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• ‘Overseas’ Review: Human Capital

  25-11-2020 21:15 via nytimes.com
  
  This observational documentary is set in a training center for Filipino women who are deployed abroad to work as domestic help.
  
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• UK’s first major Muslim film festival announces lineup

  16-04-2024 13:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Featuring stars including Riz Ahmed and Nabhaan Rizwan, the event aims to celebrate the ‘rich tapestry of Muslim experiences via the medium of film’ Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Man’s Castle’: Free Love, Hard Times

  16-04-2024 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Restored to its original length and screening at the Museum of Modern Art, this 1933 movie starring Spencer Tracy feels at once surprisingly frank and disquietingly coy.
  
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• How They Pulled Off the Ending to ‘Civil War’

  16-04-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The action thriller from Alex Garland concludes with an explosive sequence in the nation’s capital. A behind-the-scenes look at how it was done.
  
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• Gang members fire at Bollywood star’s home in antelope killing row

  16-04-2024 10:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Two men from Bishnoi gang, whose leader has threatened to kill Salman Khan, arrested over Mumbai shooting Continue reading...
  
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• TV tonight: how a bargain basement horse beat racing’s finest

  16-04-2024 07:20 via theguardian.com
  
  He’s owned by a group of ordinary blokes from Darlington and won at York races in 2022 – can he do it again? Plus, Michael Palin heads to Nigeria. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
  
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• ‘The Stranger’ Review: Somewhere Over the Freeway

  15-04-2024 23:16 via nytimes.com
  
  In this tense thriller on Hulu, Maika Monroe plays Clare, a Kansas transplant in Los Angeles who parallels Dorothy in Oz.
  
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• Blue Lights series two review – last year’s breakout police hit is as beautifully tense as ever

  15-04-2024 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The cop show set in post-Troubles Northern Ireland will leave you holding your breath constantly, not knowing what perils await our beloved ‘peelers’Is it a stretch to call Blue Lights, which is back for season two, the United Kingdom’s answer to The Wire? Well, yes. In all honesty that would be a bit much – it’s more like a cross between The Wire and Holby City. But the police drama was one of the breakout hits of 2023 because, beneath the soapy surface of its inte
  
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• Blue Lights recap: series two, episode one – a blistering comeback

  15-04-2024 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Welcome back, peelers! The Belfast police drama returns in heart-stopping style, with petrol-bombs, pharmacy stick-ups … and good old-fashioned romanceBlue Lights, big city. Here’s your blow-by-blow breakdown of the Belfast police drama’s blistering comeback episode, titled This Too Shall Pass … Continue reading...
  
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• Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals review – the din of barrel-scraping is deafening

  15-04-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Jamie Oliver jumps on the culinary bandwagon in this bewilderingly cringey two-parter. Hasn’t even he tired of his own shtick by now?I don’t really know what to tell you about Jamie Oliver’s new series Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals. It’s presented by Jamie Oliver, who first bounded on to our screens as The Naked Chef (no, he wasn’t) in 1999. He cooks meals in an air fryer. An air fryer is a little convection-type oven with a perforated basket that you put food in an
  
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• Rust film armorer sentenced to 18 months in prison for fatal on-set shooting

  15-04-2024 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s punishment is most substantial criminal consequence yet over Alec Baldwin shooting cinematographer Continue reading...
  
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• 2024 Olivier Awards: The Snubs and Surprises

  15-04-2024 16:13 via nytimes.com
  
  Our theater critics and a reporter discuss the big winner — “Sunset Boulevard” — and the rest of the honorees at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys.
  
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• Trump Media’s first auditor quit months after being appointed

  15-04-2024 12:00 via ft.com
  Accountancy firm did not want to be associated with ex-president’s social media venture
  
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• TV tonight: nail-biting Belfast police drama Blue Lights is back

  15-04-2024 07:20 via theguardian.com
  
  The excellent series returns with an intense opener that will suck you in. Plus: Martin Clunes visits the Pacific. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
  
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• Music rights investor secures $500mn to fund acquisition spree

  15-04-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  Debt funding will help Cutting Edge Group invest in creating and buying music rights for films, TV, theatre productions and games
  
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• Review: It’s No Sunday in the Park With ‘Lempicka’

  15-04-2024 05:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A musical about the groundbreaking Art Deco painter is vocally thrilling but historically a blur.
  
