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Review of the Week: Hamnet

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

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’

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

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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The Recommender: Bel Powley

The Recommender: Bel Powley

The actor on her latest art and culture discoveries

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Is the current generation of leading men our best ever?

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

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’

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

'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

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?

'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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Is the new Springsteen film final proof that Spotify killed the music biopic?

Is the new Springsteen film final proof that Spotify killed the music biopic?

In the age of streaming and social media, big Hollywood music bios like Scott Cooper’s hymn to the Boss feel increasingly old-fashioned, writes Ellen E Jones

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The Recommender: Nicole Kidman

The Recommender: Nicole Kidman

To kick off our new weekly slot, the Oscar-winning actor shares the culture she's been loving lately

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