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TV tonight: an excruciating reality show hunting for the next prime minister

Alastair Campbell and Sayeeda Warsi put a bunch of wannabes to the test. Plus: the big shakers in contemporary art look back. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Blonde to Harriet: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Ana de Armas is uncanny as the Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, and Cynthia Erivo is remarkable as the American abolitionist. Plus: Beverly Hills Cop

The Guardian - UK

Cinemas, Netflix set to release Aussie film The Stranger. Here’s why it’s controversial

The parents of Daniel Morcombe criticised The Stranger as a ‘callously disrespectful’ film depicting the hunt for their child's killer.

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Venice film festival 2022 week two roundup – discomfort and joy

A mood of theatricality prevailed at this year’s edition – a bleak but furiously cinematic Marilyn Monroe biopic and a forbiddingly austere French courtroom drama being the most distinctive offerings

The Guardian - UK

Master Gardener review – Paul Schrader’s plantation drama fails to blossom

Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton can’t save this stilted, eccentric crime story

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Thai cave rescue revisited

The historical true events behind Amazon Prime's original film Thirteen Lives are already widely known. Now director Ron Howard is bringing his own version of the chilling human survival drama to the screen.

Bangkok Post

The Stranger review – Joel Edgerton is at his brooding best in this sophisticated crime drama

Thomas M Wright’s unconventional, captivating film sees Edgerton as an undercover cop trying to identify a child murderer, opposite the brilliant Sean Harris

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Review: ‘Thirteen Lives’ Gets Lost in Sprawling Rescue Story

Twenty-seven years ago, Ron Howard’s “Apollo 13” saluted men with the right stuff — quiet courage and grace under pressure. This summer, he’s returned to that magic number for a similar rescue tale but traded the vastness of space for a film deep underground. “Thirteen Lives” is a dramatization of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

From Nitram to The Stranger: Daniel Morcombe film reignites debate about ‘profiting from pain’

The family of a murdered Australian child want audiences to boycott film about the case. What’s the line between art and exploitation?

The Guardian - AU

Thirteen Lives review: Tham Luang cave rescue film is good, but it could have been extraordinary

The tension of this true-life tale – starring Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen – grips like a vice

The Independent UK

‘Thirteen Lives’: Ron Howard’s film depicts Thai cave rescue at both epic and intimate scale

Heroes dive for hours to save the trapped boys in intense, real-life adventure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Movie review: ‘Thirteen Lives’ an enthralling dramatization of effort to rescue youth soccer team from cave in Thailand

The effort to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand that captured the world’s attention in 2018 is rivetingly depicted in one of the best directorial efforts by prolific filmmaker Ron Howard.

Tribune News Service

Thirteen Lives review – Ron Howard’s Thai cave-rescue saga told with non-Hollywood heroics

Howard gives this stunning true story the Apollo 13 treatment but swerves Elon Musk’s grotesque ‘pedo’ comment

The Guardian - UK

Going underground: inside Ron Howard’s explosive movie about the Thai cave rescue

Viggo Mortensen plays a heroic firefighter in new movie Thirteen Lives, based on the dramatic 2018 rescue of 12 boys and their coach in Thailand. But the film isn’t simply a white-saviour narrative, as its director explains

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Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: ‘Silly distraction’ Elon Musk ignored for rescue film

In Today’s Diary: Elon Musk ignored by rescue film/ Jimmy Carr’s got a new job/ Producers take pity on outdoor performers/ MP Rehman Chishti on the audacity of hope

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UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier set to star in upcoming TV drama based on ‘Warrior’ movie

UFC Hall of Famer and former two-division champion Daniel Cormier soon will add actor to his lengthy resume.

The Guardian - AU

Film based on Daniel Morcombe murder case is ‘selfish cash grab’, parents say

Bruce Morcombe asks filmgoers to not see Thomas M Wright’s The Stranger, but producers say it does not name Daniel or depict his death

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Filmmakers behind The Stranger, inspired by Daniel Morcombe case, 'callously disrespectful', parents say

The parents of murdered Queensland 13-year-old schoolboy Daniel Morcombe criticise the producers of a new Australian film, claiming it is "making money off a heinous crime" and is "disrespectful" to their son.

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Melbourne international film festival 2022: 10 movies to see, from Crimes of the Future to new George Miller

Miff’s 70th edition offers 371 titles from all over the globe – including 18 world premieres

France 24

Cannes 2022: 'The Stranger' offers a dark perspective on a true crime story

With all eyes on the official competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, it’s easy to miss the offbeat, independent films that are not vying for the Palme d'Or. FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear tells us about an Australian feature from Thomas M. Wright showing in the "Un Certain Regard" sidebar…

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