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OPINION - Kemi Badenoch may be part of the 'Evil Plotters' WhatsApp group but she has an audacious plan

In her maiden Commons speech in 2017, Kemi Badenoch, quoting Woody Allen, said that democracy was like sex: “If it’s not messy, you’re not doing it right”. Seven years on, Conservative politics could hardly be messier.

Evening Standard

‘Entirely astounding’: Emma Stone’s star continues to rise with Poor Things

Critics have been falling over themselves trying to describe Stone’s latest performance, which is heavily tipped to land her a fourth Oscar nomination

The Guardian - UK

Poor Things, Anyone But You, Wish: the biggest films coming to Australia on Boxing Day

Misbehaving mallards, chiselled leading men and Disney in decline … here’s our guide to what’s about to hit a screen near you

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Andy Serkis on his ‘shocking’ new play, AI and cancellation: ‘I defy anyone not to tap their foot to Michael Jackson. Your body won’t let you cancel him’

The actor and director goes to the pub to tell Patrick Smith why he thinks ‘Ulster American’ might start a riot, how his ‘Animal Farm’ will land in a Britain that has abandoned democratic principles and why America faces another catastrophe if Trump takes power

The Independent UK

The 32 best '70s movies

With "New Hollywood" in full swing, director-driven works reflected a morally ambiguous atmosphere

Total Film

No country for old men? Why Miyazaki, Loach and Scott can’t stop making movies

Together with Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, long celebrated film directors are proving that entering their ninth decade and beyond is no barrier to ambition

The Guardian - UK

My, my! How Napoleon Bonaparte is still influencing pop culture more than 200 years after his death

In Ridley Scott’s 2023 epic, Joaquin Phoenix becomes the latest actor to portray Napoleon, joining an group that includes Marlon Brando, Danny DeVito and Rowan Atkinson. The tiny tyrant remains a subject of fascination (and mockery) on screen, writes Martin Chilton

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Emma Stone’s 20 best performances – ranked!

Ahead of her 35th birthday and the release of Poor Things, which she co-produced, we assess Stone’s key roles from the critically mauled depths to the Oscar-winning heights

The Guardian - UK

Woman who spent 15 years getting revenge on ‘rude’ stranger responds to backlash

Woman went viral when she used fake Facebook accounts to send someone spoilers for his favourite TV shows

The Independent UK

Woman responds to backlash over her 15-year revenge on a man

Woman went viral when she used fake Facebook accounts to send someone spoilers for his favourite TV shows

The Independent UK

'Stroke of Luck': Woody Allen's first French film

After expanding his universe of urban intellectuals from New York to Barcelona, Rome and Paris, Woody Allen goes a step further with "Coup de Chance" – or "Stroke of Luck" – his first movie in French. For FRANCE 24 film critic Lisa Nesselson, it's a French film that's also unmistakably…

France 24

Venice Film Festival round-up: From Yorgos Lanthimos standout Poor Things to Michael Mann’s operatic Ferrari

Festivalgoers will surely agree that the 2023 competition was one of the most eclectic and eccentric in recent memory, writes Geoffrey Macnab

The Independent UK

Venice film festival 2023 week two roundup – Priscilla, Bernstein, refugees and hitmen

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

The Guardian - UK

Woody Allen: cheered on stage despite fog of accusation that won’t lift

Given rapturous applause at Venice, Allen has – like it or not – become an icon for post-#MeToo confusion around allegations and burdens of proof

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Venice Film Festival celebrates 80th year as A-listers hit the red carpet

The 80th Venice Film Festival is under way, celebrating films from around the world.

The Independent UK

Woody Allen defends Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales amid sexual harassment scandal

Many are calling for Rubiales to resign after kissing Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso on the mouth following the World Cup final

The Guardian - UK

Auteurs and workers’ rights spotlit at a less starry Venice film festival

Hollywood strikes have deprived festival of glamour but not debate, while focus switched to varyingly controversial directors

Evening Standard

Woody Allen offers staggering defence of Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales

Allen told a Spanish language publication the actions of the under fire football federation chief were ‘just a kiss’ and ‘he wasn’t raping her’

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‘He wasn’t raping her’: Woody Allen offers staggering defence of Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales

Many are calling for Rubiales to resign after kissing Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso on the mouth following the World Cup final

The Independent UK

Woody Allen receives five-minute standing ovation at Venice for new film after ‘cancel culture’ comments

Director is receiving his highest acclaim in years for ‘Coup de Chance’

Evening Standard

Coup de Chance at Venice Film Festival review: Woody Allen’s French farce is just exactly what you expect

Le Frenchness is laid on a little too thick but everything else is as familiar as a pair of old chaussures

The Guardian - UK

Coup de Chance review – Woody Allen’s tale of ill-fated lovers is his best film in a decade

Venice film festival: An adulterous affair between bored millionaire’s wife Fanny and struggling writer Alain is surely bound for disaster

The Guardian - UK

‘Nothing but good fortune’: Woody Allen has warm welcome at Venice film festival

Though there was consternation over his inclusion, the director has been chased by hordes of fans wanting selfies and given a standing ovation at a screening of his 50th film, Coup de Chance

The Guardian - UK

Woody Allen in Venice: #MeToo has been good for women, but cancel culture can be ‘silly’

Director attacks ‘extremes’ of movement while promoting Coup de Chance, his 50th film, at Venice film festival, as well as addressing persistent interest in historic allegations against him

The Independent UK

Woody Allen responds to whether he feels he has been ‘cancelled’

Director’s new film ‘Coup de Chance’ premiered at Venice Film Festival over the weekend

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