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45 Years Later, One Of The Most Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Movies Ever Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Ken Russell's 'Altered States' is joining the Criterion Collection, with a stunning 4K upgrade.

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‘They had everything, then nothing’: the prodigies the art world forgot

Robert Colquhoun and Bobby MacBryde were once the golden boys of London’s art scene – photographed in Vogue, filmed by Ken Russell and lauded by Francis Bacon. So why did they vanish into obscurity?

The Guardian - UK

Kenneth Colley obituary

Actor known as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars movies, and for his many roles in the films of Ken Russell

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‘Evil and eccentric’: A Star Wars legend just died from COVID complications

We've lost another Star Wars legend.

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Star Wars legend Kenneth Colley dead at 87

Star Wars actor Kenneth Colley has died aged 87 after contracting Covid and pneumonia.

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Star Wars actor dies after contracting Covid and pneumonia

The acclaimed actor ‘passed away peacefully with friends at his bedside’

The Independent UK

Billy Williams obituary

Cinematographer who won an Oscar for Gandhi but did his most adventurous work on Ken Russell’s Women in Love

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‘One agency called me Thunder Thighs’: Twiggy and Sadie Frost on sexism, self-esteem and the swinging 60s

The actor-models have made a documentary about Twiggy’s life that is as lively and sunny as her personality – but it doesn’t shy away from exploring the misogyny they both endured

The Guardian - UK

Mark Kermode on… director Ken Russell, the king of cult classics who was so much more than a sensationalist

Half a century on from the sublimely ridiculous Tommy, the passionate abandon that distinguished Russell’s films – from composer biopics to the infamous The Devils, among other bonkers oddities – is needed now more than ever

The Guardian - UK

‘Her face is a marvel!’: Vanessa Redgrave’s 20 best films – ranked!

With an oeuvre ranging from swooning Merchant Ivory serenity to bravura blasphemy, we rate the acting dynasty doyenne’s finest films as she approaches her 88th birthday

The Guardian - UK

Standing stones, urban hellscapes and male nudes: Derek Jarman’s glorious Super 8 short films

The easy freedom of this medium allowed the artist to range over subjects as diverse as Tarot, male nudes at Fire Island and a friend’s flat – and offer clues to his more public feature films

The Guardian - UK

Twiggy reveals embarrassing time she was trapped in vending machine at Brighton station

Model had been reading for The Girl Friend when incident played out before crowd

Evening Standard

‘Desperate for a bit of chocolate’: Twiggy recalls getting stuck in vending machine

Supermodel says her hand got ‘jammed’ in a machine at Brighton station for an hour and a half

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Hobbs obituary

Production designer who worked on Caravaggio and The Garden for Derek Jarman and provided the sets for the BBC’s Gormenghast

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The Independent UK

Georgina Hale death: Emmerdale star dies as Doctor Who actor leads tributes

Hale was best known for her role in Ken Russell’s ‘Mahler’ and the British soaps ‘Emmerdale’ and ‘Hollyoaks’

Evening Standard

Georgina Hale dies at 80: Bafta leads tributes to Hollyoaks and Emmerdale actress

Hollyoaks and Emmerdale actress Georgina Hale has died aged 80.

The Guardian - UK

Georgina Hale obituary

Character actor known for a host of TV roles and for her award-winning work in the films of Ken Russell

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Tchaikovsky’s Wife review – feverish biopic plays as a symphony of cruelty

Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov’s hallucinogenic portrait is a punishing, but admirably ambitious revisionist period piece

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A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh's 20th film – what do we make of his prodigious output?

In an essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering “why the guy would want to direct a loopy, film noir thriller like mine?”

The Independent UK

Twiggy: I did not plan to get into modelling

The model said she has spent her life doing things she did not expect to.

The Independent UK

Twiggy says she never planned to become a model: ‘I must be mad’

The Sixties fashion icon says she has done many ‘things that I didn’t plan to do’

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: Godland and the best priests in cinema

The slowly unravelling Lutheran pastor in Godland joins a colourful procession of men of the cloth on film, from all-singing, Oscar-winning Bing Crosby to Robert Mitchum’s psycho killer in Night of the Hunter

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Oscar-winning UK actress turned MP Glenda Jackson dies at 87: agent

LONDON - British actress Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar-winning actress who went on to become an MP, died on Thursday at the age of 87, prompting tributes from the worlds of entertainment and politics.

The Guardian - UK

Glenda Jackson obituary

Actor who was a fearless, ferocious presence in theatre, cinema and television, then turned to politics as a Labour MP

The Guardian - UK

Fierce, sensual, cerebral: Glenda Jackson brought class to cinema

The British actor was the epitome of countercultural chic in key 1970s films. It is just a shame she couldn’t be persuaded to do more of them when her political career ended

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