Stephen Frears
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‘I thought the film was dead. But then one morning my newsagent, a fellow Arsenal fan, gave me a note that said: “Call Stephen Frears.” It was an unconventional approach’
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Cinematographer who brought his imaginative sensibilities to films such as Trainspotting, Billy Elliot and Quadrophenia
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3 out of 5 stars.Mark Kermode's film of the weekThe Lost King review – Sally Hawkins saves Richard III dig dramaThe team behind Philomena turn the true story of how the infamous king’s remains were found under a Leicester car park into an uneven comedy drama
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The new film Mr Wilder & Me reveals how a search for funding led the director on an uneasy journey back to the central Europe he fled
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3 out of 5 stars.TV reviewState of the Union review – Brendan Gleeson and Patricia Clarkson lift a sticky, slovenly scriptAt first, this marriage drama about a couple in therapy feels so contrived it’s hard to get through. But outstanding performances turn it into something far more endearing
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Disability rights groups applaud casting of Aria Mia Loberti in All the Light We Cannot See
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Children’s writer who nearly died from virus joins Joan Bakewell and other public figures in demanding investigation
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The director’s last two projects - Quiz and A Very English Scandal – have been big hits on the small screen. So where should you start with his movies?
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Stephen Frears’ smart adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel of stunted growth remains as compelling as ever with one of John Cusack’s best performances
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The Love Islanders are back to lift our winter blues, Phoebe Waller-Bridge returns to the small screen, and there’s evil on the wards
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Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
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5 out of 5 stars.TV reviewState of the Union review: a brutal, tender and perfectly curated portrayal of marriageIn a pub before marital therapy sessions, a couple unravel 15 years of familiarity, love and betrayal. The temptation to binge is terrible
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Actors and directors, from Richard Gere to Spike Lee, condemn violence that targeted Cinema America
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Celebrated actor who rose to fame in the ‘kitchen sink’ era before evolving into one of the screen greats of the postwar period, has died
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Drama director tells Hay festival ‘you have to accept limitations of British justice’
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A Europe exposé manages to lend some credibility to Farage, while the Jeremy Thorpe drama is a classy indictment of our not-too-distant past
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5 out of 5 stars.Hugh Grant has the time of his life as the former Liberal leader who faced trial for conspiracy to murder
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