Origin review: Clunky metaphors aside, Ava DuVernay’s film delivers emotional kick and intellectual grist
If there is occasionally the sense we are attending a lecture, it is being given by the most engaging of teachers
Ava DuVernay
Origin director Ava DuVernay: ‘There’s pain, there’s fear, there’s injustice’
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The star and showrunner David E Kelley on staging their glamorous whodunit
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Dynasty star was the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series
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Brie Larson is sick of being interviewed by ‘white dudes’
The ‘Captain Marvel’ star is campaigning for more diversity in the press pool. Will it work?
Barry Jenkins: ‘Being poor and black in Miami was all I knew’
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Penny Marshall: Trailblazing director who broke new ground for women in Hollywood
The director of Oscar-nominated films such as ‘Awakenings’, will forever hold a place in movie history
High-flying Antoine Fuqua at home making films that are grounded
US director says his heart lies with action movies like The Equalizer 2
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Molly Windsor beats Claire Foy to take leading actress while Sue Perkins highlights pay gap issue
Cannes film festival: the class acts of 2018
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Cosby was ‘just the start’. R Kelly targeted on sex abuse
Campaign urges further investigation into claims of sexual coercion and abuse
‘People of all kinds of cultures, colours, ages, weights. That’s what we wanted to show’
African-American director Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ starring Oprah is a big hit at box offices despite so-called negative ‘audience reviews’
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Netflix, now a film-maker, has released a series of weak science-fiction movies
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The ‘Smooth Operator’ singer has recorded song for soundtrack of new film
Barbie in a hijab: one small step towards embracing toy diversity
‘Shero Barbies’ and the Irish producers bucking imagination-stifling tyranny of toy industry
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