The Butler

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Why is Lyndon B Johnson suddenly prevalent in pop culture?
With a Broadway hit-turned HBO film and a Woody Harrelson movie to come, LBJ is suddenly back at the forefront of America’s consciousness – and how we view him says a lot about our own times

Noah Gittell

03, Jun, 2016 @5:15 PM

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Like Leviathan? You'll love The Leviathan!
Neill Blomkamp’s new movie has a title – and it’s a lot like that Russian drama from last year and the cod documentary from the year before. So why doesn’t Hollywood give a damn about recycling titles?

Benjamin Lee

23, Mar, 2015 @5:31 PM

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Hollywood fails to represent US ethnic diversity, says study

New USC report finds that Latinos are most under-represented in films, despite buying 25% of all movie tickets

Ben Child

05, Aug, 2014 @3:00 PM

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Guy Lodge's DVDs and downloads

The Butler didn't do it for Oscar voters, but there are sharper ideas in some of last year's under-the-radar thrillers, writes Guy Lodge

Guy Lodge

09, Mar, 2014 @12:05 AM

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Forest Whitaker to adapt bestselling Christian novel The Shack

The Oscar-winning actor who recently starred in The Butler is to direct, write and star in an adaptation of William P Young's self-published bestseller, and potentially take a role in Taken 3

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

31, Jan, 2014 @1:08 PM

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Forest Whitaker on The Butler: 'We've gone from living in chains to the leader of the free world'

The Oscar-winning star of Lee Daniels' new White House drama and Fruitvale Station used to be harassed by police when he was a teenager in Compton, LA, but now he feels far more optimistic, he tells John Patterson

John Patterson

17, Nov, 2013 @7:01 PM

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The Butler – review | Mark Kermode

Forest Whitaker is quietly powerful as a White House servant who lived through the long battle for civil rights, writes Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode

17, Nov, 2013 @12:07 AM

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Don Jon, The Butler, The Counsellor: this week's new films

Don Jon | The Butler | The Counsellor | Dom Hemingway | In Fear | Utopia | Future My Love | Pandora's Promise | Battle Of The Year | Ram-Leela

Steve Rose

16, Nov, 2013 @6:00 AM

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Oprah Winfrey on The Butler: 'Lee Daniels tried to get me to play a serial killer' - video interview

Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker, the stars of The Butler, talk to Hadley Freeman

Hadley Freeman and Henry Barnes

15, Nov, 2013 @12:09 PM

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Film today: what should you watch this weekend?

Down with Dom or better off with the Butler? We have the answers – plus what's coming up on the site today

15, Nov, 2013 @8:56 AM

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The Guardian Film Show: The Butler, Dom Hemingway, Don Jon and The Counselor - video review

Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review The Butler, Dom Hemingway, Don Jon and The Counselor

Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Richard Sprenger, Jonross Swaby and Thibaut Remy

15, Nov, 2013 @7:30 AM

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The Butler – review

What could have been a powerful story of race politics set in the White House is held back by the whiff of Downton Abbey, writes Peter Bradshaw

Peter Bradshaw

14, Nov, 2013 @3:31 PM

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