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Arkadii Nepytaliuk grew up in a small village in Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi region under the control of the Soviet Union. “As a child, I did not know about the existence of LGBT people at all. I learned about them in Kyiv when I was studying … and they scared me a lot. I was scared to imagine that a guy could fall in love with another guy.”Nepytaliuk, now 56, is a film director whose latest film Lessons of Tolerance hopes to challenge Ukrainian people to rethink how they treat others in society. Inspired by Igor Bilyts’ 2017…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe plumber handed a total of £75,000 by Hugh Grant and his wife for his charity work is at the centre of a racism row after he reposted a picture of a golly doll.Burnley-based tradesman James Anderson, 56, set up Depher – which stands for Disabled and Elderly, Plumbing and Heating Emergency Response, in 2017 – and was left stunned this month after Love Actually actor Grant, 63, and…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe plumber handed a total of £75,000 by Hugh Grant and his wife for his charity work is at the centre of a racism row after he reposted a picture of a golly doll.Burnley-based tradesman James Anderson, 56, set up Depher – which stands for Disabled and Elderly, Plumbing and Heating Emergency Response, in 2017 – and was left stunned this month after Love Actually actor Grant, 63, and…

Terry Gilliam, directorI had this vision of a radio playing exotic music on a beach covered in coal dust, inspired by a visit to the steel town of Port Talbot. Originally the song I had in mind was Ry Cooder’s Maria Elena, but later I changed it to Aquarela do Brasil by Ary Barroso. The idea of someone in an ugly, despairing place dreaming of something hopeful led to Sam Lowry, trapped in his bureaucratic world, escaping into fantasy.Brazil is often described as “a futuristic dystopia”, but I tried to make it clear that…

By Jake Coyle | Associated Press April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain. But it is also, if I check the clock, Mario Time. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” with its vistas of primary colors, is here to brighten our dreary springs, T.S. Eliot be damned. That there is a swell of enthusiasm for a Mario Bros. movie is a once-unthinkable development. The last time Mario hit the big screen was in the little-remembered 1993 live-action film…

Chris Pratt To Jump From Avengers’ Star-Lord To Turn Into Our Favourite Italian Plumber In ‘Super Mario Bros’ – Deets Inside (Photo Credit –Still From Super Mario Bros/Instagram) The trailer for Nintendo’s animated ‘Super Mario Bros’ movie shows Chris Pratt bringing the moustachioed, Italian plumber to life, with his voice. The trailer debuted during a Nintendo Direct video presentation. Alongside Pratt as its central character, the ‘Mario’ movie boasts a star-studded cast of Mushroom Kingdom characters including…

The trailer for Nintendo`s animated `Super Mario Bros` movie shows Chris Pratt bringing the moustachioed, Italian plumber to life, with his voice. The trailer debuted during a Nintendo Direct video presentation. Alongside Pratt as its central character, the `Mario` movie boasts a star-studded cast of Mushroom Kingdom characters including Charlie Day as Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Sebastian Maniscalco as…

The first trailer for the Super Mario Bros movie was released Thursday (6 October), revealing Chris Pratt’s voice for the world-famous Italian plumber.Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri previously promised that Pratt’s role as the video game character would not offend Italians, after his casting faced criticism.Pratt also assured fans himself, saying that his voice for the character was “updated and unlike anything you’ve heard in the Mario world before.”“I worked really closely with the directors and trying…

If you've ever wondered who would top the video game character rich list in real life, then you're in luck. A new study conducted by online gaming company Solitaired has explored which video game icons would earn the most money if their virtual profession was real, plus who would earn the least. Top of the rich list is Handsome Jack from Borderlands, with estimated earnings of £333,043 as a CEO. Special Forces soldier Solid Snake is next with earnings of over £100,000, followed by Virologist Albert Wesker from Resident…