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Green Book

November 2019

  • Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker

    From the outhouse to the arthouse: how Hollywood's kings of comedy got serious

    Cinema’s former fart-gag maestros have recast themselves as social critics. Are they the ideal pundits for an age of obscenity?

May 2019

  • Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen in Green Book

    Never mind the quality, feel the 'woke' – Green Book, The New Negro and white guilt

    The best picture Oscar and the Pulitzer for biography have been bestowed on problematic and inferior works on race

March 2019

  • Box office might … Brie Larson as Captain Marvel.

    Box office analysis: UK
    Captain Marvel flexes her superpowers at UK box office

    Brie Larson vehicle overtakes lifetime total of many Marvel films, while Britcom Fisherman’s Friends sails into second place
  • Drake; Dave; Green Book; The Duchess of Sussex

    Culture's race problem: ‘For white hipsters, blackness is a thing to consume but not engage with’

    From Dave to Green Book, artists and the art they create are too often critiqued for being ‘too black’ or ‘not black enough’
  • This image released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures shows Jack Lowden, left, and Florence Pugh in a scene from “Fighting with My Family.” (Robert Viglasky/Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures via AP)

    Box office analysis: UK
    Fighting With My Family wrestles top spot from Lego Movie 2 at UK box office

    Stephen Merchant’s knockabout comedy about a real-life WWE wannabe is the unlikely victor as Oscar winners reap rewards

28 February 2019

  • Mahershala Ali holds his best supporting actor award for his role in Green Book

    Taking Green Book critics to task

    Readers respond to the criticism of the Oscar-winning film Green Book

26 February 2019

  • Charles B Wessler accepts the best picture Oscar for Green Book.

    Green Book producer sent angry emails to critics of the film

    Charles B Wessler, one of the Oscar-winning film’s producers, wrote to journalists at NBC and Vanity Fair in response to critical articles
  • Queen Watevra Wa’nabi in Lego Movie 2, the character voiced by Tiffany Haddish

    Box office analysis: UK
    Lego Movie 2 keeps How to Train Your Dragon at bay at UK box office

    Family-friendly releases draw strong half-term crowds, while Liam Neeson thriller Cold Pursuit receives a lukewarm reception
  • Olivia Colman accepts the best actress Oscar.

    Oscars TV ratings improve for 'hostless' show

    After 2018’s record low, viewing figures increased by 11.1% – despite the shortened broadcast being without comedy skits or a host

25 February 2019

  • Joseph Harker

    Green Book’s Oscar shows Hollywood still doesn’t get race

    Joseph Harker
  • Spike Lee, who won the best adapted screenplay award for BlacKkKlansman, at the 2019 Oscars.

    Spike Lee on Green Book's Oscar win: 'The ref made a bad call'

  • Green Book has been dogged by controversy and its handling of race has been criticised as conforming to Hollywood's 'white saviour' trope

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    Spike Lee unhappy with Green Book Oscar win: 'The ref made a bad call' – video

  • 91st Annual Academy Awards, Press Room, Los Angeles, USA - 24 Feb 2019<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Christopher Polk/REX/Shutterstock (10113257lj) Spike Lee - Best Adapted Screenplay - 'BlacKkKlansman' 91st Annual Academy Awards, Press Room, Los Angeles, USA - 24 Feb 2019

    New heroes and old history lessons: six key moments from the Oscars 2019

  • Smooches, shocks and funny bunnies: the Oscars 2019 – in pictures

  • 'Mel Gibson said Wakanda forever': the best Oscars quotes and jokes

  • Green Book's win undermines the conspicuous diversity of this year's Oscars

    Catherine Shoard

  • Oscars 2019 verdict: lovely surprises can't compensate for shock horrors

  • Oscars save shocks for last with big wins for Green Book and Olivia Colman

  • Green Book wins Oscar for best picture

  • Mahershala Ali wins best supporting actor Oscar for Green Book

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