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2020

  • In the Know

    Netflix 

    4 reasons why you should watch Bridgerton

    4 reasons why you should watch Bridgerton

    Bridgerton was one of Netflix's most successful releases in 2020, but is it really worth watching? Our TV Editor Euan Franklin breaks down the reasons why it is

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    A Quiet Place Part II is bolder and scarier

    A Quiet Place Part II review ★★★★★

    03 Jun 21 – 03 Jun 22

    Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds and Cillian Murphy star in this incredible sequel to John Krasinski's sound-sensitive horror film A Quiet Place

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Kate Winslet stars in this lesbian period drama

    Ammonite review ★★★★★

    17 May 21 – 17 May 22

    Following up God's Own Country, writer/director Francis Lee speculates on the possible relationship between 19th-century palaeontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) and Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan)

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  • In the Know

    Netflix 

    Charming comedies to stream right now

    Great comedies to stream during lockdown

    The Culture Whisper team has picked its favourite comedies now available to stream. From Fleabag to Parks and Recreation, this hilarious selection will keep you smiling through lockdown

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Is Wonder Woman 1984 worth £15.99?

    Wonder Woman 1984 review ★★★★★

    13 Jan 21 – 13 Jan 22

    In the long-awaited follow-up to 2017's Wonder Woman, Patty Jenkins directs the 80s-inspired sequel. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Kristen Wiig star.

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  • Essential

    Best of 

    Looking back: a year less ordinary

    Looking back: a year less ordinary

    Culture Whisper's Editor in Chief reflects on the year we leave behind

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    A confusing, beautiful finish: His Dark Materials finale

    His Dark Materials series 2 episode 7, BBC One review ★★★★★

    20 Dec 20 – 20 Dec 21

    It's a confusing, upsetting, and beautiful conclusion to His Dark Materials series two. Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) is catching up to Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson)

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  • In the Know

    Netflix 

    The 10 best films of 2020

    Best Films of 2020

    Our TV / Cinema Editor Euan Franklin chooses his favourite films of the year: from the chilling Saint Maud to Charlie Kaufman's latest brain-scratcher I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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  • Essential

    Visual Arts 

    Best Visual Arts Exhibitions London 2020

    Best Visual Arts Exhibitions London 2020

    From

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  • In the Know

    Netflix 

    Our favourite TV shows of 2020

    Best TV shows of 2020

    From the trials of being a female celebrity in I Hate Suzie to Michaela Coel's revolutionary comedy-drama I May Destroy You, 2020 has been awash with incredible TV

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  • Essential

    Beauty 

    Beauty buzzwords and the best product launches of 2020

    Best beauty products of 2020

    From hi-tech skin perfecters to DIY haircare, here are the best beauty products of 2020 that you may have missed

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  • In the Know

    Netflix 

    Chadwick Boseman's kinetic final performance

    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Netflix review ★★★★★

    18 Dec 20 – 18 Dec 21

    Featuring Chadwick Boseman's final performance, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – based on the August Wilson play – follows a 1920s blues band recording their next album. Viola Davis also stars

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  • In the Know

    Gigs 

    David Byrne's American Utopia is a musical triumph

    David Byrne's American Utopia review ★★★★★

    14 Dec 20 – 14 Dec 21

    David Byrne of Talking Heads returns to the stage, in this Spike Lee-directed film version of his Broadway show American Utopia

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    Will and Lyra get closer: His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials series 2 episode 6, BBC One review ★★★★★

    13 Dec 20 – 13 Dec 21

    In the penultimate episode, Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson) get closer and Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) ventures into Cittàgazze

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    A fitting conclusion to a revolutionary series

    Small Axe: Education, BBC One review ★★★★★

    13 Dec 20 – 13 Dec 21

    In the final film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, 12-year-old Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy) is taken out of school for being 'educationally subnormal'. But something else is afoot…

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    Everything you need to know about Small Axe

    Small Axe, BBC One: trailer, release date, plot, cast, photos

    15 Nov 20 – 15 Nov 21

    In this anthology series from Widows director Steve McQueen, Small Axe tells five stories set within London's West Indian community. John Boyega and Letitia Wright star

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Rachel Brosnahan stars in this inverted crime drama

    I'm Your Woman, Amazon Prime review ★★★★★

    11 Dec 20 – 11 Dec 21

    In this curiously subverted crime drama, Rachel Brosnahan stars as Jean, wife to a criminal who's betrayed his partners. Jean goes on the run, hiding from possible killers

