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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.

The Fall and the subtle power of slow-burn storytelling

By Roxanne Sancto

In an age of instant gratification, crime dramas like The Fall and The Night Of are favouring a steadier pace.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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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