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This documentary basically shows two men chatting in a room, interspersed with movie clips, dramatic reenactments and lots of slow-motion shots of pigeons. As those men are David Cornwell and talented filmmaker Errol Morris, this unpromising formula makes for riveting viewing. Cornwell is better known as former British spy and …

A genius, a visionary and one of the most influential figures in modern cinema. For movie buffs blighted with weak bladders or troublesome prostates, Dan Gardner is all this and probably more. Gardner is the inventor of Runpee, a smartphone app which lists plot-light sections of films when users can …

It’s been 27 years since James Cameron shot his iconic Titanic blockbuster, which for a time was the highest-grossing movie ever, having grossed over $2.2 billion to date. And now previously unseen behind-the-scenes photos from the 1996 Mexico set have surfaced. These candid snaps of the director, fresh-faced Leonardo DiCaprio, …

Killers of the Flower Moon is Martin Scorsese – plus his most frequent collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro – at their best and angriest. In late 1910s Oklahoma, the tribe of Native American people known as the Osage struck oil and became unfathomably rich, putting targets on their …

Tomorrow Martin Scorsese’s latest historical epic Killers of the Flower Moon hits cinemas. It’s the first time ever that the acclaimed director’s regular collaborators Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio have starred opposite each other in one of his feature-length movies. Based on the 2017 history book of the same …

Martin Scorsese had to rein in his frequent star Robert De Niro while working on Killers of the Flower Moon. The filmmaker’s latest epic explores the slaughter of a wealthy Native American tribe in Oklahoma known as the Osage and the subsequent investigation by the FBI. De Niro portrays William …

After winning the Best Actor Oscar for 1969’s True Grit, John Wayne returned for a sequel with 1975’s Rooster Cogburn – which celebrates its 48th anniversary this week – alongside Katharine Hepburn. However, Duke had serious health issues going back to when he had a cancerous lung removed a decade prior. …

The Miracle Club’s director Thaddeus O’Sullivan revealed Ozark’s Laura Linney signed on primarily for the chance to work with Maggie Smith. Smith, 88, portrays one of four women from the outskirts of Dublin who make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, for the chance to experience a miracle and seek redemption …

It’s been 18 years since the last round of James Bond auditions and the odds currently have Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the favourite to be cast as the new 007 after Daniel Craig. Back in the late 1960s, original Bond Sean Connery had had enough of the part and quit after …

Oscars season is back upon us with the likes of Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon expected to receive big nominations next year. Joining the pack of likely contenders for Academy Awards is Sir Ridley Scott with his Napoleon biopic. The latest trailer has landed with Joaquin Phoenix in …