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Best culture of the 21st century The 100 best films of the 21st century

Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000

Published: 13 Sep 2019

Culture highlights of the week What to see this week in the UK

Published: 31 Aug 2018
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Distant Voices, Still Lives review – vividly present autobiographical masterpiece
5 out of 5 stars.

Published: 30 Aug 2018

Best films The best films of 2017 so far

La La Land and The Love Witch wove magic, Moonlight and Lion wrung out tears, while Get Out and Lady Macbeth got nasty. Plus, there were striking debuts, returns to form by seasoned directors and reunions for the Trainspotting rogues

Published: 7 Feb 2018

4 out of 5 stars.

A Quiet Passion review – profound, painful Emily Dickinson biopic
4 out of 5 stars.

Terence Davies’s film follows the American poet’s descent from wisecracking repartee to isolated creative rigour

Published: 9 Apr 2017
4 out of 5 stars.

Peter Bradshaw's film of the week A Quiet Passion review – Cynthia Nixon gives Emily Dickinson the soul of a poet
4 out of 5 stars.

Terence Davies’s elegant film benefits from a terrific performance by Nixon, who makes the reclusive 19th-century poet seem radiant with loneliness

Published: 6 Apr 2017

Trailer park A Quiet Passion trailer: Cynthia Nixon in Terence Davies' biopic of poet Emily Dickinson

Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon plays the great 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson in the new film from British director Terence Davies, of Sunset Song and House of Mirth renown

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Published: 20 Feb 2017

Terence Davies on avoiding Hollywood A-listers: 'I don't cast big names'

At a New York retrospective of his work, the storied British director spoke of his love of the American Songbook and how good he is at ‘death and misery’

Published: 9 May 2016

Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs Sunset Song; Grandma; The Forbidden Room; Kill Your Friends; Show Me a Hero; Of Good Report – review

Terence Davies wilts in the great outdoors in Sunset Song while Lily Tomlin gives great grouch in Paul Weitz’s Grandma

Published: 3 Apr 2016

Five best moments Tom Hiddleston: five best moments

With a burgeoning career that straddles the multiplex and the arthouse, the 35-year-old star of this week’s surreal satire High-Rise is on the ascent

Published: 18 Mar 2016

Berlin film festival 2016 roundup: serious gems and stylish risks

The Coens splashed out, Cynthia Nixon channelled Emily Dickinson – and Meryl Streep marshalled a hard-pressed jury. Willkommen to Berlin…

Published: 21 Feb 2016
Cynthia Nixon: Emily Dickinson would have loved Twitter

A Quiet Passion actor suggests that celebrated 19th-century American poet was far from cut off, and would have been ‘emailing and tweeting all day long’

Published: 15 Feb 2016
4 out of 5 stars.

A Quiet Passion review - Terence Davies' Emily Dickinson biopic finds beauty in the little things
4 out of 5 stars.

The Sunset Song director’s film about the reclusive American poet overcomes the challenge of her closed, interior life, with the help of a great performance by Cynthia Nixon

Published: 14 Feb 2016
Ten to watch at the Berlin film festival 2016

From Danish communes to druggy cops, Bosnian strikers to bolshy New Zealand shepherds, the 66th Berlin film festival – which starts this week – promises to serve up riveting drama from celebrated directors and performers. Here are some of the films we are most looking forward to

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Published: 9 Feb 2016

Terence Davies' Emily Dickinson biopic to premiere at Berlin film festival

British director’s biopic of American poet, A Quiet Passion, starring Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon, will receive its world premiere in Berlin in February

Published: 18 Jan 2016

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