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Sky UK LtdIn the new film Lee, Kate Winslet stars as the legendary model-turned-war photographer Lee Miller (Credit: Sky UK Ltd)After the wartime horrors she witnessed, the photographer – now the subject of a biopic, Lee, starring Kate Winslet –...

Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)Last night's biggest shock came when this HBO show about a veteran stand-up comic starring Jean Smart took best comedy over The Bear. Was it a victory for genuinely funny comedy?At the last Emmys ceremony in January,...

Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies was first published on 17 September 1954, and is now recognised as a classic. In History looks at how Golding's story of English schoolboys and their descent into barbarism narrowly...

BBC/ Peacock/ Universal Pictures/ HBO(Credit: BBC/ Peacock/ Universal Pictures/ HBO)From imagined futures to midlife stories and the return of the erotic – here are our recommendations for the best offerings of the season in books, film, TV shows and more.Pantheon/...

Serenity Strull/ Getty Images(Credit: Serenity Strull/ Getty Images)As London fashion week kicks off, 'trophy vintage' is increasingly sought after. Samina Virk, US CEO of fashion resale site Vestiaire Collective, on how pre-loved has become a fashion go-to – even for...

Emmanuel Lafont/.Getty Images(Credit: Emmanuel Lafont/.Getty Images)In 1999, this unlikely rom-com set at a conversion therapy camp and starring Natasha Lyonne was hated by critics. But it's since been recognised as both groundbreaking and hilarious.Jamie Babbit's audacious feature debut But I'm...

HBOAs the final season of the HBO adaptation of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels begins this week, why has the show not received the plaudits – and the viewership – it deserves?Few novels have inspired as much devotion in recent years...

AlamyClint Eastwood was catapulted to film stardom when he played a brooding gunslinger in Sergio Leone's first Spaghetti Western, A Fistful of Dollars. In a 1977 interview with the BBC, the Italian director confessed that he "really wanted" another actor...

TIFFAmid a starry cast, Edgar-Jones especially gives a "beautifully understated" turn as a woman struggling with same-sex attraction – but there's too much plot for the film's own good.In its bare-bones plot, On Swift Horses sounds like a love triangle,...

TIFFGia Coppola's latest is an atmospheric and sympathetic drama about the showgirls on the Vegas strip, featuring "sharply drawn characters" and outstanding performances from Jamie Lee Curtis and Pamela Anderson.Pamela Anderson is a revelation and Jamie Lee Curtis is funny...