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Booksmart
September 2020
Stream team
Booksmart: heartwarming, nostalgic and viscerally funny love letter to teen movies
A high-school comedy that celebrates female friendships? It shouldn’t feel revolutionary but even in 2020 it’s a treat
May 2020
Names in the news
Don’t take liberties with Francis Lee's director’s cut
Rebecca Nicholson
Lee sought out the culprit who’d cut the gay sex in his film God’s Own Country on its US Amazon debut
December 2019
Moral of the story: 2019's boldest culture asked what it means to be good
Laura Snapes
Crying! Pole-Dancing! Heroin! The best movie moments of 2019
Top US films 2019
The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: the full list
Top UK films 2019
The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: the full list
November 2019
Delta airline will restore LGBTQ scenes to Booksmart and Rocketman
Actor Olivia Wilde, who directed Booksmart, called out the airline on Twitter for showing edited versions of her film
October 2019
Battle of the sexes: why this year's Oscars will be a gender war
'No scissor emoji?!' Olivia Wilde criticises airline censorship of Booksmart
May 2019
Steve Rose on film
You can’t sit with us: does Booksmart spell the end of high school stereotypes?
Observer New Review Q&A
Booksmart director Olivia Wilde: ‘Being young is the most painful, most hilarious experience’
Booksmart review – fast, funny and feminist
Booksmart star Beanie Feldstein: ‘Everyone said we didn’t belong in LA’
March 2019
First look review
Booksmart review – wild, warm high school comedy puts girls on top
Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut is a funny, filthy, female-fronted competitor to Superbad that boasts its own distinctive style
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