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Colombian cocaine hippos, a Star Wars parody set in northern France and an unlikely father-daughter pairing of Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham all feature in an eclectic lineup at this year’s Berlin film festival, which was unveiled on Monday.The 74th edition of the 10-day Berlinale will open on 15 February with the world premiere of Small Things Like These, based on Irish author Clare Keegan’s bestselling historical novel. Adapted to the big screen by Enda Walsh, the film sees Cillian Murphy reuniting with Belgian director…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGael Garcia Bernal has praised the art of acting for allowing performers to “explore the transgender we all have inside”.The 45-year-old Mexican actor recently starred in the Amazon Prime film Cassandro, a biographical film about the life of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler who became an international sensation.In a new conversation with US entertainment publication Deadline,…

Friends and producing partners Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna are launching a new series.Image: Vittorio Zunino Celotto (Getty Images)The Boys has continued to have success with its spinoffs, so Prime Video figured, why stop now? Blue Beetle writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer is teaming up with executive producers Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal for The Boys: Mexico.Like It or Not, Your Doctor Will Use AI | AI UnlockedDeadline broke the news of the spinoff, which is currently being written by Dunnet-Alcocer amid a search…