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Sue Perkins documentary shows the lives behind the border wall 

 

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Elena Ferrante's latest examines suffocating world of teenagers

If you want a break from the big stresses of coronavirus and economic crisis, read Elena Ferrante’s new novel. There you can fall into a world of the very real, but smaller-scale, stresses of a teenage girl.

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Raging class anger on Idles’ bitter new album Ultra Mono

The latest offering from this guitar-driven five piece has no shortage of fights to pick, with assaults on war, sexism, racism and poverty, writes Alan Kenny

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Lovecraft Country turns horror tropes back at racism

Horror author HP Lovecraft supported lynching, and hated black people and Jews. But this new drama series subverts his legacy

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Grindcore veterans Napalm Death are back with hardcore politics

Napalm Death are certainly not mellowing with age

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Audacious film about police brutality in French suburbs

This impressive debut film of the black French filmmaker Ladj Ly, Les Miserables, is an incendiary provocative drama.

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Two Heads Creek—a satirical horror that can’t hide its own prejudices

Think Hot Fuzz but set in Australia and not as good, and that’s Two Heads Creek.

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Civil rights, black power and the music at the soul of the fight

The worst of times produced the best of soul, says BBC documentary Soul America

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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill is everything you’d want from a Poirot novel

If you are missing Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famous detective, then read the latest novel from Sophie Hannah

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The sun should have set on the Twilight saga long ago

Midnight Sun is yet another re-telling of the original Twilight story by Stephenie Meyer—who stretches it to breaking point

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Award-winning animation is beautiful

Away is a film from the prodigious Gints Zilbalodis, who wrote, designed, animated and scored the whole thing himself.

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New stand-up show already feels like outdated humour

Sam Jay’s new Netflix special 3 In The Morning is refreshing in some ways. But there are too many jokes that leave you cold, says Jasmine Fischer 

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Jeffrey Epstein documentary exposes corruption and sexism at heart of system

This four-part documentary has been out on Netflix since May

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Court in the constitution—the lawyers taking on Trump

The American Civil Liberties Union is the focus of the resistance to Trump in documentary The Fight. But it can’t overcome its limitations

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Don’t bank on this lacklustre comedy for laughs

Kelsey Grammer—probably best known as Frasier, or as Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons—plays a posh English buffoon in this twee comedy about bankers

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Gaslighter is a furious return for country-pop legends The Chicks

The Chicks’ first album in 14 years makes the personal political—and is a welcome comeback for a band not afraid to speak its mind

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Stateless—a drama that only touches the surface of racist detention camps

Stateless begins with the rarely-told story of the horrific journey refugees go through to seek safety

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The Streets moved on, but lost something on the way

Mike Skinner’s return showcases brilliant musical talent, but None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive is not as sharp lyrically

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Protomartyr’s latest album is angry and exhilarating

There’s enough surprise and pay-off to keep you hooked throughout, while taking aim at corporate crime and the underbelly of society

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Hamilton is entertaining—but seriously dodgy history

Antony Hamilton weighs in on Alexander Hamilton

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