Nell Barlow is the long-suffering gay teenager who falls for a lifeguard on holiday in Marley Morrison’s likably wistful debut The holiday romance coming-of-ager is the genre that’s given writer-director Marley Morrison her likable feature debut. And i…
James Bond was ‘basically’ a rapist in early films, says No Time to Die director
Cary Fukunaga cites scene from Thunderball that ‘wouldn’t fly today’ as new film aims to redress franchise’s gender politicsThe director of No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond film, has said that Sean Connery’s version of the character was “basically” …
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead review – a delicious heist novel
The double Pulitzer winner turns to crime with a tale of 1960s New York gangsters, rendered with superbly observed, affectionate, page-turning brioFor more than 20 years Colson Whitehead has delivered novels notable for cultural satire, racial allegory…
Forced from home: the humans and animals under threat – in pictures
Nick Brandt visited five animal sanctuaries in Africa to portray the people displaced by droughts and the creatures whose very existence is under threat Continue reading…
Betye Saar: the brilliant artist who reversed and radicalised racist stereotypes
In the 1970s, her art was so influential that Angela Davis credited it with launching the Black women’s movement. At 95, Saar is still creating work – and it is as arresting as everWhen the artist Betye Saar learned the Aunt Jemima brand was removing t…
On thin ice: how The Alpinist captured the terrifying climbs of Marc-André Leclerc
Climbing solo without ropes, the Canadian adventurer would scale stratospheric walls of ice that could crack and fall with one wrong move. We meet the makers of a gripping, heartbreaking new filmAn insect-like creature is climbing a wall. The wall is m…
Melvin Van Peebles, groundbreaking playwright and director, dies at age 89
The ‘godfather of modern Black cinema’ is best known for the film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song!Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenc…
Sex Actually With Alice Levine review – the cam couples turning love into porn
This Louis Theroux-produced series kicks off with a look at people who livestream their sex lives. But despite baring all online, they’re not given the opportunity to open upNikita and Sam started as friends. Forced to live together in lockdown, they s…
Cinema returns to Somalia with first public screening in 30 years
Built as a gift from Mao Zedong, the National Theatre in Mogadishu had been shuttered since civil war broke out in 1991Somalia has hosted its first movie screening in 30 years under heavy security as the conflict-ravaged country hopes for a cultural re…
First trailer lands for Netflix’s explosive Britney Spears documentary
Film, directed by Erin Lee Carr and due 28 September, will explore legal and ethical issues of singer’s conservatorshipThe first full trailer of Britney vs Spears, the Netflix documentary by Erin Lee Carr that will explore the legal battle over the pop…