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The Saturday Interview
Inside Sentimental Value, the year’s frankest, most emotional film
A powerful tale of absent fathers and estranged children, Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ – his follow-up to the acclaimed ‘Worst Person in the World’ – is primed for Oscar glory come 2026. Annabel Nugent speaks to Trier and his actors Stellan Skarsgård, Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Elle Fanning about parenting, sacrifice, and the importance of making mistakes
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Keira Knightley: ‘Motherhood is much more exhausting than filming’
She’s played a Jane Austen hero, a swashbuckling aristocrat, and a wartime cryptanalyst. Now, the beloved actor steps into her most unexpected role yet, as a children’s author. She talks to Jessie Thompson about her daughter’s teething problems, getting equal pay, and that famous ‘Vanity Fair’ photoshoot
Keira Knightley: ‘Motherhood is much more exhausting than filming’
She’s played a Jane Austen hero, a swashbuckling aristocrat, and a wartime cryptanalyst. Now, the beloved actor steps into her most unexpected role yet, as a children’s author. She talks to Jessie Thompson about her daughter’s teething problems, getting equal pay, and that famous ‘Vanity Fair’ photoshoot
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Annie Lennox: ‘I wanted to perform as a woman, not as a piece of meat’
As the former Eurythmics superstar publishes a new illustrated memoir of her extraordinary career, she talks to Charlotte Cripps about being diagnosed as neurodivergent, why the American dream is over for many working-class Americans, and how the pop industry is hypersexualised
Annie Lennox: ‘I wanted to perform as a woman, not as a piece of meat’
As the former Eurythmics superstar publishes a new illustrated memoir of her extraordinary career, she talks to Charlotte Cripps about being diagnosed as neurodivergent, why the American dream is over for many working-class Americans, and how the pop industry is hypersexualised
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Michelle Monaghan: ‘Of course I get the Tom Cruise cake!’
The Mission: Impossible star talks to Adam White about her ‘awkward and confronting’ role in the revered show, acting as a way to pay off her college loans, and the Tom Cruise cake
Michelle Monaghan: ‘Of course I get the Tom Cruise cake!’
The Mission: Impossible star talks to Adam White about her ‘awkward and confronting’ role in the revered show, acting as a way to pay off her college loans, and the Tom Cruise cake
Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘I’m already something no one else is’
The ‘Hamilton’ creator and ‘Moana’ and ‘Encanto’ songwriter had the daunting task of crafting a successor to Elton John’s beloved ‘Lion King’ soundtrack. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about the lure of working with Barry Jenkins, endangered Disney ballads and why he doesn’t care about winning an EGOT
Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘I’m already something no one else is’
The ‘Hamilton’ creator and ‘Moana’ and ‘Encanto’ songwriter had the daunting task of crafting a successor to Elton John’s beloved ‘Lion King’ soundtrack. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about the lure of working with Barry Jenkins, endangered Disney ballads and why he doesn’t care about winning an EGOT
