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The Bear embraces career uncertainty and what it means to find a purpose

by Lucy Carter

As chefs Carmy and Syd grap­ple with the weight of their own expec­ta­tions and ambi­tion, their friends strug­gle to find a voca­tion at all. This can­did approach to the dif­fi­cul­ty of find­ing a pur­pose feels qui­et­ly refresh­ing in pop culture.
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The bleak, blistering end of Bill Hader’s Barry

by Rógan Graham

The black com­e­dy series about a hit­man pur­su­ing an act­ing career end­ed with blood­shed and a damn­ing appraisal of the true crime indus­tri­al complex.
Four children wearing warm winter clothing, including hats, scarves and jumpers, standing together outside by a wooden structure.
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FYI: The true horror of the public information film

by Ryan Finnigan

Cin­e­ma is enjoy­ing a mod­ern hor­ror renais­sance, but has any­thing lived up to the ter­ror of ear­ly children’s safe­ty films?
A man with a dark beard and curly hair gazes intently at the camera.
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Why we love Netflix’s You, even though we all agree it’s terrible TV

by Susan Akyeampong

The high­ly addic­tive dra­ma about a hand­some ser­i­al killer has won legions of fans, but they’re not watch­ing for the plot.
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Poker Face is a pleasurable throwback to the golden age of television

by Annie Berke

Rian John­son’s ​“how­catchem” vil­lain-of-the-week series sees Natasha Lyonne take on the man­tel of an uncon­ven­tion­al gumshoe with delight­ful results.
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Paul Mescal is animated by hatred in A Streetcar Named Desire

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A new pro­duc­tion at the Almei­da The­atre looks to com­ple­ment – rather that com­pete with – Mar­lon Bran­do’s icon­ic per­for­mance in Elia Kazan’s film.
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The Eurotrash guide to Jean-Luc Godard

by Adam Woodward

The late French New Wave icon was affec­tion­ate­ly sent up on the cult 1990s late-night show.
Crowds of sailors and officers in uniform attending a ceremonial procession with a casket draped in a flag.
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Reckoning with the ghoulish visual spectacle of the Queen’s funeral

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sophie Monks Kauf­man reflects on the cin­e­mat­ic ele­ments and pomp and cir­cum­stance sur­round­ing the funer­al of Queen Eliz­a­beth II.
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Arsenal: All Or Nothing and the football documentary boom

by Zoheir Beig

As Ama­zon’s lat­est Pre­mier League doc airs, how much do these pres­tige foot­ball docs real­ly tell us about the beau­ti­ful game?
A serious-looking man in a suit and tie, with a stern expression on his face, stands in front of a dark, textured background.
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Severance and the myth of work-life balance

by Emily Maskell

Apple TV+’s intrigu­ing work­place dra­ma sets a new, sin­is­ter prece­dent for office culture.