Section: Film and TV
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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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‘Windows to a lost history’: the wonders of Iranian new wave cinema
Between 1964 to 1979 Iranian films were marked by a shared poetic and revolutionary language. Now the Barbican is screening some of the works from this era for the first time in public
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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 Voice of Hind Rajab: ‘I want everyone to see this film so we can unite as humans and say never again’
Kaouther Ben Hania’s devastating docudrama earned a 23-minute standing ovation at Venice. Here, the actors speak ahead of the film’s UK release
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Magid / Zafar: the Bifa-winning short film set in a Pakistani takeaway
Screenwriter Sufiyaan Salam on exploring British Pakistani masculinity and winning best short film at the British Independent Film Awards
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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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Preparation for the Next Life: love and survival on the fringes of New York
Chinese-American director Bing Liu and Uyghur actor Sebiye Behtiyar on the multilingual drama about a young migrant woman falling for a troubled US soldier
