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In pictures: 2013 Cannes Palme d'Or competition contenders

Steven Soderbergh is heading back to the cinema whilst Ryan Gosling reunites with Drive director Nicholas Winding Refn

Risqué business: Paul Raymond in 1990

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For two decades, Pierre Perrone edited a men's magazine for the King of Soho. As the biopic The Look of Love is released, he recalls what the film's anti-hero was really like – and why they ended up in a bitter legal wrangle

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If you’ve seen one of the (approximately) 63 trailers that have so far been released for the upcoming The Great Gatsby, you would have caught a snippet of the film’s all-star soundtrack. Curated by Jay-Z, it features original material from Jack White, Florence and the Machine, and Emeli Sandé.

On the edge: How Greenland's Inuit village of Niaqornat is fighting for survival

With a dwindling population and the modern world encroaching, Niaqornat, one of Greenland’s most remote settlements, was on the verge of extinction when Sarah Gavron first ventured there. Yet the film-maker found a village prepared to fight for its survival.

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He has starred in 40 British films and several Pinter plays – yet is ridiculed by the critics. The actor tells Gerard Gilbert about his no-nonsense approach to work and why Mark Kermode had better watch out.

Film festival of the week: Sundance London, 02 Arena, London SE10

As release schedules flex to let in summer's event movies, Robert Redford's festival carries a torch for independent film in its second London incarnation.

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Do we need another film festival in the UK?

Robert Redford’s Sundance London must find a raison d’être

Cover for the 32-page 'children's book for adults' which may soon be seeing a Hollywood adaption.

Go the F**k to Sleep: Adult nursery rhyme gets the Hollywood treatment

A 32-page children’s book for adults doesn’t exactly sound like ideal source material for a film but Fox 2000 seem to think it’s on to a winner in adapting Go the F**k to Sleep for the big screen.

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