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Kangaroo review – furry family feature is hard to hate

Made by the director of Looking for Alibrandi and co-written by Melina Marchetta, this children’s film gets a little cheesy – but it’s also full of very cute joeys

Al Pacino on Dog Day Afternoon at 50: ‘It plays more today than it even did then’

The 85-year-old actor talks the legacy of his stirring 1975 drama, his love of YouTube, fake death rumours and why he won’t discuss politics

‘Those young women were so vilified’: Nadia Fall on her debut film Brides

The Young Vic artistic director tells why she wanted to reframe the story of girls lured to Syria to join IS

‘Abject horror’: the troubling history of paedophile-hunting TV shows

In Predators, director David Osit goes back to the unease of the prime-time hit To Catch a Predator and asks uncomfortable questions

Norway finds place in spotlight during ‘golden age’ of film-making

Distinctive and critically acclaimed films and drama series from ‘a big hub of talent’ are appealing to audiences around the world

As Hollywood mourns Robert Redford, why do we still struggle with the idea of male beauty?

The superstar never wanted to be a sex symbol. But we don’t have a language to discuss what great beauty can feel like for men, says Guardian newsletter editor Jason Okundaye

From A Big Bold Beautiful Journey to Cardi B: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell star in a fantasy romance, while the rapper swaps the courtroom for the recording studio

‘I don’t want to stop believing in humanity’: Matthew McConaughey on faith, fame and the shocking incident that defined him

He was once so stoned he missed his own birthday party, but the Oscar-winning actor has swapped pot for poetry. He reveals the trauma and triumph that taught him why it’s more important to be a good man than a nice guy

Share your experiences of community cinema in the UK

We would like to hear from people who are involved in a UK volunteer-run film society

Star Wars: Starfighter – what the new picture of Ryan Gosling tells us

Will the Shawn Levy-directed instalment, set five years after The Rise of Skywalker, offer a radical reinvention or return us to a period no one particularly wants to revisit?

Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky/Terror in New York City review – delightful fashion puppets are go

Double bill of the beloved 60s animations sees International Rescue coming to foil a supervillain and save some hapless journalists from disaster

Post your questions for Marlon Wayans

The star of Scary Movie, Requiem for a Dream and now the new psychological sports horror Him is ready to answer your questions

Conviction: The Case of Lucy Letby review – documentary probes Britain’s most notorious baby killer

Channel 4’s film follows the fight to overturn Letby’s conviction, questioning expert testimony and exposing deep divisions over whether she is guilty or the victim of a miscarriage of justice

Shakespeare, vampires and MMA: where does this year’s Oscar race stand?

As the fall festivals come to a close, the awards season is slowly taking shape but without a substantial amount of sure things, questions remain

The Sound of Music’s child actors look back: ‘Musicals about singing nuns – no one was sure the public was going to buy it’

A gleaming new 4K restoration has brought the cultural touchstone back into the spotlight, but what happened to the children who played the Von Trapps?

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