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Thunderbolts* to Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: 12 of the best films to watch this May
Paramount The return of Marvel, Final Destination and Mission: Impossible franchises are among this month’s unmissable films to watch and…
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10 of the best TV shows to watch this May
Serenity Strull/ BBC From Tina Fey’s new relationship comedy to an action drama from the creator of Lost, and the…
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How 19th-Century cook Antonin Carême made extraordinary food fit for kings
Alamy A new Apple TV+ series explores the life of the so-called “King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings”…
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‘The greatest Marvel offering in years’
Disney The latest in the superhero franchise “is scrappy, scruffy-looking, down-to-earth fun”, with a “charismatic” Florence Pugh at its centre,…
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The reason Sinners has become a true box-office sensation
Warner Bros After great reviews and buzz, Ryan Coogler’s vampire film had an extraordinary second weekend at the box office.…
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How Aldrich Ames became the US’s most damaging double agent
Getty Images Aldrich Ames spent nearly a decade selling secret information to the Soviet Union, compromising more than 100 clandestine…
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10 of the best films of 2025 so far
Nicholas Barber and Caryn James Yun Sun Park/ BBC (Credit: Yun Sun Park/ BBC) BBC film critics Caryn James and…
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The overlooked masterpiece full of coded messages about World War One
Trustees of the De Morgan Foundation (Credit: Trustees of the De Morgan Foundation) Esoteric and pioneering, the paintings of a…
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The ultra-violent Shakespeare play that makes audiences faint
Alamy Tragedy Titus Andronicus is the Bard’s goriest work, and a new production is set to be one of the…
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The anti-Bollywood films fighting sexist stereotypes
Altitude Sister Midnight, Santosh and All We Imagine as Light are part of a new wave of female-centred Indian films…
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