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Mrs Harris Goes to Paris makes a mockery of real working-class life

The new film Mrs Harris Goes to Paris is based on a 1958 novel by the American writer Paul Gallico: no British novelist could romanticise the class system quite so wackily. It is about the adventures of a Battersea char who, heartbroken by the death of her husband, saves up…

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Movie review: Comedy duo of Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent sparks 'Duke'

Kempton Bunton may be on the witness stand in "The Duke" but he behaves like it's a stand-up comedy club.

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Review: Broadbent, Mirren Charm in Art Heist Pic 'The Duke'

If you’re gonna face a jury for a crime you’ve already confessed to — and even explained how you did it — you’d better have something going for you besides a “not guilty” plea. The real-life character of Britain’s Kempton Bunton, an amiable sexagenarian taxi driver who was acquitted of…

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"The Duke" makes an art heist charming

In 1961, an elderly Brit went on trial for stealing Goya's Duke of Wellington painting to protest paying for TV

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Streaming: The Duke and other great heist movies

Roger Michell’s delightful art-theft romp starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren joins robbery classics from The Lavender Hill Mob to Rififi and Widows

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The Duke brings British comedy charm and smarts to the true story of one of history’s strangest art heists

The Duke stars Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren in a comedy about a crime that baffled a nation: the 1961 theft of a Goya painting from London’s National Gallery — by a 60-year-old pensioner.

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True story of gallery raid behind comedy film The Duke - and how Mirror solved mystery

Kempton Bunton, a retired lorry driver, masterminded the theft of Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery as part of his crusade for free TV licences

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March movie guide: A Batman, a military dog and another Marvel superhero film

It could be the 94th Academy Awards in Los Angeles are overshadowing any real movie magic this month, but there are quiet gems in this month's movie guide.

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The Duke review – Jim Broadbent excels in true tale of art-stealing pensioner

Roger Michell’s final feature film brings good-natured, Ealing-style brio to the 1961 theft of Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington

The Guardian - UK

The Duke movie review: expert handling on all sides makes this stranger than fiction story work

London’s most infamous art heist provides the backdrop for a funny and moving drama

Evening Standard

The Duke review – Jim Broadbent steals show in warm-hearted 60s-set crime caper

Roger Michell’s final feature retells story of the cussed Newcastle pensioner who stole a Goya portrait in protest at government spending priorities

The Guardian - UK

Dame Helen Mirren ‘absolutely’ wants to see return of free TV licences for the elderly

‘I think it’s the least we can do towards the end of people’s lives’

Evening Standard

Jim Broadbent: ‘I like the idea of actors being anti-establishment’

The veteran actor on dancing with Helen Mirren, starring in Roger Michell’s final film, and why he turned down the role of Del Boy… and an OBE

The Guardian - UK

‘A testament to his joyous personality’: the stars of Roger Michell’s final film, The Duke, pay tribute

As the director’s last feature – a true-life crime caper – finally opens, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Anna Maxwell Martin and more remember the quiet genius of British cinema

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The Duke star Jim Broadbent on the Newcastle thief 'with good intentions'

Watch a preview clip from The Duke and see behind-the-scenes with Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren who star in the true story of the Newcastle man who pulled off the art heist of the century

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Helen Mirren tips The Duke movie about Geordie art thief to become British classic

Dame Helen starts alongside Jim Broadbent in The Duke, which tells the story of disabled Newcastle pensioner Kempton Bunton stealing a Goya painting

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The Duke, a film set in 1960s Newcastle, is released this month - watch the trailer here

The Duke, starring Oscar winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, recounts the bizarre true-life story of 1960s Newcastle taxi-driver-turned-art-thief Kempton Bunton

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