Demetrios Matheou: A wave of Latin American film festivals are sweeping into London in time to take the chill off the long, grey winter

Phelim O'Neill: : Direct to video films have always been stigmatised. But it is now possible to find something more interesting than the latest Frank Stallone vehicle

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Former Ultimate Fighting Championships competitor linked to unsolved rape case

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