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Billie Eilish set for big screen acting debut in Sarah Polley’s adaptation of The Bell Jar

Grammy-winning singer is in advanced talks to lead an adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s novel for Oscar-winning writer-director

Reminders of Him review – contrived Colleen Hoover romance has its charms

The third big screen adaptation of the BookTok-loved author’s novels is ludicrously plotted yet slickly made and easily consumed

How to Make a Killing review – one man on a bloody quest for his inheritance is a remake too far

Glen Powell tries his best as a desperate serial killer in this update of Kind Hearts and Coronets, but it’s a mere pretender to the original’s throne

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘swashbuckling’ play The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End premiere

The director’s first play – an 1830s ‘rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise’ – is planned for early 2027 opening in London

Why Black women playing villains on screen still feels controversial

In the wake of discourse surrounding Teyana Taylor’s Perfidia Beverly Hills in One Battle After Another, a familiar debate has resurfaced about what happens when Black women play morally ambiguous characters on screen

One Last Deal review – Danny Dyer revs up phone-bound yarn about fast-talking football agent

Dyer is perfectly cast as the foul-mouthed agent whose fortunes are in jeopardy with his client facing jail. And Darth Vader’s on the blower

A Pale View of Hills review – two-stranded adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro novel in the shadow of the A-bomb

Kei Ishikawa’s take on Ishiguro’s first published work is frustrating and bland, undermining its fascinating characters’ emotional truths

Why F1 the Movie should win the best picture Oscar

It may not be in pole position, but Brad Pitt and director Joseph Kosinski’s sleek, technically inventive ode to motor racing definitely qualifies for the Academy podium

Your Oscars questions answered: ‘The best film of the year hasn’t actually won best picture since 12 Years a Slave’

Who should win? Who’s been snubbed? Guardian film editor Catherine Shoard answers your Oscars questions

The Tasters review – wartime historical drama about Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair food samplers

A shallow, unconvincing storyline and deeply uncomfortable scenes as starving women, unaware of why they are there, are fed titbits

Ron Howard, Emma Rice, Neil Tennant and more on Liza Minnelli: ‘She holidayed in my Cornish bungalow’

The showbiz legend has spent her whole life in the spotlight. As she turns 80, her friends and collaborators share their stories from Hollywood singalongs to acid house raves

Bon Jovi biopic in the works from Universal Pictures

Film to cover early years of rockers and their breakout with hits like Livin’ on a Prayer and You Give Love a Bad Name

Academy wars: how did this season’s Oscars discourse get so toxic?

Fury over Timothée Chalamet’s comments about ballet or Jessie Buckley not liking cats has reached a bizarre fever pitch as the industry wills this Sunday to arrive faster

Long lost George Michael film and live album set for release later this year

George Michael: The Faith Tour will receive a global cinema release alongside previously unheard music from his Wham! and solo discographies

Bodycam review – low-budget chiller oozes with supernatural menace

When a couple of cops turn up to a domestic violence call, things take a nasty turn as we see the mayhem unfold thanks to their body-worn cameras

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  • Calendar Girls: The Musical review – heartfelt and hilarious, with nimbly handled nudity
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