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Queer Eye S1/S2 television review: self-care for the straight guy

Mon, Aug 27, 2018
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The nicest, kindest critique of toxic masculinity imaginable. The makeovers aren’t only about new clothes and a haircut: they’re about men waking up to a new sense of self, and a new participation in their own lives.

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Whitney documentary review: an 80s icon contemplated, venerated, mourned

Tue, Jul 03, 2018
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Deeply moving, truly tragic; a biography with a keenly journalistic but hugely sympathetic eye. Powerful compassion and a get-up-and-dance deployment of Houston’s music may well bring her a new generation of fans.

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The Happy Prince movie review: in the gutter, looking at the stars

Fri, Jun 15, 2018
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Writer, director, and star Rupert Everett’s labor of cinematic love, about the last years of Oscar Wilde, is a small wonder of contradictions: nightmarish yet sanguine, a bit sordid yet full of grace.

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Studio 54 documentary review: inside the velvet ropes

Wed, Jun 13, 2018
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A hugely entertaining exploration of the mythology of the legendary nightclub as something truly worth celebrating, and a towering Scorsese-esque drama of the men who invented it brought down by hubris.

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Half the Picture documentary review: a woman’s place is behind the camera (Sundance London 2018)

Fri, Jun 08, 2018
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Authoritative and insightful, this essential film gives much needed cultural breathing room to some remarkable Hollywood women to discuss how they are undermined or shut out entirely from the industry.

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McQueen documentary review: the tragedy of the fashion provocateur

Fri, Jun 08, 2018
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There’s so much fresh air in this stunningly good biography that it feels like you’ve never encountered a rags-to-riches, tortured-artist story before. Not just for fashion lovers.

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A Kid Like Jake movie review: the kid is all right; the parents are freaking out

Fri, Jun 01, 2018
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A movie as generous and as nonjudgmental as its protagonists, as frustrated yet as gently questing as they are. Claire Danes and Jim Parsons are extraordinary.

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They movie review: the most important decision of their young life

Tue, May 08, 2018
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Tender and contemplative, but as it meanders to its not-quite conclusion, it misses a ripe opportunity to give a stronger voice to a character the likes of which isn’t often heard.

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Every Day movie review: a slightly more challenging teen romance

Fri, Apr 20, 2018
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It’s not as daring as its endearing protagonist, and its fantastical scenario plays out rather lifelessly. But its gentle exploration of the fluidity of human physical and emotional expression is very welcome.

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Truth or Dare movie review: it has none of either

Fri, Apr 13, 2018
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Infinitely small, petty, cruel; appallingly sociopathic even grading on the dumpster-fire-horror-flick curve. But forget the supernatural element: the human “drama” is the most ridiculous thing here.

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