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• Big Zuu Goes to Mecca review – a quietly revolutionary portrait of Islam

  14-04-2024 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This thoroughly sweet look at the grime artist and TV chef making a pilgrimage is that rarest of things – an intimate profile of being male and MuslimThere’s no one way to be a religious person. For some, it’s all about a deeply personal connection between you and God. For others, its value comes from how it places you within a larger community of like-minded believers. Either can bring comfort and meaning to a person’s life, and in the case of the grime musician and awar
  
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• ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ Heading to Broadway, Wins Big at Olivier Awards

  14-04-2024 22:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The musical, which stars Nicole Scherzinger, won seven awards at Britain’s version of the Tonys. And Sarah Snook won best actress for “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
  
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• ‘Civil War’ Is No. 1 at Box Office

  14-04-2024 18:31 via nytimes.com
  
  Alex Garland’s movie, starring Kirsten Dunst, surpassed “Godzilla x Kong,” with an estimated $25.7 million in North American ticket sales on its first weekend.
  
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• Prince Harry Hits the Polo Field in Front of Netflix Cameras

  14-04-2024 18:26 via nytimes.com
  
  The Duke of Sussex competed in a match in South Florida on Friday, a day after the announcement that he will be working on a new polo-related Netflix project.
  
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• Berlusconi family group calls for European media consolidation amid ProSieben boardroom battle

  14-04-2024 13:33 via ft.com
  MediaForEurope pushing its own board nominees but denies planning takeover of German broadcaster
  
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• Queer Women Behaving Badly: These Movies Scrap the Coming-Out Story

  14-04-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  “Love Lies Bleeding,” “Bottoms” and “Drive-Away Dolls” are leading a wave of stories about lesbians living their lives, committing crimes along the way.
  
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• Lincoln’s Murder Is Often Re-enacted, but Not at Ford’s Theater

  14-04-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  The theater says that allowing the assassination to be recreated there would undermine the gravity and significance of Abraham Lincoln’s death.
  
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• Netflix’s New Film Strategy: More About the Audience, Less About Auteurs

  14-04-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Dan Lin, the streaming service’s new film chief, wants to produce a more varied slate of movies to better appeal to the array of interests among subscribers.
  
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• Scotland’s artists fear ‘cultural black hole’ after festival and film project cancelled

  14-04-2024 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Calls for Scottish government to increase support grow, following funding cuts to public arts body Continue reading...
  
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• TV tonight: Big Zuu makes a joyous pilgrimage

  14-04-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The TV chef and rapper is completely candid in this lovely documentary. Plus, Midsomer Murders is back with another whodunnit. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Paradigm-shattering’: Bluey’s biggest episode ever is packed with magic

  14-04-2024 00:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Creating a 28-minute episode was a wildly risky move for this all-time great TV show – but the epic, moving results is everything viewers have come to expect from this show … and moreThis piece contains spoilers for Bluey’s 28-minute episode, The SignYou get nervous watching an all-time great show try something different. Too many sitcoms have dented their rep with a dud feature-length special; too many dramas have that extra season where the formula changed, it didn’t r
  
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• Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music review – even 30 years on, his death seems utterly tragic

  13-04-2024 23:10 via theguardian.com
  
  This documentary about the Nirvana singer’s demise is at its best when it uses archive interviews with fans to show the scale of their loss. Otherwise, it struggles to really convey his impactUnfathomably, for those of us who remember it, Kurt Cobain died 30 years ago this month, at the age of 27. Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music has been scheduled as the centrepiece for an evening of programming that celebrates Nirvana’s music and legacy, but the emphasis of the documentary its
  
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• Who can run Disney? The four insiders competing for Bob Iger’s job

  13-04-2024 12:00 via ft.com
  Magic Kingdom’s unhappy record on succession means the candidates for its throne face intense investor scrutiny
  
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• Review: In ‘Symphony of Rats’ Revival, a Darkness Goes Underexplored

  13-04-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The Wooster Group’s staging of Richard Foreman’s play operates like a delightful love letter from one giant of experimental theater to another.
  
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