Jake Nevins
NY Review of Books
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'Hit the Line Hard'
Leo McCarey’s 1952 film, My Son John, perhaps the most well-known of the several extravagantly anti-Communist melodramas engineered by Hollywood studios → Read More
Ava DuVernay: 'I’ve always fiercely held on to my blackness'
The acclaimed film-maker faces her most ambitious project yet with an expansive Netflix miniseries about the injustices faced by the Central Park Five → Read More
'Visibility is so important': trans teen athletes shine in new documentary
In Changing the Game, film-maker Michael Barnett shares the inspiring stories of three high schoolers battling against a staid system and everyday intolerance → Read More
Homecoming review – Beyoncé documentary is a triumphant celebration
The Netflix film, featuring rehearsal and live footage of Beyoncé’s 2018 Coachella performance, is one of the all-time great concert docs → Read More
Someone Great review - another run-of-the-mill romcom from Netflix
Despite fine performances from Gina Rodriguez and Lakeith Stanfield, the debut film from Jennifer Kaytin Robinson never strays from the genre’s cliches → Read More
Guava Island review — Donald Glover's film has more style than substance
Guava Island, a short film from the minds behind Atlanta and This is America, is caught between a musical and a morality tale, and gravely misuses Rihanna → Read More
Fosse/Verdon review – showbiz miniseries is stylish but scatterbrained
The new FX series, which boasts magnetic lead performances from Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams, has highs and lows like its subjects’ partnership → Read More
The upside down: inside Manhattan’s Lowline subterranean park
In two years’ time, the Lower East Side will be home to the world’s first underground ‘green’ space – the Lowline → Read More
Killing Eve season two review – riveting psychosexual thriller returns
The show finds Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer orbiting one another again, playing up the show’s penchant for dark comedy and blood-thirst → Read More
Now Apocalypse: Gregg Araki lands on TV with a queer, sex-positive comedy
The director of Mysterious Skin and Nowhere has crafted a new series filled with millennials dealing with online dating, social media and sex → Read More
Gary Clark Jr: 'I want to let it be known: this land is your land, but it's mine too'
The Grammy-winning singer, whose third full-length record finds him subverting genre and expectation, talks Trump, keeping the blues alive, and the fire in his belly → Read More
Sea Wall/A Life review – Jake Gyllenhaal dazzles with return to stage
The Oscar nominee and Tom Sturridge star in two one-act memory pieces that meaningfully explore birth, death, and fatherhood → Read More
Maroon 5's Super Bowl performance: Adam Levine's torso can't save tedious affair
Maroon 5’s half-time show, aided by appearances from Travis Scott and Big Boi, was an utterly conventional rundown of the band’s biggest hits → Read More
And the winner probably isn't: this season's 11 overlooked film performances
From Maggie Gyllenhaal’s anxiety-inducing teacher to Steven Yeun’s chilling villain, there’s a wealth of great acting that isn’t being recognised by voters → Read More
Golden Globes 2019: Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book win big
The Queen biopic and the road trip comedy won the major film awards while Olivia Colman and Christian Bale led a strong night for British talent → Read More
The full list of Golden Globes 2019 winners
The 76th ceremony is led by nominations for Vice, A Star is Born, The Assassination of Gianni Versace and Sharp Objects → Read More
Sounds like? The best songs from 2018 ... that you didn't hear
From electro-punk to pop-soul, Guardian writers have picked their favourite underappreciated songs of the year → Read More
Dumplin' review – Jennifer Aniston's Netflix comedy is more like trifle
Strong turns from Aniston and Danielle Macdonald can’t save this conventional pageant saga with music from Dolly Parton → Read More
Oscars 2019: who should be the host?
The Academy is yet to announce who’ll take charge of next year’s ceremony, and with dwindling ratings, the time is ripe for a major change → Read More
Boys on film: what we can learn about masculinity from Hollywood
In a range of new films from First Man to Beautiful Boy, male characters are representing two different types of masculinity: unblemished and toxic → Read More