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TV tonight: a nightmarish thriller about a group of women accused of an awful crime

Hunting Alice Bell is a twisty drama by Peter Bradshaw and David Baddiel. Plus, Ken Loach on Cathy Come Home. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · 17h ago

American witchhunt: how the McCarthy blacklist annihilated the Hollywood left

A retrospective at the Locarno film festival looks back at the era of Huac’s domination of US culture, uncovering some sobering lessons for now

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6

Boom! A melodrama fit for Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s doomed love affair

A dying glamour puss falls for her parasitic houseguest in Joseph Losey’s 1968 fever dream that earns its exclamation mark

The Guardian - AU · Apr 28

Shirley Anne Field: a smart and seductive key player in the British New Wave

Appearing in many of the landmark gritty dramas of the era, the actor, who has died aged 87, stood out for portraying vulnerability combined with a canny intelligence

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

King and Country review – Joseph Losey’s brutal reflection on the futility of war

Tom Courtenay is unforgettable as a first world war private on trial for desertion. But it is Dirk Bogarde, dripping with distaste for his defendant who delivers a horrific coup de grâce

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

Evan Jones obituary

Poet best known for The Song of the Banana Man who went on to become a prolific playwright and screenwriter

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023