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China’s go-to English bad guy Kevin Lee: ‘I’m happy to play a villain’

The English actor, who has worked with Chinese directors from Jackie Chan to Zhang Yimou, reveals how a chance meeting at the visa office in Beijing changed his life

In the Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand review – queasy softcore-fantasy road movie

Two unhappy men go on a quest to find a lost VHS-era adult film star in a confused attempt at zany

Black Medusa review – deadpan North African vengeance noir

This chilly Tunisian debut follows young a female killer who traps her victims by pretending to need a voice app to speak

Rossy de Palma: ‘Almodóvar always leaves space for a little bit of life to come in’

The Spanish actor on 35 years working with Pedro Almodóvar, the joy of her 80s pop band, and facing up to her country’s past

Comets review – a lovers’ reunion charged with cosmic poignancy

A surprise reappearance throws the life of middle-aged widow into otherworldly flux in this strangely affecting drama

The 400 Blows review – François Truffaut’s coming-of-age masterwork

Jean-Pierre Léaud dazzles at the heart of an autobiographical opus that invites new waves of adulation with each viewing

Romaine Hart: inspiring figure who led the reinvigoration of cinema culture in the UK

Hart gave me my first break in the industry and stood out as a beacon of hope for those who followed

Chaplin, Elvis and Batman return: 25 films to look out for in 2022

Baz Luhrmann takes on the King with Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent steals a masterpiece and Jessica Chastain plays an eccentric televangelist … all in 2022’s must-see movies

Gritt review – intriguing, subversive drama about the perils of creativity

Itonje Søimer Guttormsen’s feature debut traces the story of a troubled young woman on the outside of outsider art

The 50 best films of 2021 in the US: the full list

Our countdown of the best films released in the US during 2021 reaches No 1 with Jane Campion’s menacing western about two warring brothers

The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK

Our countdown of the best films released in the UK during 2021 reaches No 1 with Jane Campion’s menacing western about two warring brothers

The 50 best films of 2021 in the US, No 3: Petite Maman

Céline Sciamma’s latest drama is a heartbreaking but beautiful ghost story told with a masterful, realist calm

The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK, No 3: Petite Maman

Céline Sciamma’s beautiful fairytale about a girl who meets her mother as a child in the woods is an artistic masterstroke

The 50 best films of 2021 in the US, No 4: Drive My Car

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi adapts a Haruki Murakami short story into a highly moving meditation on life and art

The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK, No 4: Drive My Car

A tender, meditative drama that marks Ryusuke Hamaguchi a new master of Japanese cinema

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  • Verity review – Dakota Johnson leaves teethmarks as she goes back to Fifty Shades erotic thriller territory
  • Verity review – Dakota Johnson leaves teethmarks as she goes back to Fifty Shades erotic thriller territory
  • Verity review – Dakota Johnson leaves teethmarks as she goes back to Fifty Shades erotic thriller territory
  • Cotton Queen review – mystery, matriarchs and magic in pioneering Sudanese debut
  • Cotton Queen review – mystery, matriarchs and magic in pioneering Sudanese debut
  • Cotton Queen review – mystery, matriarchs and magic in pioneering Sudanese debut
  • Cotton Queen review – mystery, matriarchs and magic in pioneering Sudanese debut
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  • The Swan contestants on the most sadistic reality show on TV: ‘Ultimately, we were just a job’
  • The Swan contestants on the most sadistic reality show on TV: ‘Ultimately, we were just a job’
  • The Swan contestants on the most sadistic reality show on TV: ‘Ultimately, we were just a job’
  • The Swan contestants on the most sadistic reality show on TV: ‘Ultimately, we were just a job’
  • Rapture review – cult Spanish horror is a deeply strange cheese dream of cinemania
  • Rapture review – cult Spanish horror is a deeply strange cheese dream of cinemania
  • Rapture review – cult Spanish horror is a deeply strange cheese dream of cinemania
  • Rapture review – cult Spanish horror is a deeply strange cheese dream of cinemania
  • Rapture review – cult Spanish horror is a deeply strange cheese dream of cinemania
  • How Deep Is Your Love review – under the sea at Earth’s last frontier with the Psychedelic Elvis Worm
  • How Deep Is Your Love review – under the sea at Earth’s last frontier with the Psychedelic Elvis Worm
  • How Deep Is Your Love review – under the sea at Earth’s last frontier with the Psychedelic Elvis Worm
  • How Deep Is Your Love review – under the sea at Earth’s last frontier with the Psychedelic Elvis Worm
  • How Deep Is Your Love review – under the sea at Earth’s last frontier with the Psychedelic Elvis Worm
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  • Patricio Guzmán obituary
  • Digger review – Tom Cruise’s loudmouth oil tycoon goes hard in Alejandro G Iñárritu’s eco-satire
  • Child review – jump scares abound in twisty organ transplant fable that keeps horror at its heart
  • The Portuguese House review – picturesque, polite drama of secrets and revelations at a country estate
  • April X review – Connor Storrie searches for missing twin in dystopian dream-tech sci-fi thriller

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