What do the Emmy nominations tell us about television?
Hollywood could use a little anarchy
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Hollywood could use a little anarchy
It’s easy to forget that there was nothing inevitable about the film’s long-lasting success
The art historian’s memoir is no feminist treatise
We need art that keeps our collective imagination and sense of tradition alive
Why is it so hard to warm to him?
Spending a few days with the artist famous for his brooding ‘black paintings’ was not something I was sure I’d enjoy
What explains the studio’s latest flop?
He avoided the most-serious charges, but his image will never recover
This looks to be one of the most clueless and misjudged attempts at romantic comedy-drama ever put on screen
When the aliens land in thousands of years, or sometime around Christmas of this year, we want them to think: these were their gods
The singer changed her album cover that suggested ‘I like being roughed up in the bedroom’
Be prepared to forget virtually everything apart from the sheer sensation of being in an F1 race car traveling very, very fast indeed
America is better for having largely abandoned television
In a summer full of witless, unnecessary sequels and remakes, 28 Years Later is the real thing
The ceremony went two steps forward and one step backwards
The hues she’s employed are bodily, yet transcend into a surreal haze
Kecia Lewis called LuPone’s noise complaint a ‘racial microaggression’
There is something truly pathological about the taboo given that Irish art is awash with politics
An irreverent musical about the ‘life’ of a mysterious dead body forces us to confront death
You’re moderately engaged by the characters’ awfulness, but it is only a passing diversion
The trio have taken on perhaps the most anticipated, and potentially problematic, roles on television
This is what happens when you wrest a galaxy away from the compelled corporate matriarchy to just tell a great story
This series has raised the bar so high for action filmmaking that its faults seem all the more egregious
The idea that someone who has fallen foul of the self-styled moral majority yet can return with genuinely incendiary work remains fascinating
He can be remembered as a time-traveler through American music whose presence changed everything
Sarah Snook excels in her 26-role masterclass — but there’s too much tech
The lights dimmed and the crowd roared as he walked on stage
His critique of other countries’ hypocrisy hits the mark
Ideology and practicality have, once again, run up against one another