How British politics became a brand war
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No one’s getting off to Bridgerton anymore
The new series is all thrust and no cut
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Black Rabbit: gourmands of New York
Jude Law and Jason Bateman shine as intensely charismatic figures under extreme pressure
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Cillian Murphy’s Steve captures fragility, guilt and compassion
This tense, 24-hour boarding-school drama is anchored by the actor’s commanding performance
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The Thursday Murder Club: how not to adapt a book
Netflix’s film misses the joy of Richard Osman’s novel – and now no one will make another version
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Hostage and the rise of female-led TV thrillers
In Netflix’s latest slick political drama, Suranne Jones offers a complex psychological portrait of leadership.
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Back to Netflix’s beguiling world of Wednesday
The second series of the Addams Family spin-off is an elegant anomaly in the streamer’s line-up.
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The pop culture branding explosion
From to Shrek eyeshadow to Squid Game whisky, nothing is left untouched by IP.
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As the literary novel fades from relevance, James Graham is the writer for our era
The author of Dear England has channelled the people and events that made modern Britain.
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The complaint that could change reality TV
The National Labor Relations Board’s case against Netflix series Love is Blind could have significant impacts across the industry
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The conservative fantasies of Bridgerton
The Netflix series promised to radicalise romance. Instead, it delights in old-fashioned patriarchy and class systems.
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Timothée Chalamet is a sweeter – but weaker – Wonka
The Warner Bros origin story for the chocolatier adds songs and removes nastiness from Roald Dahl’s tale – for the…
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Netflix’s The Crown turns tawdry
Peter Morgan’s royal epic concludes with ghosts and banalities in a touchy-feely sixth series.
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How streaming ate itself
The Hollywood strikes were just one symptom of a media model consumed by its own greed.
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Jake Paul’s cynical self-promotion
A Netflix documentary promises to show us the man beyond the boxing ring and the pranks. But it’s just another…
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Why Richard Ayoade’s Submarine still feels fresh
Now on Netflix, the coming-of-age film encapsulates the pain of adolescence in a small town.
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The erotic thriller has lost its sex appeal
Recent attempts to revive the genre, from Netflix’s Obsession to Paramount’s Fatal Attraction, are neither erotic nor thrilling.
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The Windsors is the most painfully accurate depiction of the royals on TV
Forget The Crown – the uncanny veracity of this wild satire rings out like the dinner gong at Balmoral.
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How the streaming wars are shaping culture
Today, almost every household subscribes to a streaming service; the typical US household has five. The battle for our attention…
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Netflix doesn’t understand why people watch porn
The documentary Moneyshot grapples with the adult industry’s biggest problems – but not those who consume its content.
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