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History -- some of it intensely personal -- leant heavily on Christopher Nolan when he was making his wartime epic "Dunkirk," which rolls out in cinemas across the world from July 19.

The English-born director of the "Batman" movies had long dreamt of tackling the story of how a kind of victory was pulled from Britain's worst defeat of World War II.

The 7th Athens Open Air Film Festival is hosting a classic movie night on Friday, June 30. Jonathan Glazer's 2000 gangster-comedy "Sexy Beast" features electrifying performances by Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone. The screening will take place at the Alsos Petralonon basketball field, starting at 9.30 p.m., and admission is free of charge.

The third day of the Release Athens festival, originally scheduled for June 17, has been canceled.

The festival announced that an illness of Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay led to the cancellation.

"We wish Jay Kay a speedy recovery and hope he will soon be with us," organizers said in a statement.

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic spoke on Thursday in Budapest with his Hungarian counterpart Sandor Pinter about illegal migration.

They also discussed cooperation in protecting external borders and exchange of information in the fight against human trafficking, the Serbian government announced.

Thirty-five comic acts are slated to appear in 28 different shows on three different stages over the course of three days from Friday, May 19, to Sunday, May 21.

New York-based Swiss drummer Jojo Mayer and his electronica trio Nerve are coming to Athens's Fuzz live music club on Sunday, May 14, for a high-energy gig that promises to showcase the vast potential of technology in music improvisation. The show starts at 9 p.m.

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Several state and educational institutions have received a petition urging a revision of study of the evolution theory in Serbia, a Belgrade daily is reporting.

Organizers of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will pay tribute to English art critic and author John Berger, who died earlier this year.

Iconoclastic actor, playwright and theater director Steven Berkoff brings his acclaimed one-man play "Shakespeare's Villains" to the Athens Concert Hall for one show, on Wednesday, February 15, starting at 8 p.m. Performed around the world by Berkoff since 1998, the piece explores Shakespeare's most notorious characters, including Iago, the Macbeths, Shylock and Richard III.

Kendall Jenner is definitely not known for her shyness or inhibitions when it comes to revealing her skin to the public, as her countless racy social media posts prove. This time the 21-year-old model showed off her rear in a more professional environment. The highly sought-after model wore a see-through gown while strutting the catwalk of La Perla runway show on Thursday.