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INSIDE FILM: One of Hollywood’s most-liked character actors has revelled in a second career as a celebrity foodie – while appearing in a nearly unbroken run of lacklustre films. Louis Chilton asks where Tucci’s career will go from here

This year's Cannes film festival has all the usual glitz and glamour but is also heavy on politics.

IN FOCUS: Since 1996, the actor has used the long-running franchise as a vessel for the kind of star image he wants to project at any given time: bad boy, devoted husband, daredevil, mysterious saviour of the world. As the series reaches its possible conclusion, Adam White ponders who Cruise…

The Mission: Impossible and Ballerina stars plan to go Deeper

THE COUNTDOWN: As the perpetually building-climbing Ethan Hunt faces ‘The Final Reckoning’, Adam White and Louis Chilton rank all eight of the Mission movies (so far?) – from the one with Philip Seymour Hoffman to the one with all the slow-motion doves

You can get nostalgic about almost anything at the Cannes Film Festival, even Jerry Seinfeld on a zip line in a bumblebee costume

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In this week’s newsletter: In retiring his messianic action hero schtick, a return to challenging, messy roles could lead to a late-era flowering of his career

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The Knives Out star, 37, and Mission Impossible actor, 62, were caught attending David Beckham’s birthday party together earlier this month

Tom Cruise has revealed it has taken him “decades” to prepare for his extreme Mission Impossible stunts.