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The History of Sound review: Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal sing their hearts out, but this strikes a duff note

2/5 For a film about music and harmony, ironically it is not helped by the score

Evening Standard

The History of Sound director on importance of queer romance in films not being weighed down by shame

The History of Sound premiered at London Film Festival Saturday night (October 18) at the Royal Festival Hall in London, where director Oliver Hermanus spoke on the importance of queer film not being weighted down by shame.

The Independent UK

Paul Mescal says admiration for Josh O’Connor ‘extended tenfold’ on new film

The two actors were at a screening of The History Of Sound at the BFI London Film Festival.

Evening Standard

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The History of Sound review – Paul Mescal’s gay love story is severely anticlimactic

2/5 Despite the buzz surrounding the Irish actor’s romantic team-up with Josh O’Connor, this is a slight, sentimental misfire from ‘Living’ director Oliver Hermanus

The Independent UK

The History of Sound review – Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor romance is full-bodied but tin-eared

A love story of two folk song aficionados in the early days of recorded music is told with tiresomely mournful awe at its own sadness

The Guardian - UK

History of Sound review: Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor's romance doesn't sing

2/5 This folk music drama has a compelling affair between Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor but falls into monotony

Evening Standard

Cannes, the global Colosseum of film, readies for 78th edition with new challenges on the horizon

Perhaps as much as ever, all eyes in the movie world will be on the 78th Cannes Film Festival when it gets underway Tuesday in the South of France

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Cannes Film Festival unveils 2025 lineup with Julia Ducournau, Wes Anderson and Ari Aster

The 2025 vintage is looking big, bold and star-studded.... Here's everything you need to know about the line-up of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Euronews

Queer film in Africa is rising – even in countries with the harshest anti-LGBTIQ+ laws

A recent book, Queer Bodies in African Films, studies the growing LGBTIQ+ output from film-makers around the continent, from Morocco to South Africa. In the process it analyses what queerness is and means within the context of African countries. Its author, Gibson Ncube, is a lecturer and scholar who focuses…

The Conversation

TV tonight: the devastating stories of pensioners living in poverty

This powerful documentary is a must-watch. Plus: intriguing period drama The Gallows Pole continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

7 top new movies to watch this week on Netflix, Max, Prime Video and more (June 5-11)

This week's new movies include Fast X, Avatar: The Way of Water, while Prime Video, Netflix and Hulu also get new films.

Tom’s Guide

'Living' review: Bill Nighy captivates in this small, quiet tale

It should come as no shock that the great novelist Kazuo Ishiguro ("The Remains of the Day," "Never Let Me Go," "Klara and the Sun") has a beautifully delicate hand as a screenwriter — but nonetheless "Living," directed by Oliver Hermanus and based on Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film "Ikiru," arrives…

Tribune News Service

Review: If you doubted the greatness of Bill Nighy, a moving new drama offers 'Living' proof

Not long into "Living," Mr. Williams learns that he has not long to live. The news doesn't come as a huge shock, but even if it did, you gather, nothing about this man — not his stiff posture, his calmly appraising gaze or his thin, flat line of a mouth…

Los Angeles Times

Living review: Bill Nighy delivers an almost startling transformation in this beautiful period drama

In a performance tipped for Oscar attention, the British actor sheds his trademark, twinkling charisma like snakeskin

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‘I think about death 35 times a day’: Bill Nighy on sex, social media – and still being able to manage the stairs

In his new film, Living, Nighy plays a civil servant who has six months to live – a part tailor-made for him by Kazuo Ishiguro. He talks about the power of nostalgia, keeping it minimal and his close brush with Instagram

The Guardian - UK

London film festival 2022: Peter Bradshaw’s top 12 picks

A new Sam Mendes drama, Noah Baumbach adapts Don DeLillo and an amazing debut by Charlotte Wells: the Guardian’s chief film critic chooses his must-sees

The Guardian - UK

Cate Blanchett and Harry Styles to head to Venice for 2022 edition of film festival

Competition slots for jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, Martin McDonagh and Darren Aronofsky, while actors on show range from past winner Blanchett to Bill Nighy and Harry Styles

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