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Waiting for Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket review: the best staging of this challenging classic I’ve ever seen

Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati take this production to a whole new level

Evening Standard

Ben Whishaw throws doubt on his future as Q in the James Bond films

British actor believes filmmakers want to give the franchise a ‘new lease of life’ and ‘a whole new group of people’

The Independent UK

5 movies leaving Netflix in August with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

Netflix is about to remove more movies and shows in August 2024, including these five titles with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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The waiting is over! Have the times finally caught up with Godot?

Samuel Beckett’s groundbreaking play is back again, this time starring Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati. Its tragicomic take on existence may match our cultural moment

The Guardian - UK

Netflix adds hard-to-find but brilliant Ben Whishaw series that was controversially axed

Netflix gives fans a chance to watch this wonderful series

WhatToWatch

The week in theatre: Bluets; People, Places & Things – review

Katie Mitchell directs and Ben Whishaw stars, while David Byrne’s new reign at the Royal Court gets off to a cool start. And Denise Gough is unmissable in a blazing revival of Duncan Macmillan’s addiction drama

The Guardian - UK

Bluets at the Royal Court Review: A complex fusion of technology and technique, flawlessly done

The superb Ben Whishaw, Emma D’Arcy and Kayla Meikle shine in this clever, culturally aware, technologically adventurous and discombobulating show

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Bluets review: Ben Whishaw and Emma D’Arcy lead slow, demanding production

Alienating production of Maggie Nelson’s 2009 philosophical memoir, is not a good showcase for the lead actors’ talents

The Independent UK

Bluets review – Maggie Nelson’s blue riffs become left-field cine-theatre

Emma D’Arcy, Ben Whishaw and Kayla Meikle narrate and act out Nelson’s dark meditations from their own film-making booths in Katie Mitchell’s intriguing experiment

The Guardian - UK

The most political apolitical festival ever? Here’s how Cannes 2024 went – and who will win

There were no overt boycotts this year, but there were entries about theocracy, Trump and the far right. There was still room for love, though – and sex. Here’s who I think will win, and my alternative ‘Braddies’ awards

The Guardian - UK

Limonov: The Ballad at Cannes review – Ben Whishaw relishes the role of real-life Russian 'hoodlum poet'

Whishaw is great, playing the antihero as a posturing rockstar writer whose determination to be famous is all consuming

Evening Standard

Limonov: The Ballad review – Ben Whishaw brilliant as Russia’s outlaw bohemian

Eduard Limonov’s bizarre career, from rebel émigré writer in New York to leader of a fascistic and militaristic political group, is told with gusto by Kirill Serebrennikov

The Guardian - UK

A renaissance at the Royal Court Theatre? After a dismal run the future finally looks bright

The Sloane Square venue is up against some real challenges, but David Byrne may just be the person to make it the vital London venue it once was

Evening Standard

John Lithgow to star as Roald Dahl in play about author's antisemitism

Giant, based on real events in 1983, is one of nine new plays in David Byrne’s first season as artistic director at the Royal Court Theatre

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The Guardian - AU

American Fiction, Three Women and Curb: what’s new to streaming in Australia in February

Plus Terence Malick’s 2011 epic, a moving Ukrainian series, and rapper Vince Staples’ autofictional caper

The Guardian - UK

Ben Whishaw as Nick Cave? Score some leftfield music biopic ideas here

Priscilla, Maestro and the upcoming One Love revolve around pitch-perfect impersonations of A-list icons. But what about the bangers yet to be greenlit about less mainstream musicians?

Cinemablend

32 Most Ridiculous James Bond Gadgets

Sometimes the gadgets that James Bond and/or his adversaries carry into the field are absolutely ridiculous concepts.

The Guardian - UK

Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati to star in West End production of Waiting for Godot

Actors to make ‘merry mischief’ in Samuel Beckett’s play at Theatre Royal Haymarket in September

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Black Doves season 1: release date, recaps, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and everything you need to know

Black Doves is a tense Netflix thriller set at Christmas which stars Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire and Keira Knightley...

The Independent UK

Paddington 3 unveils 2024 release date

Ben Whishaw and Imelda Staunton are returning for ‘Paddington in Peru’

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ll never forgive the BBC’ – your favourite shows that got cancelled before their time

What TV was cut down in its prime? What are you still hankering for after 25 years? Guardian readers on the telly they wish they’d got to watch more of, from Firefly to Freaks and Geeks

The Guardian - UK

Passages review – body language speaks volumes in seductive three-way love story

Ben Whishaw and Franz Rogowski are brilliantly believable in Ira Sachs’s exploration of a gay marriage that’s challenged when one partner has a passionate affair with a young woman

Evening Standard

The Cine Files: everything you need to see at the cinema in September

From K-Bran twiddling Poirot’s whiskers at Michelle Yeoh in A Haunting in Venice to John David Washington battling to save humanity in Disney’s much anticipated The Creator, we round up the 13 best films to see in September

Evening Standard

Passages movie review: Ben Whishaw triumphs in this rousing return to the New Wave

This turbulent story of a love triangle in Paris is sensitive and superbly acted

The Independent UK

Passages review: The highly publicised sex scenes are just one small part of this gut-wrenching drama

Ben Whishaw, Franz Rogowski and Adèle Exarchopoulos make up the sexually fluid love triangle at the heart of the film

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