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4/5 A star-studded ensemble cast – among them Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Pedro Pascal – riff on Covid, cults and the white saviour complex in the ‘Midsommar’ filmmaker’s state-of-the-nation black comedy

2/5 Ari Aster’s latest debuts at the Cannes Film Festival but is too much of a self-indulgent hodge-podge to nail US society

COMMENT: Almost overnight, the affable ‘Game of Thrones’ star seems to have become the most in-demand actor in Hollywood. Louis Chilton looks at the reasons behind his success – and the trial by fire he now faces

Eddington will premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival

"Apparently people thought it was awesome"

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ was a critical failure and a box office bomb

The ultimate villain of DC Comics, the Joker, has been brought to screen many times. From Cesar Romero’s 1960s camp prankster in Batman: The Movie (1966), to Jack Nicholson’s villain-with-flare in Tim Burton’s iconic Batman (1989) and Heath Ledger’s wonderfully textured psychotic criminal in The Dark Knight (2008).

INTERVIEW: ‘The People’s Joker’ reframes the iconic DC Comics villain as a young trans comedian. After years of legal uncertainty, the film is finally out in UK cinemas. Louis Chilton speaks to its inimitable director and star

Titane is just one of the great movies you can stream for free this week.