The Trouble with Prequels
Amazon’s Rings of Power demonstrates the trouble with prequels like no other. When the outcomes and consequences don’t matter, how […]
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BBC Inside Cinema’s Strong Female Characters
This BBC Arts thread continues on the iPlayer with Inside Cinema’s Strong Female Characters. It’s a barely-there critique that fails
Review: Birth of the British Novel, BBC4
Birth of the British Novel is back on BBC4’s freeview TV channel. Author Henry Hitchings explores the lives and works
Review: Crossing Steinbeck’s America
The BBC’s Our World thread continues with Crossing Steinbeck’s America. As America grapples with a deepening recession, white-collar workers lose