawler: 'When you don't have empathy you can get away with anything' - video interview
The star of Nightcrawler, a grisly satire on the job market and TV news, tells Henry Barnes how a lack of morality can help you get ahead
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Jake Gyllenhaal on Nightcrawler: ‘I’m a bit strange, you know?’For his most radical reinvention to date, Gyllenhaal lost 30 pounds and all apparent morals to play a freelance cameraman who rubbernecks at road accidents. He tells Henry Barnes why his character is a contemporary superhero
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James Rolleston: New Zealand's teen star on why he's 'nothing flash-as'The Kiwi actor who impressed in Boy is back with two new homegrown films. But will the building trade claim him before Hollywood does? Alexander Bisley meets him
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Timothy Spall: ‘Maybe these days you simply need to be posh to be an actor. It's a bloody shame’The enduring performer talks about the emotional moment he received best actor award at Cannes for his role in Mike Leigh’s new film Mr Turner, 18 years after having to miss the festival when he was diagnosed with leukaemia, writes Xan Brooks
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Riz Ahmed: ‘Hollywood was never the end point for me’Actor and rapper Riz Ahmed talks to Kathryn Bromwich about his directorial debut, daytime raves and why he can’t relax
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Keira Knightley: ‘I used to try to be sensible and good and professional’Keira Knightley is happier than she has been for years. Although she is busier than ever, the paparazzi no longer hassle her and even her critics have softened. So what’s changed? By Megan Conner
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Ray Winstone: ‘I don’t mean to look like I want to kill people’The actor, 57, on money, Dickensian London, and not trusting politicians
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Margarita, with a Straw: ‘The sexuality of the disabled excited me as a film-maker’Leslie Felperin: In London years ago, Shonali Bose was inspired to make a movie when her cousin, who has cerebral palsy, told her she wanted sex for her birthday. Now both women are back in town – at the film festival with the finished work
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William H Macy: ‘I’m scared and horny like a 14-year-old-boy’Having fallen out of love with acting, Macy has made his directorial debut with Rudderless, a drama about a middle-aged man performing his dead son’s songs. He talks to Xan Brooks about bad directors, Uma Thurman’s back flips and rediscovering his passion for the movies
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Rupert Grint on Charlie Countryman: ‘It’s me running around with a strap-on’Ryan Gilbey: The Harry Potter alumnus on playing a wannabe porn star called Boris Pecker, working with Shia LaBeouf and why he’d like to destroy Goblet of Fire
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Steve Carell on Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: 'Never listen to advice about having kids' – video interview
Steve Carell discusses his new family comedy, in which he stars as a harried dad juggling childcare and job interviews
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How The Maze Runner points to a new direction in film adaptationsThe YA movie is storming cinemas the world over. Its success paves the way for a new role behind the scenes in Hollywood: the literary-agent-cum-producer
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Ernie Hudson on being the squeezed Ghostbuster: ‘If I blame racism there’s nothing I can learn from it’The fourth Ghostbuster on why his part might have been marginalised, how he explained it to his sons – and why he still remembers filming the comedy with fondness
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John Waters on hitchhiking across the US: 'I wanted something I couldn't control, something I couldn't plan'You’re driving along and you see a guy hitching. Turns out, it’s the director of Hairspray! David Farley joins the cult filmmaker to hear why he decided to hitchhike across America, and takes a trip with him to Divine’s grave
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Gia Coppola: keeping it in the familySofia Coppola is her aunt and Francis her granddad, but the third generation of directors in the family has James Franco to thank for her debut feature, Palo Alto
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Will Arnett: 'I'm done with super-dumb'The Arrested Development star has spent a decade perfecting cocky, clueless idiots. This year, he’s made two movies that have taken $500m and are, he says, more grounded in the real world. Even if they do star Lego men and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he tell John Patterson
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Quiz: 30 years of Nightmare on Elm Street – how well do you know it?
How well do you know Wes Craven's 1984 slasher film?
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Happy 60th birthday Godzilla! How much do you know about the monster?
The first Godzilla film came out 60 years ago this week. Are you an expert on the city-crushing behemoth? Take our quiz and find out
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Quiz: how well do you know the life and work of François Truffaut?
Think you know your Nouvelle Vague? Reveal your inner auteur by separating the François Truffaut facts from fiction…
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Quiz: match the whistleblower to the film of their story
Can you identify the real-life whistleblowers whose stories have inspired films?
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Turkey pasting: match the quote to the movie the star would like to forget - quiz
Can you match the actor to their alleged critical statement on a past acting role?
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Quiz: Can you identify the film adaptation from the book's cover?
