As Arabella (Michaela Coel) sashays down the streets of London in new drama I May Destroy You, her bubble-gum-pink locks pop. Arabella’s eye-catching tresses are the latest in a series of pink hairdos cropping up in contemporary film and television. Think Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey) in the first series of Netflix’s Sex Education or Margot…
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Sex Education opens up a clear discussion on the comparison between mental and physical health through a redefinition of the classic jock archetype.
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With the filmmakers and showrunners behind the camera becoming slowly but increasingly more diverse, so too are the stories they tell.
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The first season of Sex Education, the Netflix series which explores our most embarrassing anxieties about sex and intimacy with acerbic wit and relatability, was an instant hit.
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While films will always have my heart, this year we have been blessed with small screen stories which are original, affecting and often topical. With so many incredible shows to choose from this year, selecting only five was a tough task, but here are my personal favourites so far: Big Little Lies (Season 2, NowTv)…
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My top picks for films and television of 2019 so far have delivered intensely honest and artistically executed stories. They demand, or suggest, that perhaps the most compelling stories center around those we haven’t heard from, or haven’t listened to. If there’s anything we can glean by paying attention to which films and series are…
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