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<p>George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s ‘Femme’</p>

How a violent drag queen thriller became too controversial for Britain

‘Femme’, a violent erotic drama starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay, hit a handful of cinemas in 2023. And its tortured journey to release – as well as its rejection by elite institutions in the British film industry – speaks to the incredibly narrow and polarised landscape for queer stories today, writes Ryan Gilbey

<p>Guns, lots of guns: Keanu Reeves as John Wick</p>

Inside Film

Can John Wick survive without Keanu Reeves?

<p>Tim Key: ‘When I was a kid, I used to support Liverpool fanatically… then I realised that I’d never been to Liverpool’</p>

Interview

Tim Key: ‘Filming Alan Partridge, I was living in a lot of fear’

<p>‘Karate Kid: Legends is not too violent. In this movie, when you fight, it’s like dancing’</p>

Interview

Jackie Chan at 71: ‘Jump off a building? I need a stunt double now’

Inside Film

<p>Aubry Dullin and Zoey Deutch as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’</p>

Inside Film

The Breathless tribute that (unsurprisingly) charmed Cannes

Cannes organisers adore a Cannes shout-out in the films they programme, with the latest being ‘Nouvelle Vague’, Richard Linklater’s jaunty dramatisation of the making of a French classic. But it’s no empty pastiche, argues Xan Brooks

<p>A touch of the Tooch: Stanley Tucci, actor and celebrity foodie</p>

Inside Film

Stanley Tucci’s acting career is stuck in a spiral of mediocrity

One of Hollywood’s most-liked character actors has revelled in a second career as a celebrity foodie – while appearing in a nearly unbroken run of lacklustre films. Louis Chilton asks where Tucci’s career will go from here

Reviews

<p>Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan in ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’</p>

The Ballad of Wallis Island is an upbeat spin on Stephen King’s Misery

<p>Gillian Anderson in ‘The Salt Path’</p>

This Gillian Anderson homeless tale is just too neat and tidy

Interviews

<p>Matthew Rhys: ‘A plastic surgeon took one look at me and knew I was Celtic’</p>

Interview

Matthew Rhys: ‘I would have tried to play James Bond as a Welshman’

<p>‘It’s fun to do my own stunts. The aches and the pains feel like part and parcel’</p>

Interview

Daisy Ridley: ‘The fact is, all actors are mainly known for one thing’

<p>‘Right now I really need to think about what kinds of movies I’ll make going forward’</p>

Interview

Steven Soderbergh: ‘Erin Brockovich wouldn’t get made today… unless you get Timothée Chalamet’

<p>‘In the realm of acting, you do believe what you’re feeling, every single step. But it doesn’t mean that you are lovers outside of it’</p>

Interview

Juliette Binoche on reuniting with Ralph Fiennes: ‘I know his desires. I know his dark sides’

<p>‘The burden is definitely not lost on me – the gumption of some English lad turned up to play the quintessential Welsh hero’</p>

Interview

Harry Lawtey on playing Richard Burton: ‘Acting embarrassed him’

<p>‘You can see so many sex scenes on your telephone today, so sex naturally felt more transgressive 20 years ago’</p>

Interview

François Ozon: ‘I was a very perverse child – I loved the idea of my aunt trying to kill us all’

<p>‘Opus isn’t necessarily that different from reality – I mean, the world is pretty insane’</p>

Interview

Murray Bartlett: ‘I looked down on soaps – and really regretted it’

<p>Carrie-Anne Moss: ‘Not only am I drawn to genre films, but they are drawn to me’</p>

Interview

Carrie-Anne Moss: ‘I cried and cried… my heart hadn’t got tough yet’

Features

<p>'Love Letters' and 'Sentimental Value'</p>

Cannes 2025

The 8 best movies we saw at Cannes Film Festival 2025

<p>Zoom in for detail: Benicio Del Toro soaks up the scenery in Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’</p>

In Focus

Inside the obsessive, compulsive making of a Wes Anderson set

<p>Wes Anderson directs Mia Threapleton and Benicio Del Toro on the set of his new film, ‘The Phoenician Scheme’</p>

Comment

Wes Anderson isn’t in a rut, but he could do with another flop

<p>Guy Ritchie and John Krasinski on the set of ‘Fountain of Youth’</p>

In Focus

Guy Ritchie’s decision to give up the geezer act is a stroke of genius

Flashbacks

<p>An indispensable, delightful – and nostalgic – piece of Bond’s hallowed history: Roger Moore and Grace Jones in ‘A View to a Kill’</p>

A View to a Kill doesn’t deserve its reputation as the worst ever Bond

<p>Romantic euphoria: Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in ‘Pride & Prejudice’</p>

features

How 2005’s Pride & Prejudice became the ultimate 21st-century romcom

<p>Scream queen: Tina Turner reportedly beat out David Bowie and Mick Jagger to play the film’s Acid Queen</p>

Features

Baked beans, Tina Turner and Elton John on stilts: The story behind Tommy

<p>Sink or swim: Leonardo DiCaprio in Danny Boyle’s ‘The Beach’</p>

How The Beach nearly sank Leonardo DiCaprio (and upset Ewan McGregor)

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