From manuscript to the screen: do you recognise the book covers that spawned film adaptations?
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Quiz: Match the casual-walk-away-from-an-explosion to the film
Try to match the unflinching walk away from billowing flames to its film
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Quiz: Can you match the wedding scene to the film?
On-screen wedding scenes can have you blubbering into your sleeve, or thankful it's not real-life. Can you match these wedding ceremonies to the film they featured in?
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Can you guess these 90s films from their posters?
Before the internet you might have taken more notice of film posters. Can you recognise these well-known films from their theatrical posters?
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Can you guess these 90s films from their taglines?
How well did film marketers do in the 1990s? Can you guess the film from its poster line?
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Quiz: What films are these aliens from?
Aliens of many colours are currently tearing up the screen in Guardians of the Galaxy. But which films feature this parade of extraterrestrials?
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Licence to quip: match the action hero wisecrack to the villain's sticky end
With Expendables 3 burning up the multiplexes, test your knowledge of action movie death quips
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Quiz: can you identify these movie future cities?
Here are 10 future cities - but can you correctly identify which films they appear in?
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Is there an appetite for a David Brent movie?
Poll: The Office character will be appearing in a spin-off mockumentary charting his efforts to make it as a rock star. But is this a Brent too far?
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Quiz: 10 films about killer sharks – can you spot the real ones?
Sharknado, Sharktopus, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus – shark movies are everywhere these days. But can you spot which of these 10 titles belong to actual films, and which ones we've made up?
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Quiz: which of these films were based on comics?
Some of these films were inspired by comics or graphic novels – but do you know which ones?
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Quiz: can you identify these movie space ships?
Here are 10 space ships – but can you correctly identify which films they appear in?
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Quiz: can you identify these former child stars?
Below are 10 pictures of actors who rose to fame when they were young – but can you recognise them as adults?
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Quiz: match the tagline to the film
Here are 10 memorable movie taglines – but do you know which films they were used to promote?
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When Harry Met Sally 25 years on – quiz
A quarter of a century on, Michael Hogan asks how much you remember about high-maintenance women, transitional men and faked orgasms
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Clip joint: high school promsTshepo Mokoena picks some of the best prom film scenes. Which would top your own list?
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Clip joint: children's drawings in horror moviesEveryone likes displaying their children’s art round the house. But what about when it depicts grisly injury and horrific phenomenon?
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Clip joint: steps - five of the most heavenly stairways in cinemaA selection of five of the most memorable cinematic scenes where staircases and steps played a key dramatic role. What have we skipped?
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Robert Duvall: five best momentsOur pick of the actor and producer’s best roles. Which would you add to your list?
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Clip joint: the Rolling Stones' Gimme ShelterGuardian reader Charlotte Ross chooses five of the best film moments featuring the Rolling Stones’ classic track. Do you agree with her choices?
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Hanna: Joe Wright’s pride and extreme prejudice – film on TV recapStuart Heritage: Saoirse Ronan leads an impressively starry cast in this teen assassin action movie, but it proves a weird fit with the director’s period-drama hits. It shows on Channel 4 at 9.20pm on Saturday
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Ben Affleck: five best momentsWe look at five of the Gone Girl star’s most memorable performances to date. But which would you put on your own list?
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Clip joint: offices
Some of the best depictions of indoor workspaces on film. Which would you add to your own top five?
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Julianne Moore: five best momentsSome of her most impressive performances to date. But which would you choose?
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Clip joint: helicoptersGuardian reader Charlie Green picks the five best film scenes involving helicopters
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Emma Stone: five best momentsOur pick of Stone’s top performances to date. Which would you add to the list?
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Clip joint: ConfectioneryJoin us as we seek out the best film scenes involving baked confections and sugary delights.
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Willem Dafoe: five best momentsOur pick of Dafoe’s greatest performances to date. Which would you choose?
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Clip Joint: PiratesShare your favourite films and clips about pirates and we’ll add the best to our list of top five scenes
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Clip joint: rebellionRebellion comes in many forms from teenage acts of rebellion to protest against the state. Share your favourite film clips along this week’s theme of rebellion and we’ll add the best to our list of top five scenes
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Clip Joint: God – five holy momentsFive holy scenes featuring the ultimate deus ex machina: God himself. What else belongs on the list?
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Insomnia: Robin Williams and Al Pacino grapple with darkness – film on TV recap
Stuart Heritage recaps Christopher Nolan's taut cop thriller, which brought a sinister performance out of Robin Williams
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Jackie Chan: five best momentsJackie Chan has claimed his current film, Chinese Zodiac, will be his last ‘big’ action movie. We pick five of the actor’s best moments. Which others would you add to the list?
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