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<p>Francis Ford Coppola</p>

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Francis Ford Coppola is sending us a message with his Megalopolis cast

The director’s passion project has got off to a troubled start with misconduct allegations swirling and trailers pulled from circulation. Amid all this is a contentious cast list that includes Shia LaBeouf and Jon Voight. Casting ‘cancelled’ actors is a controversial move, writes Laura Barton, but Coppola’s heart is in the right place

<p>‘For me, when the noise gets really loud, I like to centre in on this feeling of, like, “You’re not gonna take away my joy”’ </p>

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Elliot Page: ‘My queerness is what made Juno extra special’

<p>Ryan Reynolds’s ‘Free Guy’ is one of several films to be given the ‘Verified Hot’ badge</p>

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Why Rotten Tomatoes’ ratings overhaul does no one any favours

<p>‘I haven’t played the quote-unquote ‘leading lady’ in a very long time. And I appreciate it more the second time around'</p>

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Carol Kane: ‘In comedy, you have a little more leeway with your looks’

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<p>Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in the much-anticipated sequel to ‘Joker’</p>

Can Joker: Folie à Deux bring the movie musical back from the dead?

The public may have turned its back on musicals, but Joaquin Phoenix’s new supervillain sequel prepares to do it once more, with feeling, writes Geoffrey Macnab

<p>Brandon Lee as Eric in ‘The Crow’</p>

The Crow’s ‘curse’ might be a myth – but the franchise can’t escape it

With a new reboot in cinemas, Geoffrey Macnab asks whether the franchise has ever recovered from the tragic death of its original star

Reviews

<p>Sixth time’s the charm: Alicia Vikander and Jude Law as Katherine Parr and Henry VIII in ‘Firebrand’</p>

Jude Law’s Henry VIII steals the show in girlboss biopic Firebrand

<p>Midsommar murders: Matt Smith in the folk horror tale ‘Starve Acre’ </p>

Matt Smith gets his own Wicker Man in the provocative Starve Acre

Interviews

<p>Ilana Glazer: ‘I’ve been told my whole career my work is political’ </p>

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Ilana Glazer: ‘People thought it was effortless – in reality, we were killing ourselves’

<p>‘It’s the whole point of the film, the sharing of who I am. I dug deep!’ </p>

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Faye Dunaway: ‘I have, we might as well say, a bipolar diagnosis’

<p>‘I don’t think anyone else has ever become a doorknob'</p>

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Joan Chen: ‘I asked David Lynch to write me out of Twin Peaks’

<p>‘No studio wanted to pair me up with a female lead after playing a gay role – I did nothing but studio features before that. It took 40 years after that movie to do another one’ </p>

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Harry Hamlin: ‘Clash of the Titans was fraught – the producers didn’t speak to me again for 25 years’

<p>‘No matter your age, there is still life to live’ </p>

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June Squibb, movie star at 94: ‘I’ve fought convention tooth and nail’

<p>Anthony Ramos: ‘At the end of the day, it’s a blockbuster movie. People come to see some s*** get torn up'</p>

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Twisters’ Anthony Ramos: ‘We were in the middle of tornado season’

<p>‘I’m not going to see “Longlegs”. I know that’s not me up there’ </p>

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Alicia Witt: ‘My Longlegs character came into me and used me as a vessel’

<p>‘There are times I’m frustrated or not getting a job I want, and I’m like, man, if I was just in EastEnders…’ </p>

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Ben Hardy: ‘I felt myself getting lazy as an actor on EastEnders’

Features

<p>Films to be watched behind a cushion: (clockwise, from top left) ‘The Shining’, ‘The Ring’, ‘Get Out’, ‘Hide and Seek’ and ‘The Birds’</p>

I watched my first horror film aged 12 and haven’t been the same since

<p>Shelley Duvall in 1977’s ‘3 Women’, which brought her to the attention of ‘The Shining’ director Stanley Kubrick </p>

Tribute

Shelley Duvall was a star whose wide eyes showed vulnerable depths

<p>Cool riders: Austin Butler in ‘The Bikeriders’, Peter Fonda in ‘Easy Rider’, and Marlon Brando in ‘The Wild One’ </p>

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Mad, bad and dangerous to wear: The wild history of the leather jacket

<p>Donald Sutherland, circa 1975</p>

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Donald Sutherland was a chameleonic actor who combined charm with menace

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<p>Buying what they’re selling: Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds at the New York premiere of ‘It Ends with Us’ this month</p>

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are no longer actors – they’re influencers

<p>Man of the people: Tom Cruise poses for selfies with fans during one of his (many) public appearances this summer, this time at the Paris Olympics</p>

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Tom Cruise’s surreal summer has only added to his oddball mystique

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Be warned, Marvel fans – Deadpool & Wolverine is using you

<p>Claw of averages: Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’</p>

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Deadpool & Wolverine isn’t just bad – it’s changing what ‘movies’ are

Flashbacks

<p>‘Get away from her you b****!’: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in ‘Aliens’ </p>

Aliens: How James Cameron made the greatest sequel in sci-fi history

<p>Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren in ‘Caligula'</p>

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Is the X-rated cult 1970s movie Caligula a lost masterpiece?

<p>Utterly cutlery: Hank Azaria wields forks as crime-fighter the Blue Raja in ‘Mystery Men’ </p>

Mystery Men was the flop superhero comedy that deserved better

<p>Disaster in the making: Ryan Reynolds and Wesley Snipes in ‘Blade: Trinity’ </p>

How Blade: Trinity became Marvel’s biggest disaster

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