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Joel Edgerton: ‘I’d be terrified to fight Tom Hardy now’

The Australian actor/writer/director on swearing, Star Wars, and working with everyone from his ‘far more interesting’ brother Nash to Bob Dylan

The Guardian - UK

8 indie movies to watch this summer: ranked

While summer movie season is dominated by blockbusters, there are plenty of indie movies worth seeing over the next few months.

WhatToWatch

Post your questions for Joel Edgerton

The acclaimed Australian actor is a stalwart of the Star Wars universe as well as a veteran of a string of chewy independent thrillers – so get your questions over to him now

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Master Gardener: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the drama

The latest movie from Paul Schrader, Master Gardener, stars Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver. Here is everything you need to know.

WhatToWatch

10 'sexy' TV shows and movies that left us cold

How are these "hot" onscreen moments so decidedly not hot? Instead of firing audiences up, these 10 titles simply fizzle

WhatToWatch

TV tonight: who will win the 2022 Mercury prize?

The hottest musical stars are out in force at the event that was postponed because of the Queen’s death, plus Greta Thunberg is interviewed. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The Nightingale to In Bruges: the seven films to watch on TV this week

Aisling Franciosi goes on a heart-rending quest for revenge, while Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are two hitmen in hiding

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The Stranger casts Joel Edgerton as an undercover cop in unnerving thriller inspired by Daniel Morcombe case

The tragic disappearance of a Sunshine Coast boy in 2003 and the ensuing police probe a decade later is the basis for The Stranger, coming to Netflix this month following a Cannes premiere.

ABC News

Australian thriller The Stranger puts anxiety centre frame

When I teach budding screenwriters, I will often use the “show don’t tell” rule as a quick-fix for students trapped in the more familiar mode of literary storytelling. The Stranger, an accomplished Australian thriller, written and directed by Thomas M. Wright, abides closely to this adage with visceral storytelling using…

The Conversation

Thomas M Wright on making The Stranger: ‘My partner said, “I don’t want you to do this”’

Wright’s new film attracted controversy before it had even screened. But while it’s based on the murder of Daniel Morcombe, that crime is not its subject

The Guardian - AU

TV tonight: an excruciating reality show hunting for the next prime minister

Alastair Campbell and Sayeeda Warsi put a bunch of wannabes to the test. Plus: the big shakers in contemporary art look back. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Blonde to Harriet: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Ana de Armas is uncanny as the Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, and Cynthia Erivo is remarkable as the American abolitionist. Plus: Beverly Hills Cop

The Guardian - UK

Cinemas, Netflix set to release Aussie film The Stranger. Here’s why it’s controversial

The parents of Daniel Morcombe criticised The Stranger as a ‘callously disrespectful’ film depicting the hunt for their child's killer.

The New Daily

Venice film festival 2022 week two roundup – discomfort and joy

A mood of theatricality prevailed at this year’s edition – a bleak but furiously cinematic Marilyn Monroe biopic and a forbiddingly austere French courtroom drama being the most distinctive offerings

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Master Gardener review – Paul Schrader’s plantation drama fails to blossom

Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton can’t save this stilted, eccentric crime story

Bangkok Post

Thai cave rescue revisited

The historical true events behind Amazon Prime's original film Thirteen Lives are already widely known. Now director Ron Howard is bringing his own version of the chilling human survival drama to the screen.

The Guardian - AU

The Stranger review – Joel Edgerton is at his brooding best in this sophisticated crime drama

Thomas M Wright’s unconventional, captivating film sees Edgerton as an undercover cop trying to identify a child murderer, opposite the brilliant Sean Harris

Asharq Al-Awsat

Review: ‘Thirteen Lives’ Gets Lost in Sprawling Rescue Story

Twenty-seven years ago, Ron Howard’s “Apollo 13” saluted men with the right stuff — quiet courage and grace under pressure. This summer, he’s returned to that magic number for a similar rescue tale but traded the vastness of space for a film deep underground. “Thirteen Lives” is a dramatization of…

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From Nitram to The Stranger: Daniel Morcombe film reignites debate about ‘profiting from pain’

The family of a murdered Australian child want audiences to boycott film about the case. What’s the line between art and exploitation?

The Independent UK

Thirteen Lives review: Tham Luang cave rescue film is good, but it could have been extraordinary

The tension of this true-life tale – starring Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen – grips like a vice

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Thirteen Lives’: Ron Howard’s film depicts Thai cave rescue at both epic and intimate scale

Heroes dive for hours to save the trapped boys in intense, real-life adventure.

Tribune News Service

Movie review: ‘Thirteen Lives’ an enthralling dramatization of effort to rescue youth soccer team from cave in Thailand

The effort to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand that captured the world’s attention in 2018 is rivetingly depicted in one of the best directorial efforts by prolific filmmaker Ron Howard.

The Guardian - UK

Thirteen Lives review – Ron Howard’s Thai cave-rescue saga told with non-Hollywood heroics

Howard gives this stunning true story the Apollo 13 treatment but swerves Elon Musk’s grotesque ‘pedo’ comment

The Guardian - UK

Going underground: inside Ron Howard’s explosive movie about the Thai cave rescue

Viggo Mortensen plays a heroic firefighter in new movie Thirteen Lives, based on the dramatic 2018 rescue of 12 boys and their coach in Thailand. But the film isn’t simply a white-saviour narrative, as its director explains

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: ‘Silly distraction’ Elon Musk ignored for rescue film

In Today’s Diary: Elon Musk ignored by rescue film/ Jimmy Carr’s got a new job/ Producers take pity on outdoor performers/ MP Rehman Chishti on the audacity of hope

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