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Bradley Cooper has audiences in raptures as electrifying conductor Leonard Bernstein in a new authorised biopic. Musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra remember playing for the great man – and rate the man who now plays him

With a tentative deal ending the strike, major films prepare to rush back to production while others are freed for promotion

In recent years there have been many films about orchestra conductors. At the beginning of this year we had Tar, based on the conductor Marin Alsop. Also premiering soon are Divertimento, a film about the creation of an orchestra of the same name by conductor Zahia Ziouani, and Maestro, a…

Part of the London-based orchestra’s season of American music, the programme featured Copland, Caroline Shaw and Samuel Barber’s violin concerto, brilliantly played by Renaud Capuçon

‘A Star is Born’ actor has faced backlash for his casting as the composer

The British star, 78, also discussed her role as former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in new biopic Golda

Actor has faced criticism for casting as former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in new film

Momentum has lately been hard to come by at the movies

My Cousin Vlad is also returning with a new comedy show.

In this week’s newsletter: It’s post-blockbuster prestige cinema season – and from Poor Things to Napoleon, these are the best films still to come that will be in the Oscars mix

Emma Stone goes wild in a zany Victorian fantasy, Woody Allen gets one of the biggest laughs of the week, Carey Mulligan turns in a career-best performance – and the Golden Lion should go to Agnieszka Holland’s searing Green Border