The best of the New Statesman 2018: TV and film
Dreams of youth, and nightmares of war.
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From Drop Dead Gorgeous to Dumplin’: reclaiming beauty pageants on screen
All these dramas, from Little Miss Sunshine to Miss Congeniality, grapple with a central question – are beauty pageants anti-feminist?
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Heavy drinking, truth telling and… Elvis: Bollywood’s interpretation of Christmas
Lost in translation or genuinely festive? It’s a fine line.
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In Boots Riley’s dark comedy Sorry to Bother You, the villain is capitalism itself
Evil can’t be reduced to one bad guy or corporation: each character must navigate a system that invades every aspect…
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The night that changed my life: Jonathan Coe on the premiere of Steve Reich’s Different Trains
The impact of the piece, on me and on everyone else in the hall that night, was overwhelming.
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The night that changed my life: Kevin Barry on watching Paris, Texas with his father
I could see that he was moved by the story, perhaps uncomfortably so.
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The night that changed my life: David Hare on eating cold roast beef with Alfred Hitchcock
I met a great artist for the first time when I was 19, in 1966, Alfred Hitchcock came to speak…
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The best films in the cinema this Christmas
From Mary Poppins Returns to Holmes and Watson.
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