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<p>‘I think my sheer bluntness makes people uncomfortable, and therein lies the humour, maybe – but I worry that if I actively tried to be funny in something, it wouldn’t be funny at all’</p>

Rebecca Ferguson: ‘I want to be in movies that twirl my intestines up’

The Swedish star of ‘Dune’ commands the room ferociously in Kathryn Bigelow’s deeply stressful new armageddon tale ‘A House of Dynamite’. She speaks to Adam White about nuclear war, standing up for herself on toxic sets, leaving ‘Mission: Impossible’ behind, and the co-star blind item that got the world talking

<p>‘I was basically this annoying kid with an orange bag asking too many f***ing questions. But that’s how many doors got opened’</p>

Interview

Cameron Crowe: ‘I think Bowie remembered it all. He just didn’t want to with me’

<p>Martin Scorsese is the focus of the new Apple TV docuseries ‘Mr Scorsese’</p>

in Focus

‘He was left for dead’: Inside Apple’s new Martin Scorsese documentary

<p>Netflix documentary ‘The Perfect Neighbor’</p>

in focus

The Netflix doc exposing the horrors of America’s deadliest law

Inside Film

<p>Mark Wahlberg in 'Play Dirty'</p>

Inside Film

Play Dirty could have ended the Mark Wahlberg rut – but it didn’t

The actor stars as a slick crook in Shane Black’s new straight-to-streaming thriller. It’s the most promising project Wahlberg has had in years, writes Louis Chilton – which only makes the end result more frustrating

<p>Dwayne Johnson in his new film ‘The Smashing Machine’</p>

Inside Film

The Smashing Machine doesn’t transform The Rock – but it’s a start

Benny Safdie’s new, Oscar-tipped MMA drama is a clever bit of course correction for the typically commercially minded star, writes Xan Brooks – different for him, but not so much that it could sabotage his brand

Reviews

<p>‘The Bear’ actor Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in the film about the genesis of 1982 album ‘Nebraska’</p>

The rote Springsteen biopic doesn’t do justice to its inspiration

<p>Josh O’Connor in Kelly Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’</p>

Josh O’Connor starrer The Mastermind builds to a wonder of a punchline

Interviews

Tessa Thompson

Interview

Tessa Thompson on becoming Hedda Gabler: ‘I feel protective of her’

<p>‘If art is meant to be reflective of who we are as people, then how could that be possible if everyone who’s writing or starring in a project went to private school?’</p>

interview

Jonah Hauer-King on going from Disney to The Threesome: ‘I’m not worried about typecasting’

Tom Blyth

interview

Tom Blyth: ‘The Hunger Games taught me I don’t act to get attention’

<p>‘Nobody in the States wanted to go near anything about race. I was told I was stepping into really scary territory’</p>

Interview

Matilda’s Embeth Davidtz: ‘Miss Honey is a gay icon now!’

<p>‘There was something about my not-fully-formed frontal cortex that made me feel like I could do anything’</p>

Interview

Samara Weaving: ‘Being in a horror film shook the anxiety out of me’

<p>‘You have to be tough as old boots to play the role, because not everyone is going to be happy with you’</p>

Interview

Pierce Brosnan: ‘A seventysomething Bond? They know where to find me’

‘I actually can’t remember the last modern thing I’ve done’

Interview

Austin Butler: ‘I look at DiCaprio’s career for inspiration’

‘Horses taught me absolutely everything about my own healing’

Interview

Rhona Mitra on healing, horses and leaving Hollywood behind: ‘I had to save my soul’

Features

<p>Diane Keaton, who has died at the age of 79, in the 1987 film 'Baby Boom'</p>

Tribute

Diane Keaton was more complicated than her romcom persona suggests

<p>AI-generated ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood</p>

Comment

‘AI actor’ Tilly Norwood is an abomination – and a film studio’s dream

<p>Has Emma Watson proven that she has married a perfect blend of royal poise and relatability? </p>

Comment

Has Emma Watson taken her final form as the new people’s princess?

<p>The ultimate muse: Kate Hudson as Penny Lane in ‘Almost Famous’</p>

25 years on, Penny Lane is still the heart and soul of Almost Famous

Flashbacks

<p>Jack Nicholson in Milos Forman’s 1975 classic ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’</p>

Cuckoo’s Nest at 50: Unruly, boneheaded, and still a classic

<p>Killer looks: Miranda Richardson and Ian Holm in Mike Newell’s ‘Dance with a Stranger’</p>

Flashbacks

Dance with a Stranger at 40: Miranda Richardson on playing Britain’s last hanged woman

<p>Man of rust: Brandon Routh in Bryan Singer’s short-lived franchise reboot ‘Superman Returns’</p>

flashbacks

Superman Returns was a super-flop – but it didn’t deserve the hate

<p>Tom Cruise carries a terrified Dakota Fanning in Steven Spielberg’s ‘War of the Worlds’</p>

Flashbacks

How War of the Worlds became Spielberg’s most controversial movie

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