Beyoncé

When pop stars become auteurs

By Anna McKibbin

The visual album is a key, genre-defying vessel for pop music titans transferring the symbolic power of their music to image-making.

The Lion King

By Adam Woodward

Jon Favreau’s update of Disney’s animated epic shows the studio’s remake philosophy is not so problem free.

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Why Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust remains essential viewing

By Matt Turner

A key inspiration for Beyoncé’s Lemonade, this afrofuturist 1991 drama is a milestone in American cinema.

2016 in review: The good, the great and the regrettable

By Little White Lies

Our writers sort through the year’s best and worst movie moments – with a special mention to Shia LaBeouf.

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