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Bluets review: Ben Whishaw and Emma D’Arcy lead slow, demanding production

Alienating production of Maggie Nelson’s 2009 philosophical memoir, is not a good showcase for the lead actors’ talents

The Independent UK

Bluets review – Maggie Nelson’s blue riffs become left-field cine-theatre

Emma D’Arcy, Ben Whishaw and Kayla Meikle narrate and act out Nelson’s dark meditations from their own film-making booths in Katie Mitchell’s intriguing experiment

The Guardian - UK

The most political apolitical festival ever? Here’s how Cannes 2024 went – and who will win

There were no overt boycotts this year, but there were entries about theocracy, Trump and the far right. There was still room for love, though – and sex. Here’s who I think will win, and my alternative ‘Braddies’ awards

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Limonov: The Ballad at Cannes review – Ben Whishaw relishes the role of real-life Russian 'hoodlum poet'

Whishaw is great, playing the antihero as a posturing rockstar writer whose determination to be famous is all consuming

Evening Standard

Limonov: The Ballad review – Ben Whishaw brilliant as Russia’s outlaw bohemian

Eduard Limonov’s bizarre career, from rebel émigré writer in New York to leader of a fascistic and militaristic political group, is told with gusto by Kirill Serebrennikov

The Guardian - UK

A renaissance at the Royal Court Theatre? After a dismal run the future finally looks bright

The Sloane Square venue is up against some real challenges, but David Byrne may just be the person to make it the vital London venue it once was

Evening Standard

John Lithgow to star as Roald Dahl in play about author's antisemitism

Giant, based on real events in 1983, is one of nine new plays in David Byrne’s first season as artistic director at the Royal Court Theatre

Evening Standard

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American Fiction, Three Women and Curb: what’s new to streaming in Australia in February

Plus Terence Malick’s 2011 epic, a moving Ukrainian series, and rapper Vince Staples’ autofictional caper

The Guardian - AU

Ben Whishaw as Nick Cave? Score some leftfield music biopic ideas here

Priscilla, Maestro and the upcoming One Love revolve around pitch-perfect impersonations of A-list icons. But what about the bangers yet to be greenlit about less mainstream musicians?

The Guardian - UK

32 Most Ridiculous James Bond Gadgets

Sometimes the gadgets that James Bond and/or his adversaries carry into the field are absolutely ridiculous concepts.

Cinemablend

Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati to star in West End production of Waiting for Godot

Actors to make ‘merry mischief’ in Samuel Beckett’s play at Theatre Royal Haymarket in September

The Guardian - UK

Black Doves season 1: release date, recaps, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and everything you need to know

Black Doves is a tense Netflix thriller set at Christmas which stars Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire and Keira Knightley...

WhatToWatch

Paddington 3 unveils 2024 release date

Ben Whishaw and Imelda Staunton are returning for ‘Paddington in Peru’

The Independent UK

‘I’ll never forgive the BBC’ – your favourite shows that got cancelled before their time

What TV was cut down in its prime? What are you still hankering for after 25 years? Guardian readers on the telly they wish they’d got to watch more of, from Firefly to Freaks and Geeks

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Passages review – body language speaks volumes in seductive three-way love story

Ben Whishaw and Franz Rogowski are brilliantly believable in Ira Sachs’s exploration of a gay marriage that’s challenged when one partner has a passionate affair with a young woman

Evening Standard

The Cine Files: everything you need to see at the cinema in September

From K-Bran twiddling Poirot’s whiskers at Michelle Yeoh in A Haunting in Venice to John David Washington battling to save humanity in Disney’s much anticipated The Creator, we round up the 13 best films to see in September

Evening Standard

Passages movie review: Ben Whishaw triumphs in this rousing return to the New Wave

This turbulent story of a love triangle in Paris is sensitive and superbly acted

The Independent UK

Passages review: The highly publicised sex scenes are just one small part of this gut-wrenching drama

Ben Whishaw, Franz Rogowski and Adèle Exarchopoulos make up the sexually fluid love triangle at the heart of the film

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Passages review – Ira Sachs strikes gold with sophisticated love triangle

A gay man cheats on his husband with a straight woman in this fiercely sexy and heartbreaking tale of young Parisians

WhatToWatch

The best movie love triangles that bring the romantic drama

From Passages to Past Lives, movie love triangles are back on the big screen. Here are 10 of the best of all time

Cinemablend

Will The Next James Bond Movie Bring Back Returning Characters From Daniel Craig’s Run? Here’s What Ben Whishaw Thinks

Is Daniel Craig's Q expecting to return to the James Bond franchise?

The Guardian - UK

‘Ben has a great pelvis and it’s wonderful to show it’: Ira Sachs, Franz Rogowski and Ben Whishaw on their erotic new film

Rogowski and Whishaw star in Passages, Sachs’ film about a gay couple whose marriage is upturned when one has an affair with a woman. They talk power struggles, micro-gestures and a sex scene that proved too much for US censors

The Independent UK

Who is in the Royal Box on the 11th day of Wimbledon?

The Royal Box is usually occupied by members of the royal family, celebrities and public figures

Evening Standard

Stanley Tucci defends straight actors’ right to play gay roles

The Hunger Games actor has previously played gay characters himself

The Independent UK

Summer movie season is in full swing. Here's what's coming through Labor Day

There is something for everyone at the movies this summer, both in theaters and streaming at home

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