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Timothée Chalamet, Yorgos Lanthimos

With Antonia Quirke. Timothée Chalamet talks about avoiding drug addict cliches in his drama Beautiful Boy, and Yorgos Lanthimos on his award-winning period drama The Favourite.

With Antonia Quirke.

Timothée Chalamet talks about avoiding the cliches of playing a drug addict in his new drama Beautiful Boy and what happened to him after the success of Call Me By Your Name.

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos admits he wasn't that interested in historical accuracy when making The Favourite, his award-winning period drama about the court of Queen Anne with its sexual and political intrigue.

Poet Rosalind Jana reveals how God's Own Country transformed her life.

A truly unique movie is currently being shot in Sheffield, the first film ever to be made by an autistic director. The Dawn Of The Dark Fox is helmed by Michael Smith with Tom Stubbs, set inside Michael's mind. They have recorded an exclusive audio diary of the shoot with producer Alex Usborne.

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