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The longtime collaborators discuss shooting their film, set during the Troubles, in the middle of a pandemic
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The visuals revel in the high-end glamour and peril of travel in the 1930s
A truth-based depiction of Her Majesty’s improbable friendship with a handsome Indian servant
Kenneth Branagh’s whodunnit has Depp, Pfeiffer, Dafoe, Cruz and Dench — but precious little drama
Dismissal of founder comes after email to film world elite pleading to save job
Judi Dench gives quite a performance but Stephen Frears’s film is disappointing
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company launches its year-long season in the West End
Kenneth Branagh’s new West End season will feature Derek Jacobi as Mercutio in ‘Romeo and Juliet’
The polling-station drama is a smart, lively way to address the importance of the UK election
In a world slavishly devoted to youthfulness, are middle-aged women just intrinsically boring?
An unworldly Irishwoman has lessons in life for a cynical former BBC correspondent
A round-up of the contenders reviewed so far by the FT’s critics
Steve Coogan and Judi Dench star in a truth-based drama about a mother re-seeking her adopted son
‘Sacro GRA’, Gianfranco Rosi’s portrait of Rome’s ring road, edges out Tsai Ming-liang’s ‘Jiaoyou’
Reviews of Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises, Stephen Frears’ Philomena and more
John Logan’s many-layered play centres on a meeting between the inspirations for Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan
Britain’s favourite boy scout returns, this time charged with saving one of the country’s national treasures: yes, Judi Dench
This week’s cinema releases reviewed: ‘Quartet’, ‘Hors Satan’, ‘McCullin’ and ‘Grabbers’
The Olympic year saw an overload of cultural activity. What does 2013 hold in store for arts lovers?
This week’s new film releases reviewed: ‘Skyfall’, ‘Elena’, ‘Sister’, ‘Room 237’ and ‘Halloween’
This week’s films reviewed: ‘Bel Ami’, Michael Winterbottom’s ‘Trishna’, ‘John Carter’, ‘The Raven’ and ‘Cleanskin’
This revival of Coward’s 1925 play has a solid cast but the staging does not always hit the right note
A Russian tour operator will take clients to watch the launch of the Soyuz rocket on its September mission to take crew to the International Space Station
This week’s films reviewed: ‘Rampart’, ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, ‘Safe House’, ‘The Adopted’ and ‘Black Gold’
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