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  • In the Know

    Musicals 

    This Ryan Murphy musical is a dazzling delight

    The Prom, Netflix review ★★★★★

    11 Dec 20 – 11 Dec 21

    Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and James Corden star in Ryan Murphy's latest project The Prom, based on the Broadway musical

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    Mrs Coulter envies a different reality: His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials series 2 episode 5, BBC One review ★★★★★

    06 Dec 20 – 06 Dec 21

    Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) steps into a new world, and Will (Amir Wilson) and Lyra (Dafne Keen) plan to steal back the alethiometer from Lord Boreal (Ariyon Bakare)

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    Alex Wheatle is a tight and fascinating mini-biopic

    Small Axe: Alex Wheatle, BBC One review ★★★★★

    06 Dec 20 – 06 Dec 21

    The penultimate film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology examines the early life of novelist Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), looking at his time in Brixton shortly before the 1981 Uprising

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  • Book Now

    Immersive 

    Book now for Secret Cinema's Dirty Dancing

    Secret Cinema presents Dirty Dancing

    14 Jul 22 – 31 Aug 22

    The swinging romance of summer 1963 gears up to get London audiences dancing in July 2022

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Viggo Mortensen's curious dementia drama

    Falling review ★★★★★

    04 Dec 20 – 04 Dec 21

    Viggo Mortensen's filmmaking debut examines a conservative father (Lance Henriksen) living with dementia and his liberal son (Mortensen) trying to care for him

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  • Oscars nominee

    In the Know

    Netflix 

    A black-and-white reverie of classic Hollywood

    Mank, Netflix review ★★★★★

    04 Dec 20 – 04 Dec 21

    David Fincher's 11th feature film follows the story of understated Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he pens the script for Citizen Kane

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  • In the Know

    Netflix 

    Everything coming to Netflix in December

    New to Netflix UK: December 2020

    From David Fincher's examination of Citizen Kane in Mank to a final farewell to Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Netflix in December is both cold and colourful

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    Fleabag and Hot Priest reunite in His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials series 2, episode 4, BBC One review ★★★★★

    29 Nov 20 – 29 Nov 21

    His Dark Materials is back on form in episode four, in which Andrew Scott and Phoebe Waller-Bridge make their long expected appearances. As does the subtle knife…

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    John Boyega stamps out racism from the inside

    Small Axe: Red, White and Blue review ★★★★★

    29 Nov 20 – 29 Nov 21

    In the third Small Axe film from Steve McQueen, John Boyega stars as Leroy Logan, a black officer in the 80s who wanted to eliminate racism in the police

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Helena Coan discusses her new Audrey Hepburn doc

    Helena Coan interview: 'Audrey Hepburn never planned to be an actress'

    Culture Whisper chats with writer/director Helena Coan about her new documentary film Audrey, focusing on the classic Hollywood actor Audrey Hepburn

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    A warm Christmas movie with an LGBT twist

    Happiest Season review ★★★★★

    26 Nov 20 – 26 Nov 21

    Abby (Kristen Stewart) decides to stay with her girlfriend Harper's (Mackenzie Davis) family over the holidays, but Harper hasn't told them she's gay...

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Possessor is a nightmarish hitman thriller

    Possessor film review ★★★★★

    27 Nov 20 – 27 Nov 21

    The new film from Brandon Cronenberg, David Cronenberg's son, follows an assassin with the ability to change bodies to facilitate untraceable murder. Sean Bean and Christopher Abbott star

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    A bump in a brilliant road: His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials, series 2, episode 3, BBC One review ★★★★★

    22 Nov 20 – 22 Nov 21

    Lyra (Dafne Keen) is on the run again, Will (Amir Wilson) continues to have contorted dreams, and Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda) has a chat with Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson)

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    Luca Guadagnino's sublime coming-of-age drama

    We Are Who We Are, BBC Three review ★★★★★

    22 Nov 20 – 22 Nov 21

    Luca Guadagnino returns to Northern Italy for his new coming-of-age drama series, following 14-year-old Fraser (Jack Dylan Grazer) as he wanders a US military base in Veneto

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Lovers Rock is a hazy, indulgent party

    Small Axe: Lovers Rock, BBC review ★★★★★

    On 18 Oct 20

    Another entry in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, Lovers Rock plunges into a heavy, reggae-fuelled house party in 1980 west London

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