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Clueless writer finally confirms that Cher is Jewish

As Clueless hits the West End in a new musical version of the hit film, Amy Heckerling answers the question she has preferred to avoid for the past 30 years

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Space oddity: Robert Pattinson as Mickey

Mickey 17 review: ‘dark satire meets bonkers science fiction’

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A gleam in your eye: Damian Williams as Tommy Cooper; Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe and Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse Photo: Pamela Raith

The Last Laugh review: ‘a love letter to British comedy and three of its funny men’

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Showtime: Jamie Lee Curtis and (right) Pamela Anderson Photo: Roadside Attractions

The Last Showgirl review: ‘Pamela Anderson dazzles’

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Unicorn review: ‘Stephen Mangan, Nicola Walker and Erin Doherty in threesome’

Having explored a gay couple being attracted to a straight relationship in the play Cock, Mike Bartlett now turns to a heterosexual relationship where a spouse wants a same-sex affair

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February 27, 2025 15:09

Throuple therapy: Erin Doherty (Kate), Nicola Walker (Polly) and Stephen Mangan (Nick) in Unicorn Photo: Marc Brenner

‘My film finally tells the story of the first escape from a Nazi death camp’

Israeli director Lior Geller on his new movie The World Will Tremble

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February 26, 2025 17:56

Harrowing scenes: Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jeremy Neumark Jones in The World Will Tremble Photo: Ivan Vatsov

This Menuhin show is all about the words, not the music

The granddaughter of the great classical violinist on her first stage play, an adaptation of the 1938 German novel The Passenger

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February 19, 2025 20:04

I’m Still Here review: ‘it feels timely’

As we enter an era of strong-men politics, this Brazilian film is a reminder of the price they exact

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February 18, 2025 18:36

Matriarch: Fernanda Torres as Eunice, the mother of the Paiva family

Richard II review: ‘has lessons for Trump’

The American President, not known for his appreciation of Shakespeare, won’t watch this, but he should

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February 18, 2025 18:15

Right royal: Jonathan Bailey as King Richard Photo: Manuel Harlan

Bridget Jones: ‘perfect for Valentine’s Day’

This is the moving comedy we all need to watch on 14 February

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February 13, 2025 17:13

Love is all around: Renée Zellweger and Leo Woodall as Bridget and Roxter

Elektra review: ‘Oh. Is that it?’

Is this a must-see production of the classical work? As Elektra puts it (throughout): no

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February 11, 2025 17:44

Just say yes: Stockard Channing as Clytemnestra Photo: Helen Murray

As Long As We Are Breathing review: ‘poignant but not enough punch’

The message that it is possible to replace trauma with inner peace is reassuring, but it is prioritised over the drama of Holocaust survivor Miriam Freedman’s story

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February 6, 2025 13:37

Hidden treasures: Caroline Gruber as Miriam Freedman in her eighties Photo: Arcola Theatre

September 5 review: ‘superbly constructed account of the 1972 atrocity’

Palestinian activists in New York are calling for a boycott of this film, but any movie houses that cave it will be doing viewers a disservice

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February 5, 2025 12:26

Reading the room: most of the film takes place in the electric twilight of the control room

Oliver! review: ‘has the audience begging for more’

Simon Lipkin’s Fagin is the best but not only reason to buy a ticket for this sublime revivial of the masterpiece

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January 29, 2025 14:22

Picking pockets: Simon Lipkin as Fagin in the Gielgud Theatre production Photo: Johan Persson

The Brutalist review: ‘so what if the Holocaust survivor at its centre is fictional?’

The complainants have got it all wrong. This Oscar-nominated movie is not about Adrien Brody’s Hungarian-Jewish architect, it’s an argument for culture

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January 29, 2025 13:37