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<p>Delroy Lindo: 'Sinners is telling the larger story of what happens when a community is violated'</p>
Interview

Delroy Lindo: ‘I get tired of my own voice – but never of Sinners’

The star of the Oscar-tipped blockbuster speaks to Louis Chilton about the ‘genius’ of Ryan Coogler, his multiple collaborations with Spike Lee, and why, at 73, retirement is the furthest thing from his mind

Inside Film

<p>The AI critic is an irksome presence, flooding the zone with his mediocre critiques, constantly trawling for clicks and likes</p>
Inside Film

Film critics are great because they’re flawed. AI critics are nothing

Artificial intelligence has given rise to a new breed of movie pundit – one that gloms onto consensus opinion and regurgitates rote praise. Xan Brooks looks out at this new frontier of film criticism and despairs

<p>And starring as himself: George Clooney is Jay Kelly in Noah Baumbach’s ‘Jay Kelly’</p>
Inside Film

George Clooney basically plays himself in Jay Kelly, and it’s wildly unconvincing

Noah Baumbach’s new comedy drama ‘Jay Kelly’ casts Clooney as a wealthy, handsome, pampered and indulged A-lister, and like many films in which fake stars opine about the miseries of celebrity, it quickly wears out its welcome, writes Xan Brooks

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