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Super Happy Forever review – glowing love story in reverse with echoes of Before Sunrise

silverguide.site – In this beautifully acted film, a man returns to the Japanese seaside town where he met and fell in love with his wife…
Super Happy Forever review – glowing love story in reverse with echoes of Before Sunrise
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The Zola Experience review – life follows art as stage relationship spills into real-life romance

silverguide.site – When actor-director Anne Barbot embarks on an adaptation of a Zola novel with her neighbour, the gap between theatre and reality appears to collapse entirely…
The Zola Experience review – life follows art as stage relationship spills into real-life romance
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‘I’m rooting for them’: why American Movie is my feelgood movie

silverguide.site – The next in our series of writers drawing attention to their favourite comfort films looks back to a funny and touching documentary from 1999…
‘I’m rooting for them’: why American Movie is my feelgood movie
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The Tree of Authenticity review – talking tree explains Congo’s struggle to overcome colonial past

silverguide.site – Sammy Baloji’s experimental documentary juxtaposes observations from both sides of the divide in its exploration of European exploitation of the country’s natural resources…
The Tree of Authenticity review – talking tree explains Congo’s struggle to overcome colonial past
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‘It was an earth-shattering reality right away’: director Catherine Hardwicke on life after Twilight

silverguide.site – From her groundbreaking debut Thirteen to forthcoming teen drama Street Smart – ‘a homeless Breakfast Club’ – the film-maker explains how she’s made her way in a job still largely made for men…
‘It was an earth-shattering reality right away’: director Catherine Hardwicke on life after Twilight
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Michael Douglas says he has ‘no real intentions’ of acting again: ‘I had to stop’

silverguide.site – The 80-year-old, two-time Oscar winner said he had been ‘working pretty hard for almost 60 years’ – and is ‘quite happy’ watching his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones work…
Michael Douglas says he has ‘no real intentions’ of acting again: ‘I had to stop’
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Michael Madsen obituary

silverguide.site – American actor best known for playing heavies, including the ‘psycho’ Mr Blonde in Reservoir Dogs…
Michael Madsen obituary
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Seven days, seven docos: Indigenous documentaries to watch this Naidoc Week – and most are free

silverguide.site – From an ‘electrically powerful’ look at the final chapter of Adam Goodes’ AFL career to a must-see portrait of Gurrumul, along with Australia’s ‘greatest protest movie’…
Seven days, seven docos: Indigenous documentaries to watch this Naidoc Week – and most are free
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Julian McMahon, Fantastic Four, Nip/Tuck and Charmed actor, dies aged 56

silverguide.site – The Australian actor died in Florida on Wednesday after being diagnosed with cancer…
Julian McMahon, Fantastic Four, Nip/Tuck and Charmed actor, dies aged 56
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Wicked to King Richard: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

silverguide.site – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are remarkable in the enchanting musical extravaganza, while Will Smith is at his very best as the man who made stars of Venus and Serena…
Wicked to King Richard: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
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Quatermass 2 review – Hammer turns up the heat in enjoyable alien invader sequel

silverguide.site – The brusque, unsmiling American rocket scientist returns with a bigger budget and more action alongside an entertaining turn from Sid James as an inebriated journalist…
Quatermass 2 review – Hammer turns up the heat in enjoyable alien invader sequel
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Michael Madsen’s brooding charisma needed Tarantino to unlock it | Peter Bradshaw

silverguide.site – The Reservoir Dogs and Donnie Brasco actor had a rare, sometimes scary power, as well as a winning self-awareness and levity…
Michael Madsen’s brooding charisma needed Tarantino to unlock it | Peter Bradshaw
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Michael Madsen, star of Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill and Donnie Brasco, dies aged 67

silverguide.site – The actor, best known for his collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, was found unresponsive in Malibu…
Michael Madsen, star of Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill and Donnie Brasco, dies aged 67
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Maxine Peake: ‘I have a healthy balance of inferiority complex and slightly prickly ego’

silverguide.site – The actor on working with Mike Leigh, death by disco ball and drinking on the job…
Maxine Peake: ‘I have a healthy balance of inferiority complex and slightly prickly ego’
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‘We would never do that’: Ringo Starr says he asked for changes in Beatles movie script

silverguide.site – The drummer says he met with director Sam Mendes to clarify the depiction of himself and his then wife Maureen…
‘We would never do that’: Ringo Starr says he asked for changes in Beatles movie script
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Was Thatcher right to ban ‘video nasties’? I binged Zombie Flesh Eaters and Slaughtered Vomit Dolls to find out

silverguide.site – The ‘obscene’ movies once banned in the UK are now mostly freely available. Are these tales of cannibals and the undead antiquated schlock or genuinely repellent?…
Was Thatcher right to ban ‘video nasties’? I binged Zombie Flesh Eaters and Slaughtered Vomit Dolls to find out
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‘The film wouldn’t even be made today’: the story behind Back to the Future at 40

silverguide.site – The time travel comedy was a surprise smash in 1985 and remains a Hollywood touchpoint and as it reaches a major anniversary, those who made it share their memories…
‘The film wouldn’t even be made today’: the story behind Back to the Future at 40
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‘You’re stealing my identity!’: the movie voiceover artists going to war with AI

silverguide.site – As new tech imperils the £3bn dubbing artists industry, professionals including India’s Ryan Reynolds and India’s Jon Snow explain why audiences should listen to their fears…
‘You’re stealing my identity!’: the movie voiceover artists going to war with AI
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The Old Guard 2 review – Charlize Theron’s delayed Netflix sequel is an incomplete mess

silverguide.site – Five years after the first film came out, a misshapen action fantasy follow-up arrives with a baffling cliffhanger ending…
The Old Guard 2 review – Charlize Theron’s delayed Netflix sequel is an incomplete mess
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Full set of Sean Connery Bond movies heads up Edinburgh film festival programme

silverguide.site – All six of Connery’s ‘official’ 007 films will be screened in 4K restorations, with big names including Andrea Riseborough, Peter Dinklage and Renée Zellweger also on show…
Full set of Sean Connery Bond movies heads up Edinburgh film festival programme
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