Film & TV
Aidy Bryant shines as Shrill confronts beauty myths and body issues with heart and humour
Loosely based on Lindy West’s nonfiction memoir, Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman, Hulu’s short but immensely satisfying new six-episode...
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Pet Sematary makes shockingly bold changes to dig deep into grief and mortality
While screen adaptations of Stephen King’s works have always been popular, the commercial and critical success of 2017’s IT seems...
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Documentary Now!: A guide to the funniest, smartest and geekiest mockumentary on TV
From This Is Spinal Tap and Best in Show on the big screen, to The Office and American Vandal on the small screen, the history of the mockumentary has been rich and uproarious. But we’d argue that few documentary send-ups...
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Awkwardly hilarious and universally uncool, PEN15 is a resonant ode to tween confusion
Co-created by Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, Hulu’s PEN15 is as delightful a comedy as you’ll find this year. But...
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The Other Two is a scathing yet sweet comedy about Gen-Z celebrity culture
Although best known for long-running staples such as South Park and The Daily Show, or departed classics like Nathan For...
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An elliptical Polish love story crosses music and ideology in the devastatingly gorgeous Cold War
After winning Best Director at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski stunned many pundits by a earning a Best Director nomination for the Oscars as well. As unexpected as that nod was, it is not undeserved because...
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The Favourite is an absurdist period piece of profane wit, black comedy and biting satire
Good or bad, period costume dramas about English aristocracy tend to be stuffy affairs, primed on majesty and pomp. But...
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Ranking the 12 Most Memorable TV Episodes of 2018
As the majority of television shows become heavily serialized for bulk consumption, the art of crafting distinctive individual episodes have...
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29th Singapore International Film Festival: 10 SGIFF premieres that you shouldn’t miss
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is back for it’s highly-anticipated 29th edition, and 2018’s impressive lineup continues the programme’s curatorial hot streak. Running from 28 November to 9 December, across a wide range of venues ranging from theatres at...
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Screenwriter Guillaume Lemans on zombie movies, sci-fi in French cinema, and adapting comic-books
Growing up on Indiana Jones, E.T. and Aliens, French scribe Guillaume Lemans has translated his childhood passion for genre films into...
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