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Kathleen Is Here review – cuckoo-in-the-nest drama-thriller has a properly nailbiting ending

A young woman leaving the care system returns to her childhood home is a strong directorial debut from acclaimed Irish actor Eva Birthistle

Kulej. Dwie Strony Medalu review – glossy boxing biopic is Poland’s answer to Raging Bull

An overlong, overly lightweight tale of Poland’s two-time Olympic champion Jerzy Kulej is saved by a rallying last half hour

Pulp Fiction at 30: Quentin Tarantino’s masterwork remains electric

The 1994 follow-up to Reservoir Dogs is a remarkable act of alchemy, winning over both arthouse and multiplex audiences like nothing else before it

Garçonnières review – male insecurities revealed as film goes back to the man cave

Céline Pernet places a number of willing volunteers in front of a camera and asks them a series of candid questions, and the responses form a fascinating tapestry of experience

‘People are complex’: Maria Bakalova on Donald Trump – and playing Ivana in The Apprentice

Her breakout role in the Borat sequel grabbed attention after a scene with Rudy Giuliani on a bed. Now she’s playing Trump’s ex-wife in a controversial biopic – but insists it’s not a political film

Joker: Folie à Deux flops further in second week at US box office after lacklustre opening

Panned sequel to Oscar-winning hit makes just $7m domestically in second weekend, an 81% drop that places it among the steepest ever recorded

Haunted Ulster Live review – mock Halloween broadcast evokes the spectre of Ghostwatch

Amiable lo-fi horror film presents itself as a live broadcast from a haunted suburban home. It’s well crafted – though unlikely to scare viewers the way the 1992 BBC mockumentary did

Endurance review – Shackleton’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition, relived

Shackleton’s remarkable 1914 mission gets a stirring retelling by the directors of Free Solo as a fine cast of experts search for the remains of his ship

‘An incredible echo of today’: Kevin Macdonald on his film about John Lennon and Yoko Ono

The director speaks about his documentary exploring the couple’s life after moving to New York in 1971

Changingman Paul Weller reinvents himself again… as an actor in Steve McQueen’s Blitz

After more than 50 years and 17 studio albums, the Modfather takes on his first film role… to glowing reviews

Timestalker review – reincarnation romcom with nowhere to go

A woman pursues her beloved across centuries in Prevenge director and star Alice Lowe’s intriguing yet disappointing second feature

‘I could not get through the script without crying’: Adrien Brody talks to the death row survivor who he’s playing on the London stage

In ​1​982 Nick Yarris was wrongly convicted of a murder he didn’t commit​ and spent 22 years in prison. Here, he and the Oscar-winning actor reflect on bringing Yarris’s inspiring life story to the theatre

In brief: The Catchers; Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife; Every Man for Himself and God Against All – review

Xan Brooks’s second novel takes readers on a musical road trip through 1920s Appalachia; a story-packed history celebrates inspirational medieval women; and a characteristically unusual memoir from Werner Herzog

Transformers One review – action-packed prequel adds brains to the metal monster smash-ups

Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley brings a blast of energy, sharp wit and an all-star voice cast to this refreshingly different origin tale

‘I need to feel alive’: Julianne Moore on family, friendship and mortality

Few actors are as endlessly versatile and compelling as Julianne Moore. Ahead of her extraordinary performance in the latest Pedro Almodóvar film, she opens up about love, death and the complexity and richness of ordinary lives

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