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Starring John Travolta as a loan shark who lands himself in Hollywood, this noirish satire is pure pastiche. Like its lead, it’s a sucker for the movies

Stage and screen star who was part of a radical generation of actors responsible for establishing the National Theatre

An artist's impression of UFOs appearing over a small town.

A narrow, dimly lit street, night time, post-war Vienna. American hack novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotton) is slightly inebriated. He hears someone shuffle in a dark doorway. The countenance of the concealed man is briefly illuminated by an apartment light. It is a man he had presumed dead: his old…

A hilarious account of film’s most stunning failures takes in hubris, stupidity and an assortment of disastrous animals

The Design Museum, LondonThis world-touring exhibition showcases the kooky, gothy director’s early passions and obsessions – but he’s no Edgar Allan Poe

Including from some of the best films ever made.

A string of auteur directors – from Orson Welles to Steven Soderbergh to Lorenza Mazzetti – have fallen for Kafka’s visionary brilliance, with always-intriguing results

Joe Cole stars in Nightsleeper, the BBC’s new adrenalised treat for Sunday nights. Plus, a harrowing look at the civilian cost of the conflict in Israel and Gaza. Here’s what to watch this evening