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Issa Rae

June 2024

  • Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in Back to Black and Dev Patel in Monkey Man.

    Best culture of 2024 so far
    The best films of 2024 in the UK so far

    Seduced by Sam Taylor-Johnson’s woozy Amy Winehouse biopic and kicked into tomorrow by Dev Patel’s Monkey Man, we replay six fantastic months of film

January 2024

  • Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison in American Fiction.

    American Fiction review – entertaining comedy collision of race, class and envy

  • Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison in American Fiction.

    How Cord Jefferson turned a novel about race into American Fiction – the year’s buzziest comedy

December 2023

  • Aida Osman and KaMillion in Rap Sh!t.

    Rap Sh!t: Issa Rae’s hip-hop series shines a light on the industry

    The second season of Max’s incisive look at the ups and downs of two female rappers feels especially relevant

July 2023

  • Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in Barbie.

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    Barbie review – Ryan Gosling is plastic fantastic in ragged doll comedy

  • Issa Rae

    ‘I hate the colour pink’: Issa Rae on being a reluctant Barbie and the legacy of Insecure

June 2023

  • Margot Robbie at the Barbie press tour in Sydney

    ‘A pink, glittery, existential dance party’: Barbie movie marketing machine kicks off global tour

    Fans flocked to a Sydney outdoor mall to meet Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig and co, as the publicity campaign that hasn’t slowed down commenced its final lap

April 2022

  • ‘Each instalment is about women who either feel – or are – unheard, or unseen’ … Nicole Kidman in Roar.

    TV review
    Roar review – female star power … and sex with a duck

    This series of one-off dramas from the makers of GLOW has big names – Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo – and plots centred around even bigger concepts. But can it pull them off?

December 2021

  • Insecure<br>Insecure Season 5 Episode 6 Tired Okay?! A distracted Issa mulls over work and love as she stumbles through the consequences of her falling out with a colleague. Meanwhile, Molly – still struggling to cope with family matters – finds comfort in an unlikely source.

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: it’s the Insecure finale – and no one expects a happy ending

    The last ever episode of Issa Rae’s Emmy-winning comedy. Plus: Worzel Gummidge gets twitchy. Here’s what to watch this evening

October 2021

  • Molly (Yvonne Orji) and Issa (Issa Dee) in Insecure.

    TV review
    Insecure season five review – farewell to the most fun, excruciating comedy on TV

    Brilliant, awkward and packed with zingers, the final run of Issa Rae’s comedy about black millennial life in LA looks set to stick the landing – and give fans the perfect parting gift

March 2021

  • Regina King, Issa Rae and Tracee Ellis Ross

    Red carpet fashion
    From Regina King to Issa Rae: the best looks from the NAACP awards 2021 – in pictures

    From virtual and in-person red carpet moments, we take a look at the most stylish stars

December 2020

  • Michaela Coel in I May Destroy You.

    2020 in TV
    The 50 best TV shows of 2020: 50-1

    Michaela Coel’s smart, subversive and taboo-breaking drama gave us absolutely unbeatable television – plus more of the year’s best

October 2020

  • Justin Bieber and Issa Rae during promos.

    Saturday Night Live recap
    Saturday Night Live: Biden v Trump as Bob Ross v WrestleMania

  • Bryony Kimmings on Ditchling Beacon, near Brighton.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer photography

September 2020

  • Issa Rae in a gold dress against an orange backdrop

    Issa Rae: ‘It’s astounding that our talent hasn’t been recognised’

  • Bette Midler in Coastal Elites

    Coastal Elites review – is this the worst film of the year?

June 2020

  • Insecure

    TV review
    Insecure season four review – is this the end of a great screen friendship?

    The show portrays beautifully how relationships don’t always blow up. Sometimes, as with Molly and Issa, people you love intensely and take for granted fade quietly away

May 2020

  • A succession of farcical situations … Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiana in The Lovebirds.

    The Lovebirds review – wacky Netflix murder-mystery romance

    Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani play a couple forced to run for their lives in Michael Showalter’s likably lewd screwball crime caper

March 2020

  • LaKeith Stanfield and Issa Rae in The Photograph

    The Photograph review – a shimmering romance

    Sparks fly in love stories from the past and present beautifully woven together

February 2020

  • Lakeith Stanfield and Issa Rae in The Photograph. The talent on screen can’t save a script that’s sketch-deep.

    The Photograph review – star charm can't save underdeveloped romance

    Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield can’t save this dreary Valentine’s drama that lacks fizzle and emotional stakes
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