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‘I’m not blaming Bond for screwing up my career’: Maryam d’Abo on playing a thieving writer on stage – and a sniper cellist in 007

The former Bond girl talks about her new role as a top writer accused of stealing a story as her actor husband is cancelled – and why she has no regrets about her time aboard the 007 rollercoaster

‘The music could not stop for three days’: how Sirāt went on a road trip to the dark heart of rave

Club culture is notoriously hard to capture on film. Oscar-tipped director Oliver Laxe explains why he had to organise his own music festival in the Moroccan desert to find deeper meaning in dance-floor ecstasy

Larry (They/Them) review – trans photographer’s colourful creative journey into everyday life

Documentary following Laurence Philomène captures the vibrant palette of their work – and the shadows cast over it by prejudice

‘People keep reinventing the same damn movie’: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera and his fears for film’s future

This master craftsman’s work has lit up everything from Bond to Blade Runner 2049. But as he publishes his memoir, why does he believe the artform he made his name in is in such decline?

‘I don’t have to create his legacy, I just have to protect it’: Chadwick Boseman’s widow Simone on grieving a global star – and guarding his secrets

Black Panther made him a megastar, but in private the actor and his wife Simone Ledward Boseman were dealing with his terminal cancer diagnosis. In a rare interview, she talks about the shock of losing him, and how a revival of one of his plays has helped her heal

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck: ‘Jacob Elordi! That hair! Those dreamboat eyes!’

Ahead of the Looney Tunes’ first fully animated feature, the pair discuss keeping young, their Hollywood crushes and why they don’t like CGI

‘We’re used to crowds’: latest Wuthering Heights hype doesn’t faze Yorkshire residents

As Emerald Fennell’s adaptation hits cinemas, a slew of visitors are expected at the sites that inspired Emily Brontë’s novel. People living close by, however, are taking it in their stride

The women who saw Melania in theaters: ‘If you’re Republican, this is girls’ night’

The Amazon documentary brought in $7m its opening weekend – thanks to admirers eager for a glimpse of the first lady’s secretive life

The Guide #229: How an indie movie distributed by a lone gamer broke the US box office

Iron Lung, a largely unheralded indie horror game adapted for the big screen by a YouTuber is a hit of a very modern kind, built on blood, sweat and parasocial relationships

From Lord of the Flies to Deftones: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne takes on the classic tale of deserted schoolboys, while the US band warm up for a pummelling summer of alt metal

Austin Butler to play Lance Armstrong in big-screen biopic

Project, following disgraced cyclist, reportedly sparked bidding war, with Conclave’s Edward Berger set to direct

The Strangers: Chapter 3 review – pointless remake trilogy ends with a sputter

Renny Harlin’s thankless trio of movies, taking a simple story and extending it for no creative reason, is at least finally over

Actor Timothy Busfield indicted in New Mexico on child sex abuse charges

Acts are alleged to have occurred in 2024 on set of TV drama The Cleaning Lady, which Busfield acted in and directed

Sales of Brontë’s Wuthering Heights skyrocket ahead of film adaptation

The number of novels sold rose nearly fivefold year on year in the UK in January, Penguin Classics reports, as Emerald Fennell’s hotly anticipated take is set for release next week

‘Kenny was a riff on decency’: how a low-budget comedy about a portable toilet plumber became a $8m hit

Twenty years ago brothers Shane and Clayton Jacobson turned an improv character inspired by real ‘dunny men’ into comedic gold that celebrated the humour and smarts of blue collar Australians

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