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A new batch of films explore the importance of whisper networks in protecting women

by Callie Petch

She Said, Call Jane, Hid­den Let­ters and Women Talk­ing form a quar­tet that depicts how women have worked to cre­ate their own means of rebelling against abus­es from the patriarchy.
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Review

Call Jane

by Leila Latif

Chicago’s Under­ground Abor­tion Net­work and a house­wife’s unwant­ed preg­nan­cy lie at the cen­tre of Phyl­lis Nagy’s direc­to­r­i­al debut.

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In Retrospect
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Incoming

Barry Jenkins hits the small screen with The Underground Railroad trailer

by Charles Bramesco

In the director’s ambi­tious Ama­zon minis­eries, the net­work for escaped slaves takes on a more lit­er­al form.
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In Praise Of

10 years on, The Social Network is sharper than ever

by Luke Walpole

David Finch­er and Aaron Sorkin’s inside look at the cre­ation of Face­book has got bet­ter – and more pre­scient – with age.
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Festivals

Wasp Network – first look review

by David Jenkins

Olivi­er Assayas deliv­ers a rip­ping mod­ern spy movie which peels back the lay­ers of espi­onage and coun­teres­pi­onage in Cas­tro’s Cuba.
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In Praise Of

Why Scrooged remains the ultimate anti-Christmas film

by Chris Heasman

Thir­ty years ago, Bill Murray’s cru­el net­work exec­u­tive taught us all the impor­tance of spread­ing a lit­tle sea­son­al misery.
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Not Movies

Network at the National Theatre: taking the screen to the stage

by Hannah Strong

As Sid­ney Lumet’s sem­i­nal ​’70s satire makes its way to the the­atre, we ask is it just a load of sound and fury?
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In Praise Of

Why I love Jesse Eisenberg’s performance in The Social Network

by Victoria Luxford

The actor’s sly take on Face­book founder Mark Zucker­berg casts a spot­light on the dark side of success.
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Incoming

Bryan Cranston is starring in a stage adaptation of Network

by Lena Hanafy

He’ll play Howard Beale in a brand new Nation­al The­atre production.
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Six great films that show the dark side of the TV industry

by Tom Bond

From Net­work to Night­crawler, cin­e­ma has a long his­to­ry of expos­ing television’s rot­ten core.