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The best films on TV today: Wednesday, 13 May
There are a trio of LGBT films, a mouthwatering dram-edy and an off season horror movie all on offer.
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Mark Ruffalo Asks For ‘Compassion’ After Movie’s Transgender Controversy
It’s a delicate subject to debate, but the idea of non-transgender actors playing the roles of transgender characters has seen Mark Ruffalo and Matt Bomer’s new movie ‘Anything’ come under fire, and it needs to be talked about. The movie was recently heavily criticised as online movie fans and members of the LGBT community voiced their outrage over Bomer’s casting as a transgender sex worker, with calls for the part to be recast with a transgendered actor. The actor went on to say that it was
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Oscars Watch: How to Shop the Year’s Most Fashiony Films
Every film lover knows that an epic on-screen wardrobe can spell the difference between a mediocre movie and a great one—and every fashion lover knows that half the fun of seeing a movie is finding inspiration from the characters’ on-screen outfits. This year’s Oscars nominations see five terrific new films up for the award in Best Costume Design: Carol, Cinderella, The Danish Girl, Mad Max: Fury Road, and The Revenant. The one commonality between them? They’re all technically period pieces (the
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Review: 'The Danish Girl' focuses on the wrong protagonist
“The Danish Girl” is a semi-biographical film based on the novel, “The Danish Girl,” which itself is based on the life of Lili Elbe, one of the first recorded recipients of sex reassignment surgery. It follows the life of Einar Wegener as he slowly embraces his identity as Lili Elbe. It stars Eddie Redmayne (Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe), Alicia Vikander (Gerda Wegener), Matthias Schoenaerts (Hans Axgil), Ben Whishaw (Henrik), and Sebastian Koch (Dr Warnerkos).
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Skinny Santa, a Louis Vuitton Spokesperson & Kim Kardashian Wannabe Were All on the Same Red Carpet
Alicia Vikander in a strapless Louis Vuitton dress with Eddie Redmayne in a plaid suit at the premiere of The Danish Girl. Photo: Getty Images
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First Poster Of Eddie Redmayne As Transgender Pioneer In The Danish Girl
The first poster of Eddie Redmayne as transgender pioneer Lili Elbe has been unveiled. The Oscar-winning ‘Theory of Everything’ star is the lead in 'The Danish Girl’, about the transformation of Danish artist Einar Wegener into Elbe in 1920s. Redmayne stars opposite Alicia Vikander, who plays Elbe’s wife Gerda Gottlieb, also a painter. Over time, Elbe continued to dress as a woman, and eventually they moved to Paris from Copenhagen, where he could live openly as a woman and Gottlieb could be
