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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July

Max Porter, Daisy Johnson, Avni Doshi and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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The ten best short novels under 150 pages – chosen by experts

A novel doesn’t need to be a hefty tome to change your life. Forget War and Peace (1,200 pages) or Les Misérables (1,400 pages); these expert recommendations are under 150 pages – short enough to tear through over a weekend.

The Conversation

Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

Dogs v bears from Max Porter; a baby adventure; an Irish boarding school murder mystery; and an unsettling YA folk horror

The Guardian - UK

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Grief Is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter review – a bravura rendering of bereavement

Actor Russell Tovey’s narration crackles with compassion and menace in this magical story of a widower and his young sons in mourning

The Guardian - UK

Book of the Week: ‘By page 25 she is dead’

An outrageous and courageous new novel by Dunedin author Emma Neale

Newsroom.co.nz

Arsenal confirm exit as U21s head coach completes Stoke move

Arsenal must now begin process to appoint a new U21s boss

Evening Standard

Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘I’m nearly 50, so I’ve lived a bit – I’ve experienced grief’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The Oscar-nominated star had to go deep for his role as a grieving father in the adaptation of Max Porter’s emotional bestseller ‘Grief is the Thing with Feathers’. He and Porter speak to Ellie Harrison about masculinity, raising sons, and how Cumberbatch is using his Marvel cachet…

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Benedict Cumberbatch ‘let own emotions through’ for latest role

The Bafta award-winning actor stars in The Thing With Feathers, which explores the topic of male grief.

Evening Standard

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'The Thing With Feathers' - Benedict Cumberbatch is Babadooked

Despite a committed central performance by Benedict Cumberbatch, 'The Thing With Feathers' doesn’t do justice to Max Porter's powerful novella.

Euronews

Max Porter on The Thing With Feathers: 'Benedict Cumberbatch went to extreme places'

The Things With Feathers is a remarkable film about grief, based on the book by Max Porter, who tells us the hallucinatory extremes reflect the human experience of this taboo topic

Evening Standard

The Thing With Feathers review – well-intentioned adaptation of Max Porter novella about grief

Benedict Cumberbatch gives an honest performance, but this is too self-conscious to challenge or work through loss with same power as the book

The Guardian - UK

The Thing With Feathers: a dark but uplifting exploration of grief and despair

Easily the most poignant film I have seen this year, Dylan Southern’s The Thing With Feathers is adapted from Max Porter’s 2015 novella Grief Is The Thing With Feathers. Using both subtle drama and horror spectacle, it cuts deeply into the tenderness of humanity and domesticity, reminding us that the…

The Conversation

Inside Arsenal's plan to nurture Max Dowman's ‘unreal’ talent

Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice playing key roles as Arsenal bid to help 15-year-old sensation fulfil his potential

Evening Standard

The best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, and more

Check out our guide to the best movies and shows streaming this week, October 6–12

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Tom’s Guide

7 best new movies to stream this weekend on Netflix, Paramount Plus, HBO Max, and more (Oct. 4-5)

Not sure what to watch this weekend? 'Bring Her Back,' 'The Naked Gun,' the 'Downton Abbey' finale, and more movie night hits just landed on streaming.

The Independent UK

Cillian Murphy wonders if it’s ‘too late’ for major roles despite Oscar win

Murphy won Best Actor in 2024 for playing scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Alan Partridge is back to tackle the wellbeing of Britain

Steve Coogan’s totemic character is back – and this time he’s talking mental health. Plus, a brilliant film adaptation of Max Porter’s Shy. Here’s what to watch this evening

Tom’s Guide

Netflix’s new drama with Cillian Murphy is one of the most chaotic movies I’ve ever seen — and you need to stream it now

Cillian Murphy stars in Netflix's new original drama movie "Steve," and it's a chaotic look at an English reform school full of unruly students.

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The Guardian - UK

Steve to American Fiction: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Cillian Murphy is superb as the headteacher of a school for troubled boys in a tragic and brilliant drama, while Jeffrey Wright proves he can do no wrong in a knife-edge satire. Plus, Bridget Jones!

The Guardian - UK

‘They were so feral’: Cillian Murphy, Tracey Ullman and cast on nose-breaking remand school drama Steve

In the acclaimed new film about boys written off by the system, Murphy draws on his own past as a troublesome schoolboy while Little Simz plays a teacher – and writes a 90s-style banger of a song

The Independent UK

Cillian Murphy on trying to ‘challenge himself’ with different roles throughout career

Cillian Murphy has revealed he always tries to “challenge himself” by picking a wide range of contrasting roles.

The Guardian - UK

Steve review – Cillian Murphy is outstanding in ferocious reform school drama

Adapted by Max Porter from his novella Shy and co-starring Little Simz, Emily Watson and Tracey Ullman this brutal but ultimately hopeful story is fiercely affecting

The Independent UK

Steve review – Cillian Murphy drama exposes the perils of novel-to-film adaptations

3/5 Max Porter takes his novella ‘Shy’ and plants its protagonist into the background for this Netflix drama – it’s a puzzling decision, despite the strong performances from newcomer Jay Lycurgo and the rapper Little Simz

Evening Standard

Arsenal complete recruitment process as Max Porter is appointed new under-21's head coach

Gunners have opted to promote from within

Tom’s Guide

Netflix drops first trailer for Cillian Murphy’s new drama movie — and it already has me counting down the days

Netflix drops first trailer for “Steve,” an upcoming drama following Cillian Murphy as a teacher navigating troubled teens and personal struggles.

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