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In “Better Man,” Robbie Williams Is a CGI Monkey. Here’s What to Know.
He had 14 No. 1 singles in Britain, but is not well known in America. In the new movie “Better Man,” he’s played by a...
In the ’90s, She Was a Surprise Oscar Nominee. It May Happen Again.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s lead role in “Hard Truths,” directed by Mike Leigh, is her most substantial onscreen role since “Secrets and Lies” earned them Academy Award...
How ‘Back to Black’ Recreated Amy Winehouse’s Look
In the biopic “Back to Black,” Marisa Abela wears some of the singer’s actual clothes, but the hair and makeup team chose to tone the...
How ‘Back to Black’ Recreated Amy Winehouse’s Look
In the biopic “Back to Black,” Marisa Abela wears some of the singer’s actual clothes, but the hair and makeup team chose to tone the...
‘Back to Black,’ and the Challenges of Dramatizing Amy Winehouse
Several depictions of the singer’s life have explored her tense relationship with fame. The new biopic “Back to Black” instead centers her romantic life.
‘Scoop’ and Prince Andrew’s Newsnight Interview: What to Know
A new Netflix film dramatizes the 2019 BBC conversation that led to the royal stepping back from public life.
‘Scoop’ and Prince Andrew’s Newsnight Interview: What to Know
A new Netflix film dramatizes the 2019 BBC conversation that led to the royal stepping back from public life.
‘How to Have Sex’ Considers Assault Survivors
In new films, including “How to Have Sex,” female British directors emphasize the impact of sexual trauma, rather portraying the act itself.
A Landmark of Black Cinema, Restored for a New Age
The British director Horace Ové struggled to get his 1975 film, “Pressure,” made and released. Now, weeks after his death, a new restoration is celebrated...
‘Scrapper’ Is a Kitchen-Sink Drama, With the Color Turned Up
Charlotte Regan’s debut feature “Scrapper” is part of a lineage of British social-realist films, but its pastel palette and surreal humor resist the genre’s dreariness.