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The cast posed for photographs at the Cannes Film Festival.

4/5 A star-studded ensemble cast – among them Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Pedro Pascal – riff on Covid, cults and the white saviour complex in the ‘Midsommar’ filmmaker’s state-of-the-nation black comedy

Eddington's new teaser puts you in the middle of a political social media storm

COMMENT: Almost overnight, the affable ‘Game of Thrones’ star seems to have become the most in-demand actor in Hollywood. Louis Chilton looks at the reasons behind his success – and the trial by fire he now faces

Eddington will premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival

"Apparently people thought it was awesome"

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ was a critical failure and a box office bomb

The ultimate villain of DC Comics, the Joker, has been brought to screen many times. From Cesar Romero’s 1960s camp prankster in Batman: The Movie (1966), to Jack Nicholson’s villain-with-flare in Tim Burton’s iconic Batman (1989) and Heath Ledger’s wonderfully textured psychotic criminal in The Dark Knight (2008).

INTERVIEW: ‘The People’s Joker’ reframes the iconic DC Comics villain as a young trans comedian. After years of legal uncertainty, the film is finally out in UK cinemas. Louis Chilton speaks to its inimitable director and star