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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsThe movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British colonialists in 1947. In the backdrop of a devotional song that Gandhi loved, the outline slowly morphs into what appears like his face.Then, a raucous beat drops, followed by a rap song. A face is finally revealed: not Gandhi, but an…

For all its broad strokes, Shirley, the new Netflix biopic on trailblazing politician and erstwhile presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, has a point. Some things are not subtle. The film opens with a visualizer of the House of Representatives in 1968: of the 435 members, only 11 were women, only five Black, and no Black women. Or to put it more starkly: in the official congressional class portrait on the steps of the Capitol, Chisholm (Regina King) is the only Black female face in a sea of grizzled white male visages.…

The official soundtrack for Back to Black, the forthcoming Amy Winehouse biopic, spans the late musician’s discography in addition to highlighting her prominent musical influences. Back to Black: Songs From the Original Motion Picture, out alongside the film on May 17, will feature 12 songs in its standard edition. Three original recordings from Winehouse’s 2003 debut album Frank will appear on the soundtrack, including “What Is It About Men,” “Stronger Than Me,” and “Know You Now.” Another three come from her…

Film-makers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy have a restless creativity and alertness to ideas which continues to be uniquely valuable. Now they have made a vivid, intense, true-crime drama about the inner life of the late Rose Dugdale, the wealthy English heiress and debutante who was radicalised at Oxford, joined the IRA and in the early 70s was involved in an art theft from a stately home in the Irish republic – and also helped drop homemade bombs from a stolen helicopter on to a police station.Baltimore should really…

Timothée Chalamet has begun shooting for the biopic on acclaimed singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. As per new photos that were obtained by PEOPLE, the 28 year-old was seen on the set of the film that is directed by James Mangold. (Also read: New Hollywood superstar: Timothée Chalamet earned over $8 million for Wonka; his fees to rise post Dune Part Two success) Timothee Chalamet will be playing Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic. Timothée shoots for Bob Dylan biopicIn the pictures, the Dune star was seen holding an…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe director who made the Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland has called out a forthcoming biopic for ignoring the child sexual abuse allegations against the musician.Training Day director Antoine Fuqua’s forthcoming film Michael has gone into production and is being made in collaboration with Jackson’s estate. It is being billed as a definitive cinematic portrayal of the…

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things musicGet our Now Hear This email for freeSean Ono Lennon already has some thoughts about the casting for Sam Mendes’ forthcoming Beatles films, where he will create four separate movies: one for each of the Fab Four. The musician and son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono attended the Oscars on Sunday (10 March) with his girlfriend, singer and model Charlotte Kemp Muhl. His project War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John &…

"Maybe they’re missing the essence of the thing and what it’s supposed to be instead of what they think it should be," Ziggy said of the Bob Marley film Ziggy Marley spoke about the disparate box office success and lukewarm critical reviews of the Bob Marley: One Love biopic in an interview on Thursday, likening the project to the critical consensus around his late father’s legendary album Exodus. “The reviews of my father’s Exodus album … they bashed the album that became the album of the…

So, I got the chance to see Bob Marley: One Love – and I have to say, it turned me into a Bob Marley fan. I never really listened to Bob Marley's music, though I always considered myself a music lover. As a kid, I loved Michael Jackson so much, and I'm so excited for the new Michael biopic coming out. I adored Queen, so I was first in line to see Bohemian Rhapsody starring Rami Malek, but Marley was never someone I openly went out to listen to. I think that's because I have heard "One Love," arguably one of his biggest…

Last spring, Selena Gomez lived in Paris for two months to film the musical Emilia Perez with Zoe Saldana. The multi-hyphenate couldn’t quite shake how good her life felt there, and she infused her love for the city into the rollout for her new single “Love On.” “I felt like I can be a normal human being there,” she tells Rolling Stone. “I fell in love with everything about it and the life that I lived there for two months.” Gomez had begun working on “Love On” before she left for Paris and felt the song…