Arts
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- The GuardianStark warning – does new footage in Avengers: Endgame reveal the truth about Doctor Doom?Warning: contains spoilers The four short scenes added to the new version has made the film the highest-grossing of all time – but the only people really enjoying this are the Disney accountants Does it really matter…
- The GuardianTenzing review – reconstruction of first summit of Everest puts Sherpa at the centre of the storyGenden Phuntsok brings charm and innocence to his portrayal of Tenzing Norgay, while Tom Hiddleston is suitably frank as Edmund Hillary Here is a well intentioned, watchable, if sometimes soft-edged film with some…
- The GuardianOther Mommy review – Jessica Chastain’s demonic double horror isn’t nightmarish enoughThere’s some effectively unnerving imagery and a cleverly icy dual lead performance but this kept-from-critics shocker is a bit of a jumble The buzz surrounding the viral, limb-bending trailer of pre-Halloween horror…
- The Guardian‘Sometimes she publishes notes she’s scribbled on her hand’: Édouard Louis on 10 reasons to love Anne CarsonThe French author discovered Carson on a bus while stranded in a snowstorm and has been enthralled by her fearless imagination ever since Where to start with Anne Carson ‘Delights await!’: Margaret Atwood and other…
- The GuardianJimmy Kimmel on Trump’s government: ‘There’s just so much lying and stealing’Late-night hosts looked at Trump’s latest lies and his bizarre comments on Iran destroying Los Angeles and San Diego Late-night hosts poked fun at Donald Trump’s attempts to lie about crowd size once again as his…
- The GuardianLightsaber Darth Vader used in ‘I am your father’ Star Wars duel up for auctionSaber is expected to fetch at least $1m and is one of more than two dozen props that will be up for sale A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the Star Wars duel where he tells Luke Skywalker “I am your father” is going…