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Sensationalist Journalism is All the Rage at the Movies
Films about reporters used to be uplifting stories of Davids conquering Goliaths. Not anymore. As pitch-black thriller Primetime arrives on our screens, Alistair Ryder investigates why journalism movies have become so cynical.
Interview
Cho Yeo-jeong on Possible Love
The actor talks to Josh Slater-Williams about working with Lee Chang-dong, the film’s thought-provoking questions and her approach to playing a documentarian.
Article
Tom Cruise Reframes the Narrative
Instead of reprising one of his beloved action-movie characters, the actor does something in Digger he hasn’t tried in years: reveal his humanity. By Yasmin Omar
Article
We Need Swearing in Movies
As creature feature Hope faces pushback in its native Korea for ‘excessive’ profanity, David Opie states the case for expletives in cinema, tracing the history of on-screen cursing from silent film to the present day.
Article
Sense and Sensibility Has Always Been About Sisterhood
Georgia Oakley’s Regency drama is the latest adaptation of a woman-penned classic novel that foregrounds the bonds between sisters over romance. All the best ones do, writes Nadira Begum.
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Complain All You Like, But ‘Fan’ Backlash is Over
Where studios took troll campaigns seriously in the 2010s – making changes to films to appease keyboard warriors – they’ve recently taken a stand against them. Resident Evil is just the latest example. By Alistair Ryder
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