Hollywood

Hollywood whinge-fests undermine contemporary feminism

Hollywood is often a slimy, cynical business, but weaponizing feminism against a critic you don’t like is a new low

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The unkindest cut

Why can’t film directors let their work go?

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His own best character

A new Netflix release has been trailed as a masterpiece, with myriad claims to Oscar recognition, says Christopher Silvester

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The rise and fall of Johnny Depp

Now that Depp has lost his libel case, it is now widely believed that his career is all but over

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Sean Connery: the man beyond Bond

Who was the “real” Sean Connery?

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Teens on screen

The coming of age genre is experiencing a renaissance

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Disclaimer: Mel Brooks is cancelled

HBO attempts to protect snowflakes from Blazing Saddles

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How Hollywood managed to celebrate German culture in 1954

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s musical coming out just nine years after the end of World War II invited Germany back into polite society

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Hollywood or Hollywoke?

Can drama successfully rewrite history to satisfy modern sensitivities?

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Adventures in La-La Land

Simon Callow reviews A Fate Worse than Hollywood by David Ambrose

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