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John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell head to Chile in new political CIA thriller

Four very different films arrive in French cinemas this week, and arts24 critic Emma Jones has seen them all. Martin McDonagh's "Wild Horse Nine" reunites him with an A-list cast. John Malkovich, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at Venice, plays a dying CIA agent in 1973 Chile, alongside Sam Rockwell. Emma calls it her favourite McDonagh film since "In Bruges" and a must see.

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These tiny snakes roll four times faster than they slither

Tiny snakes in Southeast Asia have mastered an extraordinary escape technique: rolling across the ground at speeds up to four times faster than ordinary slithering. Scientists discovered that dwarf reedsnakes accomplish this feat through precisely coordinated body movements that allow their bodies to rotate while their heads remain remarkably stable.

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France’s Macron arrives in Trappes after ‘racist terrorist attack’

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the western Parisian suburb of Trappes after a drive-by shooting Friday that the president’s Élysée offices called “a racist terrorist attack”. One person was killed and at least four people including a child were injured in the attack. Two of the victims have immigrant backgrounds.

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