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"A historic night for representation will now be remembered for one thing": Hanna Flint on the Baftas racism row
The slur from John Davidson who has Tourette syndrome was involuntary but it should not have been broadcast by the BBC. When I hosted a Q&A screening of I Swear with Davidson I was properly prepared in advance, writes the film critic and podcaster
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Mills & Boon meets TikTok: as literary adaptations go, this Wuthering Heights is a bit clueless
The problem with Emerald Fennell’s adaptation is not the mad casting or that it’s unfaithful to the novel; it’s that it isn’t true to the teenage experience of raunchy, reckless first love, writes Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones
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Review of the Week: My Father’s Shadow
British-Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr's acclaimed debut about an estranged father spending a busy day in Lagos with his sons, is a radiant and moving film about parents and children everywhere, writes Ellen E Jones
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Actor-director Cherien Dabis: "Cinema plays a huge role in shifting perspectives"
The Palestinian-American’s work ranges from the hit TV comedy Only Murders in the Building to much more personal films. She talks to Guy Lodge about All That's Left of You, a shattering drama following three generations of a family torn apart by the 1948 Nakba
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‘The actors felt like they were talking to her’: inside the making of The Voice of Hind Rajab
The acclaimed Gaza docudrama is constructed around the real-life call for help from a girl killed in an Israeli strike – a decision that made filming an intense experience, one of its producers, James Wilson, tells Jonathan Romney
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Review of the Week: Hamnet
Chloé Zhao’s Bard drama with its powerhouse lead performance from Jessie Buckley is hotly tipped for success. But is it just a deluxe version of Shakespeare in Love? writes Ellen E Jones
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Review of the Week: Marty Supreme
Timothée Chalamet’s propulsive energy lights up Josh Safdie’s new film about a table tennis hustler who’s on his way to the top, writes Ellen E Jones
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Cover-Up filmmaker Laura Poitras: ‘What do I always carry with me? An escape plan’
As her film about trailblazing reporter Seymour Hersh hits Netflix, in the week it made the Oscar documentary shortlist, the director answers the Nerve Q&A - on troublemakers, optimism and her ‘hippie’ schooling
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Review of the Week: It Was Just an Accident
The extraordinary new film by dissident Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi is a thriller, a fable about state repression and a road movie all at once, writes Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones
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Is the current generation of leading men our best ever?
No longer dreaming of playing Bond, today’s group of young British and Irish actors are fun, reflective and helping to redefine masculinity. I'm all for it, says Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones
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Review of the week: Wes Anderson: The Archives at the Design Museum
Our art critic Emily LaBarge is charmed by a deep dive into the pastel-hued world of the American film director, through costumes, props, scripts and more
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Actor Claes Bang: ‘I think I’m done with nudity. I’m fed up with it’
The Danish star of The Square and Dracula answers the Nerve Q&A - on his recent work, his favourite decade and the unexpected joy of gardening
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'I wanted to write a Ripley kind of thriller’: Olivia Laing on their new book inspired by the mysterious murder of Pasolini
The bestselling author discusses their gay love story set in the sumptuous world of 70s Italian cinema, queer identity and artistic resistance. Interview by Claire Armitstead
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Review of the week: Die My Love
Lynne Ramsay’s film, featuring a career-best performance from Jennifer Lawrence as an isolated young mother losing her mind, is about much more than hormones and ‘mom guilt’, writes Ellen E Jones
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'Cinema is liberation': as more acclaimed films about Palestine emerge, why are many still fighting to reach an audience?
This year’s Oscars triumph for No Other Land should have been a watershed. But a crop of inspiring new titles, made against the odds – including award-winning The Voice of Hind Rajab – still face a struggle to be seen. Ellen E Jones reports
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