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53 Problematic Celebs People Forgot Were Horrible Human Beings

John Lennon. Musical talent aside, the way he treated his ex wife and Julian is appalling. And people let him off far too lightly for the break up of the band, blaming it all on Yoko Ono. He was a grown a*s man who could think for himself. Not that…

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Matt Dillon steps into Brando’s shoes

Dillon discusses Brando’s influence, Maria Schneider’s trauma and the role of intimacy coordinators in filmmaking

Salon

Why Hollywood is finally telling a different kind of age-gap romance story

The ageist and sexist trope of the cougar, milf, or Mrs Robinson – a desperate older woman pursuing a relationship with a younger, less interested man – is being challenged by a spate of Hollywood movies pairing older women with younger men.

The Conversation

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French cinema cancels 'Last Tango in Paris' screening over rape-scene protests

A screening of Last Tango in Paris, which features a rape scene filmed without the consent of actress Maria Schneider, has been canceled at the renowned Cinémathèque française in Paris. The decision came after a wave of criticism from women's rights groups, the cinema announced.

Radio France Internationale

“I was always so surprised that jazz musicians were into the idea of doing rock”: the story of Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime), the song that set up David Bowie’s final triumph

Bowie’s jazz experiment was released ten years ago this month. Here, his collaborators remember how it came together

Louder

'Girls Will Be Girls': Director Shuchi Talati on rebellion, sexual awakening and combatting shame

Shuchi Talati's first feature-length film, "Girls Will Be Girls", tells the story of 16-year-old Mira, a model student at an elite Himalayan boarding school who gets swept up in a budding romance with a new male student. Things get complicated when Mira's mother inserts herself into their relationship. Talati says…

France 24

More than a contender: Marlon Brando’s greatest performances – ranked!

Lovers, fighters … and gangsters? On the centenary of the actor’s birth, we pick out his greatest roles

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Jazz composer Maria Schneider: ‘David Bowie cracked me – maybe not in a good way’

The US musician has won star admirers and seven Grammys across three decades of lyrical and angry work – but you can’t stream it. She explains her fight against big tech, and her dismay at other artists’ apathy

The Guardian - UK

The 19 most problematic movies ever made, from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to Forrest Gump

Louis Chilton selects some of the most controversial movies ever released

The Independent UK

‘Truly unwatchable’: writers on their toughest scenes of movie violence

For the return of the gory Saw franchise, Guardian writers remember the hardest scenes of big screen violence they’ve had to endure

The Guardian - US

‘I was projected as the sweet American girl next door. It wasn’t me’: Molly Ringwald bites back

Hollywood success in the 80s was so unpleasant that Ringwald moved to France. Since then she has made a jazz album, written a novel and translated a memoir about Last Tango in Paris star Maria Schneider

The Guardian - UK

Maria Schneider credits David Bowie and Dawn Upshaw for instilling her with 'fear' when they collaborated

SAN DIEGO — David Bowie, opera star Dawn Upshaw and jazz harmonica legend Toots Thielemans were each delighted to work with acclaimed composer, arranger and orchestra leader Maria Schneider, whose seven Grammy Award wins have come in four different musical categories.

Tribune News Service

Last Tango in Paris at 50: Bertolucci’s controversial drama remains troubling

The Italian director’s knotty drama remains a much-discussed provocation, a film filled with lyrical beauty but also repulsive cruelty

The Guardian - US

The $500m Romeo and Juliet case opens a new frontier for #MeToo reckoning

The question of informed consent on Zeffirelli’s 1968 film has revived the historical abuses argument – will movie production companies be hit by a tidal wave of lawsuits?

The Guardian - UK

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