THE GREEN ROOM

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Movies

Nosferatu (starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe) – supernatural horror, remake of the 1922 German film that was in turn based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897); a terrifying vampire (Bill Skarsgård) is infatuated with a haunted young woman (Depp).

A Complete Unknown (starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro) – biographical drama; follows the life and career of musician Bob Dylan (Chalamet).

Better Man (starring Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman) – biographical drama; tells the life story of pop singer Robbie Williams who is portrayed as a chimpanzee.

Babygirl (starring Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde) – thriller; a high-ranking CEO (Kidman) embarks on a romance with a young intern (Dickinson).

STAR

Timothée Hal Chalamet

• Born on 27 December 1995 in New York City, U.S.
• Has an elder sister, Pauline Chalamet.
• Appeared in commercials as a child.
• Made his television debut as a murder victim in Law & Order (2009).
• Had recurring roles in the television series Royal Pains (2012) and Homeland (2012) and appeared in the movie Interstellar (2014) before getting his breakthrough for starring in the film Call Me by Your Name (2017).
• Has since appeared in films including Lady Bird (2017), Little Women (2019), Beautiful Boy (2018), Dune (2021) and its sequel Dune: Part Two (2024), and Wonka (2023).
• Is bilingual in English and French.

SPOTLIGHT

Wicked Part I

Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum

Director: Jon M. Chu

Tagline: Everyone deserves the chance to fly.

• Musical fantasy; Elphaba (Erivo), a misunderstood young woman because of her green skin, and Glinda (Grande), a popular girl, become friends at university in the Land of Oz.
• Is the first instalment of a two-part adaptation of the stage musical of the same name based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel, which was in turn based on L. Frank Baum’s Oz books and the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
• Had been in development for over a decade.
• Has grossed over $457 million on a $150 million budget.
• Has received positive reviews, earning praise for the acting and production elements and for capturing the core of the popular stage musical it is based on.
• Score composed by John Powell and Stephen Schwartz.