Drama
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Robert Redford’s indie-film showcase will feature young-adult and mumblecore offerings, alongside a host of comedy actors opting to go serious
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This drama of a woman who must persuade her co-workers to let her keep her job may be the Dardennes’ best, writes Xan Brooks
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The Guardian Film Show The Guardian Film Show: St Vincent, Black Sea and Men, Women and Children - video reviews
The film team review this week's big releases, including Bill Murray reeling out the Bill Murray-isms in grumpy old man comedy St Vincent, and Jude Law hoping his Scottish accent doesn't sink him in submarine thriller Black Sea
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The Guardian Film Show The Guardian Film Show: St Vincent, Black Sea and Men, Women and Children - audio
The film team review this week's big releases, including Bill Murray doing all his Murray-isms in renegade babysitter comedy St Vincent and Jude Law hunting for Nazi gold in a rusty old sub
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Wong Kar-wai’s strained story about Bruce Lee’s trainer lacks the emotional power of his best work, says Peter Bradshaw
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Jim Broadbent’s Santa has been banged up in Brixton prison in this amiable but lop-sided British Miracle on 34th Street, writes Xan Brooks
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Robin Campillo’s drama about a businessman and an eastern-European hustler is part love story, part neo-Dickensian immigrant thriller, writes Catherine Shoard
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Tessa Peake-Jones’s adventures in a commune based on the sexual behaviour of apes quickly turns into something sitcommy, writes Peter Bradshaw
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Look past the dreariness and this comedy about a lovelorn schmuck is not without interest, writes Catherine Shoard
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Ben Walters: The new docudrama Der Kreis looks at a groundbreaking gay rights organisation facing prejudice and harassment in 1950s Switzerland. Why is LGBTQ film trying to reclaim history?
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Adam Sandler plays a porn-addicted husband in this spirited attempt to capture the essence of modern digital life, writes Peter Bradshaw
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Andrew Pulver: Paweł Pawlikowski’s story about a young nun discovering the troubled past of her Jewish family is as remarkable for its subtlety as for its power
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Box office analysis: global Mockingjay makes most in poorest countries, but Paddington doesn't mint it in Mexico
Phil Hoad: Michael Bond’s marmalade-munching bear has good start to cinematic career in UK, but the future looks bleak for the Madagascar and Horrible Bosses franchises
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JC Chandor drama gathers critical momentum ahead of Oscars season, with wins for leads Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac
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Film Talk Jason Reitman on Men, Women and Children: 'The internet is where we become honest' – video interview
Jason Reitman and Ansel Elgort, the director and star of Men, Women and Children, a drama about how relationships play out online, talk to Henry Barnes
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Join Guardian reader George Washbourn as he counts down his top five tense family dining moments
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Review Stations of the Cross review – austere story of a teenager driven to self-destruction by religion
4 / 5 starsA stylistically formal film about a young woman determined to offer her life to God packs a considerable emotional punch, writes Mark Kermode -
Ben Whishaw proves the perfect voice for a CGI Paddington as endearing as the old 70s favourite, writes Mark Kermode
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Join us as we pick five of Spacey’s top film roles, and let us know which you would add
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A girl becomes convinced of her sacrificial destiny in Dietrich Brüggemann’s strangely moving film, writes Peter Bradshaw
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This re-creation of a deadly incident with British paratroopers in Afghanistan has a lacerating power, writes Andrew Pulver
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Join Guardian reader Charles Graham-Dixon and suggest your picks of the best film scenes set on housing estates
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Stuart Heritage: While Imax cinemas are ideal for movies shot on a grand scale, seeing less ambitious films in the format holds little appeal
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A pompous Anatolian hotelier comes down to earth in this compelling drama from Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, writes Mark Kermode
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A fine cast only partially redeems Israel Horovitz’s film of his own play, writes Mark Kermode
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The Guardian Film Show The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, The Homesman, Winter Sleep and Get On Up: the Guardian film show – video reviews
Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard join Xan Brooks to review the week's big releases
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Our look at five of Swank’s most memorable roles. Which would you choose?
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Following an eight-year silence as a director, Gibson will film Hacksaw Ridge, the true story of the second-world-war pacifist who won the medal of honour
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Review The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 review – Jennifer Lawrence still engages in this operatic nightmare
3 / 5 starsThe YA drama seems to be evolving toward superheroism, showing Katniss Everdeen’s development into a sleek, black-robed ninja, writes Peter Bradshaw -
Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas star in this thoughtful drama about a ménage à trois of sorts – peppered with some ingenious twists, writes Peter Bradshaw
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A timeless coming of age tale lurks beneath the modern meta-commentary in this Thai teen tale, writes Phil Hoad
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This chilly but touching Palme d’Or winner takes place against a mesmerisingly vast backdrop – in signature style from the Once Upon a Time in Anatolia director, writes Peter Bradshaw
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This absorbing film may look like a indie cliche but it cleverly unlocks two sisters’ secrets via the distraction of a house-in-the-woods mystery, writes Jordan Hoffman
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The wartime codebreaker and computing genius was pursued for homosexuality, but nobody – until film-makers came along – accused him of being a traitor, writes Alex von Tunzelmann
Topics
- Comedy (Film)
- Science fiction and fantasy
- Jason Reitman
- Men, Women and Children
- Awards and prizes
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Biopics
- Winter Sleep
- Comedy (Culture)
- Oscars
- Sexuality
- Film industry
- Horrible Bosses 2
- World cinema
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Paddington
- Sundance film festival
- Action and adventure
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- LGBT rights
Mike Nichols made films about women – sadly a rarity in Hollywood