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May 2022

  • Claes Bang.

    Claes Bang: ‘I did two whole plays entirely naked. I thought I’d done enough’

    From spanking to swordfighting, why does the Dane have to keep stripping off? As he appears alongside Christopher Walken in Outlaws, the actor talks about dodgy directors, the joy of physical contact – and his booming synth pop sideline

December 2019

  • ‘He’s imposing but he also has this twinkle’ … Claes Bang at the BBC in London.

    Claes Bang on playing a sexy Dracula: 'He's insatiable – and not just for blood!'

    Claes Bang was left behind in the Scandi noir boom. But now he’s about to go stratospheric – as a lusty, witty Dracula created by the team that revamped Sherlock

December 2018

  • Roma

    Top UK films 2018
    The 50 best films of 2018 in the UK: the full list

    Alfonso Cuarón delivers a layered, poignant Mexican drama to top our critics’ poll of movies, joining tales of game-changing superheroes, confused teenagers, musical lovers and terrified families

June 2018

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    Best films of 2018 so far

    The very best of 2018, from Black Panther rewriting the rules for superheroes, Gary Oldman going to war as Churchill, and Maxine Peake blazing her way through 70s sexism

March 2018

  • Culture highlights of the week, 24 Mar 2018

    Culture highlights of the week
    What to see this week in the UK

  • Terry Notary as performance artist Oleg in The Square.

    Mark Kermode's film of the week
    The Square review – an archly entertaining swipe at the art world

  • Ruben Östlund photographed by Richard Saker for the Observer New Review.

    Ruben Östlund: ‘All my films are about people trying to avoid losing face’

  • The Rebel; The Square; and The Big Lebowski.

    Steve Rose on film
    Painted into a corner: is the art world unfilmable?

January 2018

  • Clockwise from top left: Annihilation, Black Panther, Early Man and Red Sparrow

    Unmissable culture of 2018
    Prowling panthers, paranormal spies and vengeful ice-skaters: must-see movies of 2018

    The Black Panther roars, Matt Damon shrinks, Aardman go stone age and Jennifer Lawrence takes spying into a new dimension – we preview the best cinema of the new year

December 2017

  • Moments of the year: Daniel Craig in Logan Lucky, Jada Pinkett-Smith in Girls Trip, Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread and Margot Robbie in I, Tonya.

    Cannibalism, bad dates and ice skating: the best movie moments of 2017

    Guardian critics pick their favorite cinematic bits from the year, taking in scenes from films including Steven Soderbergh’s heist comedy Logan Lucky and ribald hit comedy Girls Trip
  • Swedish film director Ruben Östlund poses with the three awards for The Square at the 30th European film Awards in Berlin

    The Square triumphs with six prizes at European film awards

    Brexit, the rise of nationalism and sexual harassment in the film industry were recurring themes for speakers in Berlin
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    Top US films 2017
    The 50 top films of 2017 in the US: the full list

    A heartrending coming-of-age love story tops our assessment of the best films on US screens over the past year, pipping a kid’s-eye view of Florida, political intrigue, dystopian futures and nightmarish presents

July 2017

  • Toronto bound ... Victoria and Abdul

    Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Idris Elba lead British invasion of Toronto film festival

    Strong showing for UK-produced films in first batch of titles announced, along with US indie favourites such as Darren Aronofsky and Alexander Payne

June 2017

  • Composite: Film summer preview 2017: It Comes At Night, The Square, Atomic Blonde, Rough Night and Okja

    Summer arts preview 2017
    Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years

    Pop’s great miserablist gets a biopic, Scarlett Johansson has stripper trouble, Charlize Theron explodes into ultraviolence, and Union deserter Colin Farrell shakes up a girls school during the US civil war

November 2016

  • Khalid Abdalla, The Square<br>CAIRO EGYPT - October 18: Portraits of Khalid Abdalla in CAIRO, EGYPT on October 18. Khalid Abdalla is an actor, videographer, activist who was recently in a movie called The Square. (Photo by David Degner / Getty Images)

    Khalid Abdalla: 'I didn't have the right to play Arab roles unless I had lived the struggle'

    The Kite Runner actor is also an activist involved in documenting Egypt’s uprising and subsequent collapse. So why has the Cairo premiere of his new film been called off?

January 2014

  • Jehane Noujaim

    Egypt: postscript to a revolution
    The Square: an Egyptian Oscar nominee that won't be shown in Egypt

    Director Jehane Noujaim discusses her documentary on Tahrir Square and three years of revolutionary political upheaval

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    The Square – review

    Jehane Noujaim's documentary is a visceral reminder of Egypt's ongoing power struggle, writes Mark Kermode

    • This week's new films
      12 Years A Slave, The Railway Man, The Square: this week's new films

    • The Square – review

    • What you should watch this week
      Why The Square is the one film you should watch this week - video

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