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The best films of the year (so far)

Outside of "good" or "bad," 2026's finest films have enough risk-taking creativity to restore your faith in movies

Salon

Jessica Chastain made sure she was protected in Dreams intimate scenes

Jessica Chastain ensured that the intimate scenes in Dreams were shot in a way that was "protective" of her.

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My career is healthily messy, says Tim Roth

Tim Roth has admitted that his film career has been "healthily messy".

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Berlin film festival 2025 roundup – a new boss, a flawless fairytale and Ethan Hawke’s finest hour

At a snowy Berlinale, against a backdrop of political divisions, this year’s standouts include Lucile Hadžihalilović’s The Ice Tower, Richard Linklater’s Broadway biopic of Lorenz Hart, and intensely sexual romance starring Jessica Chastain

The Guardian - UK

Jessica Chastain describes latest film ‘Dreams’ as ‘incredibly political’

Referencing Donald Trump’s second presidency, Jessica Chastain has described her latest film ‘Dreams’ as “incredibly political”.

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Dreams review – Jessica Chastain channels rich Americans whose charity comes with strings

The erotic reward for Chastain’s sponsorship of a Mexican dancer lights a fuse that reveals philanthropy’s toxic underside

The Guardian - UK

Dreams left Berlin audiences reeling – but this Jessica Chastain drama is too overwrought to sour

3/5 Michel Franco’s film chronicles the blistering affair between a wealthy American woman and a Mexican immigrant dancer – but could have used a bit more nuance

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Jessica Chastain Tackles US-Mexico Politics In New Film 'Dreams'

Academy Award-winning US actor Jessica Chastain on Saturday said her latest movie, about a Mexican ballet dancer who longs to move to the US, was "undeniably political" as it premiered at the Berlin film festival.

International Business Times

Memory review – Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard shine in delicate, trauma-fuelled anti-romcom

A social worker in recovery and a widower with dementia grapple with the past in Mexican director Michel Franco’s affecting drama

The Guardian - UK

Memory review: "Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard make a riveting duo"

Total Film

Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard reflect on the gray areas of 'Memory'

When Jessica Chastain first read the script for “Memory,” she was struck by the unanswered questions left swirling around her head about issues pertaining to love, sex and consent

The Independent UK

Movie Review: Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard anchor ‘Memory,’ a thorny drama with a tender heart

Pain and trauma permeate Michel Franco’s new drama “Memory,” about two lost souls who find surprising comfort in one another

The Independent UK

Jessica Chastain on fame and film-making: 'I'll always stick it to the man'

Hollywood royalty she may very well be, but Jessica Chastain has more than a few problems with her industry, as Richard Godwin discovers

Evening Standard

Memory review – survivors grapple with an unstable past in a delicate, painful duet

Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard excel in Michel Franco’s absorbing story about the unnerving reunion of a care worker and a friend from her past

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Director Michel Franco was issued ‘inaccurate’ warning about Jessica Chastain post-Oscar win

Director says Chastain was ‘the opposite’ of what people predicted

Salon

A civil war of "Heroic" Mexican military

David Zonana's latest film is an indictment on the power imblance that forces Mexican men to turn on their own

ABC News

Sundown review: Tim Roth is a wealthy tourist adrift in a sea of luxury and violence in Mexico's Acapulco

The Reservoir Dogs actor plays opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg in an unsettling drama of class and disconnection, set in Acapulco.

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Critics' guide on what to watch this weekend

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Review: Tim Roth drops out, in paradise, in ‘Sundown’

Tim Roth plays a wealthy man on vacation with family members in Acapulco in Michel Franco's slow-burn “Sundown.”

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