Dear White People
Streamadelica: the 30 best box sets to watch before you die
From seminal crime sagas and grim comedies to deep dramas and meta humour, here’s our writers’ guide to the best streamable shows right now
Hannah J Davies, Paul Flynn , Stuart Heritage, Julia Raeside and Jack Seale
26, Jan, 2019 @10:00 AM
Box set blockbusters: when movies make better TV shows
The second season of Dear White People belongs in a small crop of shows that have managed to improve on their big screen source material
Rebecca Nicholson
03, May, 2018 @9:00 AM
Step Sisters review – hits and misses in Netflix's cultural appropriation comedy
A feelgood narrative sits somewhat awkwardly alongside a topical yet disappointingly tepid story of race on campus
Jake Nevins
19, Jan, 2018 @4:57 PM
Dear White People's biggest success? Getting to grips with colorism
The original film was criticized for the way it dealt with skin-color prejudice within the black community, but the new series shows why skin tone matters
Minda Honey
01, May, 2017 @6:58 PM
From La La Land to Veep: the best of film and TV streaming in Australia in May
Prince’s breakout act, millennial ennui, and a John Clarke classic reissued – we’ve scoured the local streaming services to bring you this list of highlights
Lauren Carroll Harris
29, Apr, 2017 @11:34 PM
Dear White People review – race relations go back to school in still-searing satire
Netflix’s 10-part adaptation of Justin Simien’s 2014 film about racism on college campuses retains its bite and finds more depth amid the drama
Lanre Bakare
28, Apr, 2017 @12:00 PM
The best TV shows this week: Dear White People gets a 10-part spin-off
Justin Simien’s 2014 film is adapted for Netflix, while the geeks continue slowly to inherit the Earth in Silicon Valley
The Guide
21, Apr, 2017 @11:00 AM
Amy; Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine; Slow West; The Longest Ride and more – review
Compelling portraits of Amy Winehouse and Steve Jobs – and cowboys old and new
Guy Lodge
01, Nov, 2015 @8:00 AM
Justin Simien interview: ‘Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 gave me my first “religious experience”’
The director had to watch the movie eight times before he understood it
26, Oct, 2015 @9:40 AM
The best films of 2015 so far – UK
Gathering together the best movies released in the UK this year, updated weekly
Guardian film
01, Sep, 2015 @12:30 PM
What black and white people really think about one another
An experiment by broadcaster Dotun Adebayo set out to explore the stereotypes that people in the UK normally express only in private
Hugh Muir
23, Aug, 2015 @6:00 PM
Dear White People review – a gently funny take on campus racism in the US
An uneven but occasionally piercing study of stereotyping
Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
12, Jul, 2015 @7:00 AM
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