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The actor and director goes to the pub to tell Patrick Smith why he thinks ‘Ulster American’ might start a riot, how his ‘Animal Farm’ will land in a Britain that has abandoned democratic principles and why America faces another catastrophe if Trump takes power

With "New Hollywood" in full swing, director-driven works reflected a morally ambiguous atmosphere

Together with Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, long celebrated film directors are proving that entering their ninth decade and beyond is no barrier to ambition

In Ridley Scott’s 2023 epic, Joaquin Phoenix becomes the latest actor to portray Napoleon, joining an group that includes Marlon Brando, Danny DeVito and Rowan Atkinson. The tiny tyrant remains a subject of fascination (and mockery) on screen, writes Martin Chilton

Ahead of her 35th birthday and the release of Poor Things, which she co-produced, we assess Stone’s key roles from the critically mauled depths to the Oscar-winning heights

Woman went viral when she used fake Facebook accounts to send someone spoilers for his favourite TV shows

Woman went viral when she used fake Facebook accounts to send someone spoilers for his favourite TV shows

After expanding his universe of urban intellectuals from New York to Barcelona, Rome and Paris, Woody Allen goes a step further with "Coup de Chance" – or "Stroke of Luck" – his first movie in French. For FRANCE 24 film critic Lisa Nesselson, it's a French film that's also unmistakably…

Festivalgoers will surely agree that the 2023 competition was one of the most eclectic and eccentric in recent memory, writes Geoffrey Macnab

Emma Stone goes wild in a zany Victorian fantasy, Woody Allen gets one of the biggest laughs of the week, Carey Mulligan turns in a career-best performance – and the Golden Lion should go to Agnieszka Holland’s searing Green Border

Given rapturous applause at Venice, Allen has – like it or not – become an icon for post-#MeToo confusion around allegations and burdens of proof