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The film about the Stasi spying on East German lovers was seen as too dark, with one funder even wanting it remade as a comedy. But it went on to win an OscarIn winter 1997, during my first year at film school in Munich, I was lying on the floor listen...
A new documentary examines the life of a SoundCloud star turned convicted criminal, and a culture that makes us ‘all complicit’ in the rise of dangerous attention-seekersWith his rainbow-colored tresses and prominent ****** tattoos, it’s hard not to st...
M Night Shyamalan’s 2000 fantasy drama showed that superhero narratives can be told with patience and a straight face which changed the genre foreverIf they gave awards for the dumbest expository title cards to open or conclude motion pictures – a live...
‘The dictator’, ‘this man’, ‘the president’ – over the last four years, authors have gone out of their way to avoid Trump’s name. But why?During the Trump era – which, all being well, will draw to a close in January – the novel has flourished, with wri...
Among a growing number of films about coronavirus, artist-activist Ai Weiwei takes a citizen’s-eye view in China while Alex Gibney counts the cost of America’s distrust of scientific adviceAs early as April this year, Vulture reported that at least 20 ...
For you personally, what makes a "great company culture?" Some examples are flexible work hours, employee recognition, a transparent environment etc. Has anyone thought about knowledge perhaps? Knowledge sharing at the company I work at has r...
Singer wins three awards, extending her record overall tally, while Justin Bieber and the Weeknd also score three wins eachTaylor Swift has extended her lead as the most awarded star in American Music Awards history, with three wins on a night that als...
Many still regards video games as a waste of time or downright sinister. But the real story is very differentAfter an Oxford study this week showed that people who play more video games report greater wellbeing, the headlines reflected a sense of stunn...
Dedicated to her partner, Atwood’s first poetry collection in more than 10 years is wry and entertainingMargaret Atwood does not do nostalgia. This collection of poems, her first in over 10 years, is a reckoning with the past that comes from a place of...