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Paul Mescal is the "mesmerising centre" of Ridley Scott's long-awaited Gladiator sequel, which balances emotional drama and social themes with all-out action spectacle.

Isabel Belarsky was one of the millions of migrants who passed through Ellis Island in New York. In 2014, she told the BBC about arriving in the US from the Soviet Union in 1930.

A new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists, writers and thinkers who began to capture the transformation of the environment.

These are the films generating the most excitement ahead of awards season, from Demi Moore's body-horror comeback to the return of Ridley Scott's swords-and-sandals epic.

Beginning with his acclaimed 2018 debut novel The Loney, Andrew Michael Hurley has spooked readers with his tales of strange rural communities - and now they're moving to film and TV.

Celebrating "the joy of being together ", here are group portraits - taken by photographer Neal Slavin between 1972 and 1991 - that show both togetherness and peculiarity in US life.

The UK publication of DH Lawrence's novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, gripped the nation in 1960. In History looks at the trial that led to its release - and the rush to buy the book.

The third instalment in the Paddington franchise is "a wholesome, richly coloured adventure yarn" however it can't quite replicate the "blissful magic" of its predecessor.

There's long been a misconception that action films are a masculine domain. But female strength and agility have been showcased on the big screen since the silent era.

From the big-screen debut of a musical theatre classic to the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott's Roman epic, these are the films to see this month.