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<p>The winter soldier: Sebastian Stan in ‘Thunderbolts*’</p>

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How Thunderbolts’ Sebastian Stan became Marvel’s MVP

The actor behind Marvel’s hero-turned-villain-turned-hero Bucky Barnes has quietly become the franchise’s heart and soul over a period of a decade and a half. Ed Power explains why Stan is very much the man

<p>The man, the myth: Nicolas Cage in ‘The Surfer’</p>

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Nicolas Cage has spent years playing himself – but the best actors do

<p>‘It’s fun to do my own stunts. The aches and the pains feel like part and parcel’</p>

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Daisy Ridley: ‘The fact is, all actors are mainly known for one thing’

<p>Romantic euphoria: Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in ‘Pride & Prejudice’</p>

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How 2005’s Pride & Prejudice became the ultimate 21st-century romcom

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<p>Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘The Basketball Diaries’</p>

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How Leonardo DiCaprio started – then abandoned – his ‘bad boy’ era

Thirty years ago, the ascendent star gave his image a shake-up with roles in the provocative ‘Basketball Diaries’ and Woody Allen’s ‘Celebrity’. Louis Chilton looks back at DiCaprio’s decision to break bad – and the reason it didn’t work

<p>Leni Riefenstahl shrinks from the camera in a startling new documentary from Andres Veiel</p>

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Riefenstahl proves that the best documentary subjects are monsters

The Nazi propagandist is seen in a startling new film repeatedly refusing to talk about her relationship with Hitler – and it’s the kind of upset that has always fuelled cinema’s very best documentaries, writes Xan Brooks

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<p>A delightful creation: Blake Lively in ‘Another Simple Favour’</p>

Blake Lively delights in the otherwise silly Another Simple Favour

<p>Trademark frown: Florence Pugh in ‘Thunderbolts*’</p>

Thunderbolts* is the best Marvel film in years – for one simple reason

Interviews

<p>‘Right now I really need to think about what kinds of movies I’ll make going forward’</p>

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Steven Soderbergh: ‘Erin Brockovich wouldn’t get made today… unless you get Timothée Chalamet’

<p>‘In the realm of acting, you do believe what you’re feeling, every single step. But it doesn’t mean that you are lovers outside of it’</p>

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Juliette Binoche on reuniting with Ralph Fiennes: ‘I know his desires. I know his dark sides’

<p>‘The burden is definitely not lost on me – the gumption of some English lad turned up to play the quintessential Welsh hero’</p>

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Harry Lawtey on playing Richard Burton: ‘He didn’t think acting was a manly thing to do’

<p>‘You can see so many sex scenes on your telephone today, so sex naturally felt more transgressive 20 years ago’</p>

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François Ozon: ‘I was a very perverse child – I loved the idea of my aunt trying to kill us all’

<p>‘Opus isn’t necessarily that different from reality – I mean, the world is pretty insane’</p>

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Murray Bartlett: ‘I looked down on soaps – and really regretted it’

<p>Carrie-Anne Moss: ‘Not only am I drawn to genre films, but they are drawn to me’</p>

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Carrie-Anne Moss: ‘I cried and cried… my heart hadn’t got tough yet’

Nickel Boys’ Brandon Wilson: ‘There’s no logic to racial structures’

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Nickel Boys’ Brandon Wilson: ‘There’s no logic to racial structures’

<p>‘It’s hard to be a child performer, to get out there and do the banana dance over and over and over again. It can be joyful while it can also be dehumanising’</p>

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Keke Palmer: ‘I was a child entertainer making more money than my parents – it was crazy’

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<p>(Not) starring in a blockbuster coming to a cinema near you: Paul Mescal, Mikey Madison and Jacob Elordi</p>

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Hollywood’s new A-list are rejecting superheroes and Star Wars – I don’t blame them

<p>Steve Coogan (and penguin) in his new film ‘The Penguin Lessons’</p>

Steve Coogan on his strange new film about fascism – and a penguin

<p>Pedro Pascal is currently one of the buzziest actors around</p>

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Pedro Pascal’s rapid rise is about to either make or break him

<p>‘I had been deemed difficult and alienated the head of every major studio’: Val Kilmer in 1993</p>

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Val Kilmer was incredibly difficult to work with – but he was worth it

Flashbacks

<p>Scream queen: Tina Turner reportedly beat out David Bowie and Mick Jagger to play the film’s Acid Queen</p>

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Baked beans, Tina Turner and Elton John on stilts: The story behind Tommy

<p>Sink or swim: Leonardo DiCaprio in Danny Boyle’s ‘The Beach’</p>

How The Beach nearly sank Leonardo DiCaprio (and upset Ewan McGregor)

<p>Merry X-mas: Sarah Polley, Scott Wolf, Jay Mohr and Katie Holmes in the cult classic ‘Go’ </p>

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Go at 25: The making of the coolest Christmas movie of all time

<p>A pop-culture-infused catechism: Linda Fiorentino, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Chris Rock on the poster art for ‘Dogma’ </p>

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How the outrageous comedy Dogma became practically impossible to see

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