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Is Hollywood too coy for sex comedies?
Jennifer Lawrence's latest film No Hard Feelings is R-rated and sold itself as raunchy – but is actually "tame and inoffensive",...
Why divas deserve to be difficult
(Image credit: David Corio)The trope of the demanding, drama-loving diva is everywhere throughout the history of stage, screen, music and more....
8 people who rapped long before hip-hop
(Image credit: Getty Images)As hip-hop turns 50, Arwa Haider traces the verbal pioneers who forged a path long before 1973, from...
‘Joyous’ Barbie breaks the mould
This 'joyous' comedy – starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling – is sure to be nominated for many awards, writes Nicholas...
Meg 2: The Trench is ‘plain awful’
The follow-up to The Meg is a "very distant, shabby descendant of Jaws", writes Caryn James, with some glimmers of meta...
Seven hyperlocal histories revealed
(Image credit: District Six/ Alamy)From the hidden history of Lower Manhattan to Wimbledon's other past, a growing number of small, vibrant...
11 of the best New York films
(Image credit: Getty Images)As film festivals and exhibitions celebrate the city, Caryn James picks the movies that capture the essence and...
The night hip-hop was born
(Image credit: Getty Images)It is 50 years since DJ Kool Herc's 'back to school jam' in New York's West Bronx kick-started...
12 TV series to watch this October
Caryn James picks out the biggest offerings – from the new series of Loki and reboot of Frasier to a four-part...
Oppenheimer is a flat-out masterpiece
(Image credit: Universal)Christopher Nolan's much-anticipated latest film tells the story of the man who created the atomic bomb. It's boldly imaginative...
