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A Useful Ghost: Recognised in Cannes, Thai director hopes film stirs political debate at home

The film, about a women who dies and whose spirit returns by possessing a vacuum cleaner, explores power and political oppression in Thailand

When Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke became the first Thai dire…

5 days ago

Cal review – grieving Helen Mirren superb in compassionate Troubles romance

Mirren won best actress at Cannes in 1984 for her role as Marcella, who forms a relationship with John Lynch’s Cal – a man complicit in her husband’s murder

Pat O’Connor’s Northern Irish movie from 19…

9 days ago

Trying to get rid of noisy, food-stealing gulls is missing the point – it’s humans who are the pests | Sophie Pavelle

Hawks, spikes and sonic repellants are among the measures used to deter these birds. Perhaps we should try sharing our planet

At this year’s Cannes film festival, some unexpected hires joined the secu…

12 days ago

The Life of Chuck review – unmoving Stephen King schmaltz

Tom Hiddleston plays a man who might be the centre of the universe in a film of often effective parts that never really come together

As prestigious as it might sound to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes o…

13 days ago

The good, the bad and the ugly: Clint Eastwood’s interview debacle reveals bleak truths about film journalism

An Austrian newspaper ran an interview with the cinema legend which he denied ever giving. What actually happens in the world of movie reporting can be yet more murky

It is no surprise that Austrian n…

14 days ago

Dangerous Animals review – shark-bait thriller boasts a gnarly Jai Courtney

A badass surfer on Australia’s Gold Coast takes on a villainous tour guide who is ferrying unwary sightseers to view the sharks

Sean Byrne’s gonzo horror thriller premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight…

20 days ago

​Violent and lewd! Not Grand Theft Auto, Shakespeare’s Macbeth

If Shakespeare were around today, he’d be making open-world shooters with the same depth and diversion as his plays

Last week, the Guardian spoke to the team behind Lili, a video game retelling of Mac…

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 95

Chronicle of the Years of Fire took the prize in 1975 for its portrayal of the Algerian war of independence, drawing on his own traumatic history

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the first Arab and African di…

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