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‘I’m with the Band: Nasty Cherry’
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This Netflix series pays lip service to female empowerment in the music industry, but ultimately reinforces its limits
Interrogating the interrogators: ‘The Report’
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This tale of the investigation into CIA torture during the War on Terror places too much faith in government procedure
Bodak moment: Pop’s decade of superstars
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Cardi B delivered the song of the decade as a new league of superstars overcame the significance of bands
Tory Days: ‘Blinded by the Light’
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Bruce Springsteen provides more than the soundtrack in this Thatcher-era coming-of-age film
A way home: Archie Roach
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The writer of ‘Took the Children Away’ delivers a memoir of his Stolen Generations childhood and an album of formative songs
Clang, clang, clang: ‘Judy’
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The Judy Garland biopic confuses humiliation for homage
The transcendent ‘Amazing Grace’
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After languishing for decades, the Aretha Franklin documentary is a revelation
Losing yourself
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How can we be transformed by music if online platforms mean we will always remain ourselves?
Mansuasion
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Jane Austen as reviewed by men on Goodreads
The strange thing about ‘Stranger Things’
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On the show’s exhaustive and exhausting nostalgia
Happy trails: Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’
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The gay country-rapper exposes the complex play of identity, algorithms and capitalism
Meritocracy rules in ‘Booksmart’
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Those who work hard learn to play hard in Olivia Wilde’s high-school comedy
All veils and misty: Richard Lowenstein’s ‘Mystify: Michael Hutchence’
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The insider documentary that wipes clear the myths obscuring the INXS singer
