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  Porridge and Game of Thrones actor Peter Vaughan dies at 93

  A beloved British character actor, Peter Vaughan appeared in countless film and TV roles over seven decades.

  David Parkinson
  Tuesday 6 December 2016

  Features

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  Why 1992-2002 was the golden age of the black romantic comedy

  For one glorious decade, from Boomerang to Brown Sugar, a wave of American movies provided all-too-rare examples of aspirational black characters being successful and falling in love on screen.

  Grace Barber-Plentie
  Tuesday 6 December 2016

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  British Independent Film Awards 2016: the winners in full

  Andrea Arnold’s roadtrip epic American Honey wins four awards, including best British independent film, best director and best actress for Sasha Lane.

  Samuel Wigley
  Sunday 4 December 2016

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  The best films of 2016

  We asked 163 critics and curators to name their five top movies of the year – and atop what may be our most diverse annual poll yet, the runaway winner is a German comedy…

  Sight & Sound contributors
  Friday 2 December 2016

  Annual round-ups

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  Clint Eastwood: 10 essential films as director

  From The Outlaw Josey Wales to Unforgiven, we revisit some of the highest peaks from one of the finest bodies of work in American film.

  Craig Williams
  Thursday 1 December 2016

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  Podcast: Certain Women, Elle, Moonlight and Nocturama – four 2016 highlights, debated

  Kieron Corless hosts Erika Balsom, Henry K. Miller and Catherine Wheatley for a half-hour debate about four outstanding movies from this autumn’s London Film Festival.

  Erika Balsom , Henry K Miller , Catherine Wheatley
  Thursday 1 December 2016

  Festivals

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  Film of the week: The Unknown Girl, a morally challenging thriller from the Dardenne brothers

  The Dardennes offer a story of blinkered spirits and human interconnections, led by an enigmatic heroine investigating the death of a stranger, finds Hannah McGill.

  Hannah McGill
  Thursday 1 December 2016

  Reviews and recommendations

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  Moana review: Disney’s Hawaiian folk fable paddles safe waters

  Disney’s big-ticket seafaring saga lets rip with its computer animation, but sails the same old storyline, says Vadim Rizov.

  Vadim Rizov
  Thursday 1 December 2016

  Reviews and recommendations

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  10 great dark suburbia films

  Because life in the burbs isn’t all smiling neighbours and picket fences…

  Leigh Singer
  Thursday 1 December 2016

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  Embrace of the Serpent review: a true Amazonian treasure

  An anthropological adventure and character mystery, poignant condemnation of colonialism and teemingly rich tribute to a lost world, Ciro Guerra’s monochrome heart-of-darkness fable is a multitudinous stunner, writes Demetrios Matheou.

  Demetrios Matheou
  Thursday 1 December 2016

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