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Radical French director Jean-Marie Straub dies aged 89

Together with his wife Daniele Huillet, Straub was responsible for a string of challenging political filmsAnti-conformist French film-maker Jean-Marie Straub died peacefully at his home in Switzerland on Sunday, the Swiss National Film Archive announce...

Hungry for less: cinema’s longstanding mistrust of fine dining

One-percenter satires The Menu and Triangle of Sadness follow a lineage of films expressing unease over haute cuisineThe elaborately prepared feast at uber-exclusive restaurant Hawthorne, the setting of the new gourmand-culture thriller The Menu, is so...

Dying of Politeness review – Geena Davis’s journey to ‘badassery’

The Thelma & Louise star bewails the treatment of women in the film industry in a conversational and often humorous account of her career“It wasn’t until I played Thelma,” writes Geena Davis, “that I realised I may have wanted to become an actor so...