Movies This article is more than 3 years oldJoker 'a betrayal' of mentally ill people, says David FincherThis article is more than 3 years oldMank director rails at the risk-averse production strategy of major Hollywood studios
Mank director David Fincher has described Todd Phillips’ Oscar-winning Joker as “a betrayal” of mentally ill people.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Fincher was reflecting on Joker’s surprise success at the box office in a wide-ranging attack on the risk-averse production strategy of the major Hollywood studios. Read More...
Screen bitesTelevisionIn her new web series, art historian Christina Chau asks whether disgusting viewers runs the risk of closing minds instead of opening them
Emerging from a bath filled with stew – potatoes, carrots, onions and all – the art historian Dr Christina Chau is a little disgusted and not entirely impressed. “If you really want to confront people’s stereotypes, I think you’ve got to ease them into it,” she says. Read More...
BooksReviewPulitzer-winner James Risen calls the late Democratic senator an ‘American Cicero’ – and makes a strong case
Frank Forrester Church sat in the US Senate for 24 years. His tenure was consequential. A Democrat, he battled for civil rights and came to oppose the Vietnam war. He believed Americans were citizens, not subjects. Chairing the intelligence select committee was his most enduring accomplishment. James Risen, a Pulitzer-winning reporter now with the Intercept, sees him as a hero. Read More...