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Riz Ahmed: ‘I act like no one is watching and write like no one is going to read it’
The Bait creator and his co-star Guz Khan don’t want to please everyone — and that’s the point of their new show about a British Muslim actor caught up in a Bond-casting buzz
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The Oscars arrives at an uneasy moment for a US celebration of Iran
It feels both apt and surreal that so many Iranian films have emerged as key nominees at the Oscars, including It Was Just an Accident and Cutting Through Rocks
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‘This film is a ceremony’: Óliver Laxe on the Oscar-nominated Sirât
Set against against the vast Moroccan desert, the director speaks about his film’s journey of spirituality and self-discovery
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Hamlet establishes Riz Ahmed as one of the greats
This modern retelling enhances the cruelty of Shakespeare’s tale, infusing the terrible fate that awaits our protagonist with societal anger
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All That’s Left of You: moving drama is an epic tale of a Palestinian family over generations
Cherien Dabis’s ambitious film doesn’t aim to explain history so much as to show how its scars accumulate
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Wonder Man: one of the bravest moves Marvel has made in years
Ben Kingsley and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II star in the new Disney+ series as two struggling actors in a deeply flawed film industry
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The best TV of 2025
From Mo to Man Like Mobeen, our columnist shares her favourite shows of the year
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Kumail Nanjiani’s Night Thoughts: simply a great hour of comedy
The actor returns to standup in a special filled with the kind of psychological insights that emerge when you spend a decade in the public eye
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Animalia: a feminist meditation on the vast, unknown natural and cosmic world
French-Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui’s 2023 Sundance-award-winning sci-fi debut is coming to UK cinemas
