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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at 40 – Spielberg’s most exhilarating film
Hollywood once saw aliens as hostile critters intent on planetary carnage – Steven Spielberg's 1982 smash changed everything.
Heartstopper's queer joy can be hard for the LGBTIQ community
Watching Netflix's Heartstopper and feeling both joy for the characters and sadness for yourself isn't uncommon, writes Liam Casey.
Our Flag Means Death – who was the real 'gentleman pirate'?
Who was the real Stede Bonnet and just how accurate is the HBO series starring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby?
Netflix show Is It Cake? is a sweet treat in the fake news era
Cake and conspiracy are hardly the same thing, right? An art historian delves into the world of visual deception.
Bridgerton would have brimmed with syphilis
For the 20% of society contracting the STI in 19th-century England, there was generally no hope of recovery.
From CODA to Hawkeye: signing onto a better future for the Deaf community
The surge of sign languages in popular feature films and TV series is a sign of better things to come…
From Blair Witch to Archive 81: horror’s love affair with ‘found footage’
Netflix's new eight-part series is the latest of many in the genre to employ 'real' footage to chilling effect.
Paul Thomas Anderson's films – an introduction
From Boogie Nights to Licorice Pizza, writer director Paul Thomas Anderson has developed a strong line of comedies in serious…
Cabaret: revisiting Bob Fosse's radical musical at 50
The Kit Kat Klub first graced the silver screen half a century ago – what lessons can it teach us…
Hail John Williams, the composer behind E.T., Star Wars, Jaws and Harry Potter
When adjusted for inflation, one-fifth of the top 100 films at the North American box office have music by Williams.