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‘Like lipstick on a fabulous gorilla’: the Barbican’s many gaudy glow-ups and the one to top them all
Son of a nutcracker! It’s the great Christmas film guide 2025
‘Astonishing’: how Stanley Baxter’s TV extravaganzas reached 20 million
‘Men explicitly loving men is so threatening to the status quo’: why are gay male pop stars being shut out of the music industry?
‘I lived out moments of my mother’s passing I never saw’: Kate Winslet on grief, going red and Goodbye June
A stiff dose of ‘weak sauce’: Paul Dano’s best films – ranked!
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