Not Movies

Two young women in a nightclub, one wearing a purple sequined top, the other in a striped shirt, sharing a friendly moment.
Not Movies

Black Mirror is the perfect antidote to the ‘Bury Your Gays’ trope

by Ella Donald

The new sea­son of the dark social satire fea­tures a refresh­ing­ly tragedy-free queer relationship.
Two adults, a man in a suit and a woman in a patterned dress, sitting on the floor and engaging in conversation.
Not Movies

Brutal honesty and bruised egos in HBO’s Divorce

by Roxanne Sancto

Sharon Horgan’s brave, bril­liant new show offers an authen­tic warts and all look at a failed marriage.
A group of people standing around and talking outdoors on a sunny day, with a tree providing shade in the background.
Not Movies

Black Mirror ‘Nosedive’ review – A dark spin on a modern-day Pleasantville

by Roxanne Sancto

TV’s most thought-pro­vok­ing social satire is back with a soft­er vision of a bleak future.
Two people wearing glasses, the woman in a pink cardigan and the man in a khaki jacket, standing in an office or home setting.
Not Movies

Supergirl gets something Zack Snyder doesn’t – Clark Kent is the real Superman

by Dominic Preston

Kal-El’s mild-man­nered alter-ego is key to under­stand­ing the character.
Woman in floral dress waving, surrounded by crowd at night event.
Not Movies

How Transparent normalises the complexity of female emotions

by Roxanne Sancto

In Jill Soloway’s hit show, women’s emo­tion­al out­bursts are cru­cial­ly not stig­ma­tised as ​“hys­ter­i­cal”.
A superhero-like figure in a dark costume stands in a dimly lit alleyway, with a billboard advertising "For lease by owner" visible in the background.
Not Movies

Socialist superheroes and the villainy of gentrification

by David Hughes

Like Super­man dur­ing the Great Depres­sion, today’s super­heroes are in-sync with our com­plex polit­i­cal climate.
A Black man wearing a dark jacket and jeans, standing in a dimly lit room.
Not Movies

How the battle for diversity is being won on the small screen

by Dominic Preston

While Marvel’s Luke Cage is tack­ling race issues head on, progress is much slow­er in the studio’s cin­e­mat­ic universe.
Not Movies

How Louis Theroux became documentary’s golden boy

by Caspar Salmon

The Where’s Wal­ly-meets-Buster Keaton shtick masks a film­mak­er a rare emo­tion­al intelligence.
Colourful cartoon characters from the film "Beetlejuice" in a dark, surreal setting with the film's title displayed prominently.
Not Movies

Remember when Hollywood was obsessed with TV cartoons?

by Greg Evans

This curi­ous ​’90s phe­nom­e­non brought us ani­mat­ed ver­sions of every­thing from Beetle­juice to Men in Black.
Cartoon image of a horse embracing a small orange creature against a blue background with coral-like plants.
Not Movies

How a near-silent underwater episode conveys the brilliance of BoJack Horseman

by Tom Williams

The stand out episode of the third sea­son under­scores the show’s unique­ness and unpredictability.

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