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Tuesday briefing: To drill or not to drill – Burnham’s first big climate test Lobbyist defends ‘shit sheet’ on former Liberal MP despite admitting he knew ‘there was no affair’, Icac hears Victoria had bipartisan support for a legal right to work from home. So why has Ben Carroll kicked it down the road? TV tonight: inside a mountaineer’s controversial record-breaking climb RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank holds cash rate at 4.35% but threatens more hikes if needed Game of Thrones, Shakespearean? What fools these mortals be! Matilda in pieces: what one mother’s suicide reveals about the carers broken by the system They cannot even flush their toilets: life in east London blocks where taps often run dry Hundreds in London flats left without regular running water since last year José Pizarro’s recipe for peach and moscatel granita Flight paths and fridge magnets: how a fireball hunter tracked down New Zealand’s newest meteorite Alan Jones’s alleged victim told brother indecent assaults weren’t ‘too bad’ but involved broadcaster grabbing his penis, court hears Country diary: Surrounded by parched fields, we say a traditional ‘thank you’ for water Clover Moore unveils 4,500 sq metre Sydney plaza design after more than 40 years of planning What does it say about the UK’s pro-Europeans that they hide their message behind a bin? After Party review – matters of life and death as flamboyant ‘glam-ma’ turns 80 The great silence: why haven’t we found any aliens yet? The myth of Anthony Bourdain: how the bad boy chef became a hero to boozehounds and bullies Yeehaw! Bring on the tap-dancing cowgirls! How the Edinburgh Military Tattoo suddenly got cool At a temple in Thailand, parents mourn a 12-year-old mass shooting victim, and a father pleads for forgiveness

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The Black Ball review – the complicated secrets of gay sexuality in Spain are brilliantly told

silverguide.site – Cannes film festival: Threading together three stories from distinct eras of Spanish life, this narrative triptych is superlatively acted and beautifully shot…
The Black Ball review – the complicated secrets of gay sexuality in Spain are brilliantly told
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Passenger review – generic jumpscare horror offers bumpy journey to nowhere

silverguide.site – A demonic entity attaches itself to travellers on the road in this competenelty directed but hopelessly indistinctive scare-free misfire…
Passenger review – generic jumpscare horror offers bumpy journey to nowhere
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New Orleans prosecutors file formal battery charges against Shia LaBeouf

silverguide.site – Prosecutors opt not to pursue hate-crime charges over February incident despite anti-gay slurs captured on video…
New Orleans prosecutors file formal battery charges against Shia LaBeouf
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Finding Emily review – warm-hearted gen Z campus romcom is impossible to hate

silverguide.site – A Mancunian singer-songwriter becomes a viral divisive figure while trying to track down a girl called Emily…
Finding Emily review – warm-hearted gen Z campus romcom is impossible to hate
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Jacqueline Chan obituary

silverguide.site – Actor who found fame with the stage and screen versions of The World of Suzie Wong and became a regular on TV…
Jacqueline Chan obituary
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Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher

silverguide.site – The Rolling Stone will play a lighthouse keeper in Three Incestuous Sisters, joining a cast including Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley and Saoirse Ronan…
Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher
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Eagles of the Republic review – seductive thriller of corruption and compromise in post-Mubarak Egypt

silverguide.site – The third film in Tarik Saleh’s ‘Cairo trilogy’ is a about a washed-up movie star who is bullied into starring in government propaganda…
Eagles of the Republic review – seductive thriller of corruption and compromise in post-Mubarak Egypt
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Hen review – plucky chicken beats the odds in weirdly uplifting survival story

silverguide.site – In a feat of cinematic mystery and skill György Pálfi coaxes a tour de force from his poultry cast in this parable of animal and human interrelations…
Hen review – plucky chicken beats the odds in weirdly uplifting survival story
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Notre Salut review – a novelistic telling of day-to-day life in Nazi-occupied France

silverguide.site – Cannes film festival: Swann Arlaud is excellent as Henri Marre, the director’s great-grandfather, as he finagles his way into a job at the Vichy ministry of labour…
Notre Salut review – a novelistic telling of day-to-day life in Nazi-occupied France
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The Man I Love review – Rami Malek needs a lighter touch in Ira Sachs’ 80s Aids drama

silverguide.site – Cannes film festival: Sachs’ film about an HIV-positive actor in the homophobic Reagan-era 80s is well-intended, but Malek’s mannered performance is hard to love…
The Man I Love review – Rami Malek needs a lighter touch in Ira Sachs’ 80s Aids drama
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Michael Bay to direct film based on US military rescue mission in Iran

silverguide.site – The director of Armageddon and Transformers is teaming up with Universal Pictures for a military drama based on recent events…
Michael Bay to direct film based on US military rescue mission in Iran
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Pedro Almodóvar says film-makers have a ‘moral duty’ to speak out against the far right

silverguide.site – ‘Europe must never be subjected to Trump’ says Spanish film-maker at a Cannes press conference for his new film, Bitter Christmas…
Pedro Almodóvar says film-makers have a ‘moral duty’ to speak out against the far right
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Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass review – furry foes out of their depth in candy-coated Chinese adventure

silverguide.site – Cat and mouse are transported to a quasi-medieval China in this luridly bright animation that has none of the inventiveness of the Hanna-Barbera originals…
Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass review – furry foes out of their depth in candy-coated Chinese adventure
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The Balloonists review – divas and disasters in tale of first round-the-world hot-air balloon flight

silverguide.site – Polite documentary about Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, who faced off much wealthier rivals Richard Branson and Steve Fossett in the race to circumnavigate the globe…
The Balloonists review – divas and disasters in tale of first round-the-world hot-air balloon flight
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I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning review – sweet, sad portrait of gen Z discontent and disillusion

silverguide.site – Cannes film festival: Clio Barnard’s absorbing tale depicts five friends who grew up together in Birmingham but now face divided destinies…
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning review – sweet, sad portrait of gen Z discontent and disillusion
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Charlie the Wonderdog review – pooch v puss caper beams Owen Wilson up from the wilderness

silverguide.site – Wilson lends his drawl to a dog who gains superpowers after being abducted by aliens in this frenetic animation…
Charlie the Wonderdog review – pooch v puss caper beams Owen Wilson up from the wilderness
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Jack Ryan: Ghost War review – Amazon’s Tom Clancy series spawns middling movie

silverguide.site – John Krasinski continues his unconvincing run as the CIA analyst in a mostly unexciting and rather low-rent feature-length adventure…
Jack Ryan: Ghost War review – Amazon’s Tom Clancy series spawns middling movie
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Sheep in the Box review – a bland, baffling tale of AI children from Hirokazu Kore-eda

silverguide.site – There’s nothing wrong with film-makers leaving their comfort zone but the Japanese director’s latest effort just doesn’t work…
Sheep in the Box review – a bland, baffling tale of AI children from Hirokazu Kore-eda
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Bitter Christmas review – grief, loss and artistic betrayal in Almodóvar’s film within a film

silverguide.site – Cannes film festival: Spaniard’s latest life-v-art auto-metafiction feels slightly muddled as he directs a director directing a director…
Bitter Christmas review – grief, loss and artistic betrayal in Almodóvar’s film within a film
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Nicolas Winding Refn breaks down at Cannes recalling near-death due to ‘leaking heart’

silverguide.site – The director of Drive, unveiling new thriller My Private Hell, told journalists he ‘died for 25 minutes’ in 2023…
Nicolas Winding Refn breaks down at Cannes recalling near-death due to ‘leaking heart’
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