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Nollywood comes of age
Christopher Silvester explains how censorship has suppressed Nigerian films that have won international acclaim
The career of David Fincher – not so black and white?
David Fincher’s eleventh film is his most personal and revealing yet
His own best character
A new Netflix release has been trailed as a masterpiece, with myriad claims to Oscar recognition, says Christopher Silvester
How true is The Crown?
The suspicion that it has a partial basis in fact makes the saga splendidly and addictively watchable
Time’s up for licence fee
The BBC must face reality over its future funding
The death of the DVD commentary
How the rise of streaming platforms has killed home entertainment
Break a leg
Woke Oscars tries to cripple the film industry, Stonewall capture the police and the Scottish enlightenment is cancelled
Cuties: how Netflix normalised the sexualisation of children
Netflix’s latest controversy has highlighted another troubling conflict between the Right and the Left
America’s Southern Gothic Moment
Why is the American south still regarded as repository for all the shortcomings of America?
Rave that runs out of puff
Summertime and the streaming is easy, but Netflix’s White Lines leaves Adam LeBor cold
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
