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‘Soup songs,’ a genre of Tamil breakup songs, refer to a man’s emotional state after being dumped and are full of blame for women. A more nuanced approach to love would be better for everyone.
A book that defies the usual mystery formula, Death on the Nile is more than just a clever tale about murder.
Andrea Arnold’s new film chronicles the daily strife of Luma – a dairy cow and mother.
Women were not really present during the signing of the Four Powers Agreement but they were at home in parliament. Film often demand sexy more sympathetic female characters
Archives are working had to document stories from Protestants, Catholics, Nationalists, Unionists and even the British Forces.
There was a real man behind the swashbuckling hero who was as deft at sparring with his pen and sword as Rostand’s hero.
Poitier dazzled Hollywood with on-screen grace and bankability. His dignified roles and respectable values forever changed the image of Blacks, then mostly portrayed as maids, buffoons or criminals.
They’re creepy, kooky and all together still a great film 30 years on.
Babylonians were quite formal in their written records, so working out how to be chatty in their long-dead language was an exciting challenge.
Clouds are central players in climate change, and ‘Path 99’ reveals them in a new light using data discarded by scientists.
Wong’s films explore the indelible passage of time as registered in the everyday lives of his unforgettable protagonists.
A wave of new horror films leant into Tony Blair’s Asbo policy demonising young working class men, portraying them as the monsters that society should be scared of.
The history of martial arts films is almost as long as the history of cinema. Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings excitingly pushes the genre forward.
In a time of increasingly complex geopolitical entanglements and moral failings, these films articulate a yearning for unsullied heroism, effective leadership and appropriate responses to crises.
Composer and political activist Mikis Theodorakis has died at 96, but his music – and the famous Zorba dance – will continue.
Urban legends are shaped by the people who tell them and where they’re from. That’s why you’ll hear so many versions of the same story.
Guy is happy living his life unaware that he is just a character in a grand simulation. Could we all be doing same?
The latest Disney-Pixar film has been seen as containing queer themes, but what is the animation studio trying to achieve?
Governments could use dubbing to censor ideas they didn’t like or insert messages in line with their propaganda.
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