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Flashbacks

Scorsese, Weinstein and the tortured making of Gangs of New York

It took 25 years for Martin Scorsese to bring his passion project – based on a novel by Herbert Asbury – to the big screen, writes Tom Fordy. But not before a tumultuous production that saw him wage war against Harvey Weinstein and build a life-size recreation of New York

Comment

Henry Cavill should be thankful he’s been fired as Superman

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Can Avatar: The Way of Water save 3D films from extinction?

Interview

Alek Keshishian on Madonna, Selena and the art of documenting pop stardom

Inside Film

Geoffrey Macnab Terrence Malick’s Badlands is still killer at 50

Geoffrey Macnab Can Will Smith make it back after Oscars slapgate?

The actor’s new film ‘Emancipation’ is being released on Apple TV+ this week – it’s his first since he slapped Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars in March. Geoffrey Macnab looks at Smith’s chances of redemption, and says, with his star-pulling power, it won’t take him long to win back the public’s trust

Reviews

Babylon has orgies, elephants and Margot Robbie – it’s brilliant

The plot’s still hard to care about, but at least Avatar 2 is pretty

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is the prettiest film in years

Letitia Wright stars in The Silent Twins, a curious true story

Lady Chatterley’s Lover is ripe with passion-free, efficient sex

A post-slap Will Smith returns to movies with the dubious Emancipation

Glass Onion is a lighter, brighter Knives Out

Timothée Chalamet handsomely eats people in the superb Bones and All

Interviews

Interview

‘I needed therapy’: Brian Tyree Henry on grief, trauma and Causeway

Interview

Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance on playing the Silent Twins

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Brandon Perea on Nope, fame and Jordan Peele

Interview

Emancipation director Antoine Fuqua on his slavery film and Will Smith

Features

Robert Downey Sr’s life of drugs, bizarre films and parental regrets

Vikings, cows and lots of Michelle Yeohs: The best films of 2022

Olympian and refugee Yusra Mardini on the Netflix drama The Swimmers

Be kind and rewind: Inside the growing cult of VHS survivalists

News

Quentin Tarantino explains why he wanted Adam Sandler for iconic role

Tom Cruise jumps from helicopter to thank fans for movie success

Man dies of heart attack while watching Avatar 2

Kate Winslet says she was fat-shamed about Titanic floating door scene

Steven Spielberg ‘regrets’ decimation of shark population due to Jaws

James Cameron responds to Matt Damon losing out on $250m for Avatar

Flashbacks

An oral history of The Muppet Christmas Carol at 30

Features

Jean-Pierre Jeunet on the ‘sexy and weird’ Alien Resurrection at 25

Diggler, duels and that very big dong: Boogie Nights at 25

How Brad Pitt’s unhinged Cool World became cinema’s most X-rated flop