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Steve Rose
Selected Film Writing
Robin Hood & politics
How the myth was turned on its head
JFK and Zapruder
The Zapruder film: documentary, art object, snuff movie
African/American
Black Panther and Africa on screen
Hollywood's Asian problem
On Ghost In The Shell and whitewashing
'Post-Horror'
The horror genre gets a shake-up; the fans don't like it
The Isis propaganda war
How Islamist terror groups turn Hollywood against itself
‘Not Black Enough’
the identity crisis that haunted Whitney Houston
A Landscape of Lies
The inside story of an elaborate film tax fraud
Sci-fi with feeling
Arrival, emotions and women in sci-fi
A history of blackface
Including Rachel Dolezal, Ali G and Barack Obama
Brexit and British cinema
Dunkirk, Darkest Hour and Harry Potter
Swinging London at 50
How foreign film-makers found the dark heart of the 60s
Black Films Matter
The decline and rebirth of African American cinema
'How to stop an out-of-control president'
Documentary, truth and propaganda in the age of Trump
The great JT Leroy hoax
Asia Argento and the literary sensation who fooled us all
"Family is gross"
On Transparent and non-nuclear TV families
Trump Vs Hollywood
Meryl Streep and Trump's performance anxiety
Rotten Tomatoes
How the movie ratings site has changed the game
Twin Peaks
How David Lynch changed warped television forever
Are superheroes the good guys?
On the morality (or otherwise) of modern superheroes