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‘I don’t wish anyone to fall down a sewer. Except sometimes’: TikTok sensation and Oscar-nominated star of Weapons Amy Madigan

As her nightmarish turn as orange-wigged child-catcher Aunt Gladys takes her to Oscars night, the actor talks about surviving ‘brutal’ Hollywood, the fury that almost drove her from the US – and still being homeless after the wildfires

The Guardian - UK

Crash at 20: is it the worst best picture winner of all time?

Paul Haggis’s interconnected drama about racism in Los Angeles remains one of the most embarrassing Oscar decisions ever made

The Guardian - US

Visions of America: 25 films to help understand the US today

From The Apprentice to 13th, our critic selects titles that shed light on the US under Trump

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‘She still sleeps in the bed she was tied to’: Anna Maxwell Martin takes down a serial killer

Delia Balmer spent four days as the hostage of her murderer boyfriend, only to survive his axe attack – and get him put away. The team behind a challenging drama about her horrific experience tell all

The Guardian - UK

Here in America review – Miller and Kazan test the bonds of friendship in McCarthy-era witch-hunt drama

Orange Tree theatre, LondonDavid Edgar’s play on the anti-communist Hollywood witch-hunts of the 1950s is clunky in its set-up, but offers a lively take on the personal politics of art and ideology

The Guardian - UK

A Face in the Crowd, review: Elvis Costello’s satirical musical isn’t extreme enough to skewer Trump

Costello and playwright Sarah Ruhl adapt the 1957 film about the rise of a populist demagogue in this new, uneven Young Vic production

The Independent UK

David Edgar: ‘If you can only think yourself into the shoes you’re wearing it makes creating fiction impossible’

With two new plays opening this autumn, the veteran playwright talks about the risks of writing about real events and the threats to leftwing drama and politics

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On the Waterfront review – Marlon Brando’s wounded masculinity rains punches down

Rereleased for its 70th anniversary, Elia Kazan’s classic exploration of corruption and whether or not to squeal is made all the more viscerally powerful by his own Huac testimony

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: Past Lives and the best immigrant stories on film

One of the year’s best films, Celine Song’s Korean-American love story, now on streaming and DVD, continues cinema’s rich tradition of immigrant stories, from Chaplin to Persepolis

The Guardian - UK

Wonder where Hollywood's strikes are headed? Movies might offer a clue

Hollywood has churned out films that depict labor organizers as communists, and labor bosses as gangsters. So it should come as no surprise that real-life negotiations with the studios are so tricky.

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Best movies on Turner Classic Movies this week: 9 classic movies not to miss

WTW's classic movie expert picks the movies you shouldn't miss on Turner Classic movies this week, August 21-27.

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Pitlochry Festival Theatre puts on refined performance of A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire at Pitlochry Festival Theatre

The National (Scotland)

The Crucible: the real witch hunt that inspired Arthur Miller’s play

In the mid 1960s, the American actress Joan Copeland was finding it increasingly difficult to secure parts. One day, though, she was up for a major television role and met with the writer, producer and sponsor. They were enthusiastic. Rehearsals were planned.

The Conversation

Sonam Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, SS Rajamouli: Making India proud at the global stage - Big Story

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja is going to attend and perform at King Charles' coronation ceremony. Alia Bhatt has just made her Met Gala debut paying tribute to fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld in a creation by Prabal Gurung. Earlier in the year, Deepika Padukone graced the Oscars stage when she announced the…

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A Streetcar Named Desire at 75: Blanche, Stanley, and the Tennessee Williams play that still haunts us

As Paul Mescal takes on the role first made famous by Marlon Brando, Holly Williams looks at the star-studded history of ‘Streetcar’, a play full of parts coveted by big name actors

The Guardian - UK

Henry Silva obituary

American stage and screen actor who oozed menace in his many roles as the bad guy, heavy or villain

Evening Standard

East of Eden: Florence Pugh set to star in new Netflix series written and produced by Zoe Kazan

The new series sees Zoe Kazan following in the footsteps of her grandfather Elia in bringing John Steinbeck’s novel to the screen

The Conversation

From the Moscow stage to Monroe and De Niro: how the Method defined 20th-century acting

When an actor is criticised for peculiarly excessive preparation for a role, or an inability to break character off-camera, an ill-defined notion of “Method” acting (note the capital “M”) is rarely far away.

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