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<p>Paying homage: Aubry Dullin and Zoey Deutch as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’</p>
In Focus

How Nouvelle Vague recaptures Breathless and its role in a revolution

Richard Linklater, Zoey Deutch and Guillaume Marbeck talk to Patrick Smith about Godard, Belmondo, Seberg and their film about the making of the groundbreaking classic ‘Breathless’

Inside Film

<p>Ian McKellen in Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’</p>
Inside Film

How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?

Elon Musk, JD Vance and Giorgia Meloni have all described JRR Tolkien’s fantasy novels as fundamental to their respective world views – but it’d be too easy to claim they’ve simply misunderstood the text, writes Xan Brooks
<p>Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’</p>
Inside Film

Timothée Supreme: How Chalamet finally escaped boy-next-door purgatory

The ‘Dune’ star’s new, Golden Globe-winning role as ping-pong prodigy Marty Mauser is a watershed moment for a star whose ascendant career has not been without its teething issues, writes Xan Brooks

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