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Film Stars Call for Release of Jailed Iranian Actor Alidoosti

Hundreds of high-profile figures from the global cinema industry called Wednesday for Iran to release actor Taraneh Alidoosti, who was jailed over her support for the country's three-month-old protest movement. Actors Emma Thompson, Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet and Ian McKellen and directors Ken Loach and Mike Leigh were among a…

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Ken Loach slams BBC for 'role in destroying Jeremy Corbyn's leadership'

DIRECTOR Ken Loach has accused the BBC of playing an “absolutely shameless” role in the “destruction” of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the…

The National (Scotland)

‘Absolutely shameless’: Ken Loach says BBC helped ‘destroy’ Jeremy Corbyn

Director says media has ‘rewritten history’ to expunge ex-Labour leader and attacks Starmer regime for ‘manipulating the rules’

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Black Panther star Letitia Wright: ‘Since Chad died I’m so afraid to lose people’

Letitia Wright was a rising star of British indie films before Chadwick Boseman handpicked her for the Marvel blockbuster. She talks about his death – and how she turned her life around

The Guardian - UK

Austerity gutted the welfare state – preserving benefits now can't make up for that

Many people on low incomes will have breathed a sigh of relief when the UK Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt announced, in his autumn statement on November 17 2022, that he would be increasing benefits by 10.1% in 2023. This is almost in line with the rate of inflation.

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Award-winning Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake to be adapted for the Newcastle stage with tour to follow

Northern Stage has announced the first ever stage version of the BAFTA-winning movie - to be written by its star Dave Johns - which will have its world premiere at the city theatre next summer

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I, Daniel Blake to be adapted for stage and updated for cost-of-living crisis

The story of a widowed joiner and a young single mother has been written by Dave Johns, who played the title role in Ken Loach’s 2016 film

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'When I feel lost I come back home': Douglas Stuart on Scots, class and Shuggie Bain

"ONE of the things I was pretty adamant about is not lessening the Scots or the Glaswegian dialect in the literature,” bestselling Scottish…

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It inspired Ed Sheeran’s first hit: 10 facts about the homelessness charity Crisis

From philosophy workshops to the need for volunteer nail technicians, there’s a lot you don’t know about Crisis

The Guardian - UK

Unpacking the wild twists, excessive vomit in ‘Triangle of Sadness’: ‘Maybe it was too much’

When Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund won the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for “Triangle of Sadness,” it put him in the rarified class of two-time Palme d’Or winners. The prestigious group also includes Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Haneke, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Emir Kusturica, Shohei Imamura, Bille…

Los Angeles Times

Bill Nighy to appear at Whitley Bay Film Festival this Wednesday night

Last-chance tickets are up for grabs to join the conversation as the Love Actually actor attends a special Q&A event introduced by The Likely Lads creator Ian La Frenais

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Duggie Brown obituary

Standup comic who made his name on TV in The Comedians and whose second career as an actor started in Ken Loach’s Kes

The Guardian - UK

North East International Film Festival announces autumn return

NEIFF 2022 will launch on November 14 with five days of screenings, workshops, events and awards for winning entries

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See Killing Eve star Jodie Comer at Tyneside Cinema as Jodie Comer's play debut is captured live

Newcastle cinema will show Villanelle actress Jodie Comer taking to the stage in the premiere run - captured live - of legal drama Prima Facie

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Newcastle's Summer in the City fun-time is back with outdoor activities and family freebies

The NE1 Summer in the City programme is packed with attractions from a pop-up park and games to a Tyne zip-wire and family fitness sessions with Newcastle United Foundation

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Newcastle's Tyneside Cinema offers £5 tickets as it slashes prices until September

Film fans and families can make a saving at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle throughout the summer with tickets for £5 - and £3 for children

Liverpool Echo

The famous faces from film and TV to have come from the Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre

Many stars of stage, TV and film got their start at the Everyman and Playhouse

The Guardian - UK

From Cathy Come Home to Shameless: how UK TV explains the cost of living crisis

Whether it’s provocative plays and astute sitcoms, or property porn and undercover docs, the small screen has never shied away from showing life at the sharp end – even if it doesn’t always get it right

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New film made in Newcastle will revive remarkable story of Muhammad Ali's visit to Shields

Writer-director James Newton discusses the reason he wants to make A God Amongst Men, telling the real-life story of how a local boxing fan brought the boxing legend to the North East

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Robson Green promises to reveal all on Dirty Weekends in the North East

BBC announces the commissioning of new series Robson Green’s Dirty Weekends which will showcase the best of the region, says its star

The Guardian - UK

Tori and Lokita review – clarity of purpose in the Dardennes’ parable of the dispossessed

The new film from double Palme d’Or winners focusses on a pair of young immigrants to Belgium who find themselves working in dangerous situations

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'I've lost everything' - Heartache as County Durham man loses all his possessions in house fire

Pensioner Les Reed admits he owes his life to his quick thinking neighbours as an appeal is launched to help replace some of the things he lost in the blaze

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: Ali & Ava and other great films set in Yorkshire

From Billy Liar to My Summer of Love, the county’s moors and mill towns have been fertile ground for film-makers. Clio Barnard’s Bradford romance is no exception

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Netflix's Heartstopper renewed for two more seasons after worldwide success

Netflix gave the many fans of critically acclaimed show Heartstopper the news they'd been hoping for on Friday

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Vera sets new record in Whitley Bay after mad scramble from fans for Playhouse event

The Viva Vera event at the Playhouse Whitley Bay has proved massively popular with fans of the ITV drama

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