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On Monday 24 November, the International Emmy Awards were held at the New York Hilton…
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Cliffhangers are a tricky business. Do it one way, and it can become an entertaining…
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In 1979, Italo Calvino described a world where the reader is on the search for…
Foreign Language Oscars: Omar
Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences releases a shortlist of foreign…
Book: IT DOESN’T SUCK: SHOWGIRLS (2014)
Adam Nayman’s short pop-culture curiosity, It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls, is an attempt to reclaim Showgirls as both…
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One of the more contentious films in Mike Nichols’ career was The Birdcage, whose admirers and…