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Why Demon Seed is the perfect companion piece to Black Mirror

By Lauren Thompson

Before Charlie Brooker’s dark social satire, there was Donald Cammell’s technophobic sci-fi.

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.

Watch the shocking trailer for Netflix’s The Ivory Game

By Little White Lies

Leonardo DiCaprio exec produces this powerful documentary about Africa’s ivory trade.

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.

Charlie Brooker: ‘Once you’ve f**ked a pig on the telly, you’ve shifted the bar for what’s acceptable’

By Michael Leader

The Black Mirror writer discusses the show’s switch to Netflix, and why he loves torturing his characters.

Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids

By Manuela Lazic

Jonathan Demme captures the full spectacle of the pop superstar in concert. The results are astonishing.

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Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

By Adam Woodward

China’s foremost proponent of large-scale pyrotechnics is the star of this engaging documentary from Kevin Macdonald.

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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.

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.

13th

By Joseph Pomp

Ava DuVernay equates the US prison system to modern day slavery in this harrowing, urgent documentary.

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Ava DuVernay’s The 13th gets an eye-opening trailer

By Little White Lies

The Selma director returns with a searing look at the history of racial injustice in the US.

Amanda Knox – first look review

By Elena Lazic

This compelling true-crime doc provides an intelligent take down of media sensationalism.

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.

Listen to the Stranger Things original series soundtrack

By Adam Woodward

The recording features music by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of S U R V I V E.

Brahman Naman

By Sophie Yapp

A teen sex comedy set in ’80s Bangalore drops to Netflix and it's… pretty okay.

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Are movie ratings still relevant in the digital age?

By Beth Perkin

VOD is forcing classification boards to diversify. But should we be educating young viewers instead of restricting what they watch?

Making the American Man

By Spencer Moleda

Do clothes maketh man? Director Gregory Caruso searches for answers in this fascinating but uneven documentary.

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