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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Mike figgis - The Untold Story

Susie Figgis obituary

Respected casting director who oversaw the choice of the three young leads for the Harry Potter films

The Guardian - UK

Megadoc review – absorbing account of an impressive and indomitable Francis Ford Coppola at work

Mike Figgis’s valuable documentary shows how Coppola worked with actors on his $120m passion project Megalopolis

The Guardian - UK

‘He’s a jump-off-the-cliff kind of guy’: inside Francis Ford Coppola’s chaotic Megalopolis shoot

Mike Figgis’s documentary takes us on to the set of the director’s passion project to give as raw and intimate a portrait of an auteur at work as we’ve had for some time

The Guardian - UK

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7 new Prime Video movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes I think you should stream in July 2025

Prime Video's movie library is growing in July 2025, and these seven movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes are my top picks to stream.

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‘Has this guy ever made a movie before?’ Francis Ford Coppola’s 40-year battle to film Megalopolis

The director has spent half his life and $120m of his own money to make his sci-fi epic. Just days ahead of its debut in Cannes, some of his crew members are questioning his methods

The Guardian - UK

Nicolas Cage Reveals He May Not Have Been Paid For Role

Nicolas Cage's unpaid role in Leaving Las Vegas, dedication to his craft, and continued success in Hollywood, including recent Oscar appearances and an upc...

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Melanie Lynskey writes tribute for ‘fast friend’ and former co-star Julian Sands

‘I have never forgotten your kindness and I will never forget you’

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Julian Sands was ‘genuinely fearless’ says friend and colleague

Mike Figgis said Sands had been ‘very secure in himself’ and he had found his boldness ‘endearing’.

The Independent UK

‘Outrageous, magnetic and genuinely fearless’: Mike Figgis on Julian Sands

The director worked with his friend Julian Sands on eight films – and one fitness regime. Here he remembers an actor unlike any other: impish, charismatic and unafraid to shock

The Guardian - UK

Nicolas Cage’s wildest acting antics, from playing Superman to wrestling a venomous snake

What won’t Cage do for a role?

Evening Standard

The crime movie with big-name stars that was filmed and set in 1980s Newcastle

Stormy Monday starring Sting, Melanie Griffith and Tommy Lee Jones had its premiere in America in April 1988, finally arriving in British cinemas the following year

Chronicle Live

Nicolas Cage launches own bourbon in ‘passion project’ move

The Hollywood actor has trademarked his name for the new booze brand

Evening Standard

Director says he and Nicolas Cage were never paid for 'Leaving Las Vegas'

Nicolas Cage and director Mike Figgis went all in but ended up empty-handed after "Leaving Las Vegas."

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