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The limits of free speech protections in American broadcasting

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is displeased with a broadcast network. He makes his displeasure clear in public speeches, interviews and congressional testimony.

The Conversation

TV tonight: Jodie Whittaker stars in a glossy Aussie drama with a dark twist

Liane Moriarty fans will be hooked to the big secrets in One Night. Plus: Nicola Walker’s cool detective Annika cracks more cases. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The Surfer to Night Always Comes: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Nicolas Cage rides the waves in a magnetic and menacing watch – while Vanessa Kirby has a race against time to save her family home in a superbly taut film noir

The Guardian - UK

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Scientists hope a newly discovered flower will return after rain in West Texas

Scientists who want to learn more about a tiny, newly discovered flower in West Texas are hoping it will bloom again in a couple of weeks after rain finally fell in the area

The Independent UK

‘Makes my heart beat faster’: why I Know Where I’m Going! is my feelgood movie

In the first of a new series in which writers explain their favourite mood-lifting watch, an ode to a charming 40s romance

The Guardian - US

Meet Jacob Bethell, the Barbados kid leading England’s next generation in all formats

IN FOCUS: The 21-year-old Warwickshire prospect is starring for England in the West Indies with his flamboyant style and, as Richard Edwards writes, has a big future in the Test game after earning a call-up to face New Zealand

The Independent UK

‘Engrossing and mysterious’: the Powell-Pressburger masterpiece that might have been

Lyon’s Lumière festival screened a fascinating footnote to the great duo’s career: Behold a Pale Horse, an adaptation of Emeric Pressburger’s novel by Fred Zinnemann

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Mark Kermode on… Martin Scorsese’s love of British cinema

The director’s new BFI season championing hidden gems of British film, hot on the heels of his Powell and Pressburger documentary, reveals some of the inspirations of a film-making great and passionate fan

The Guardian - UK

Shady AF People Will Be Obsessed With These 50 Clever Things Under $25 on Amazon

Fake security cameras, water bottle safes, wine-dispensing tote bags... and so much more.

Inverse

Edinburgh film festival 2024: 12 of the best movies on show

From uplifting drama to gonzo body-horror and an intensely personal documentary, here are our favourite picks

The Guardian - UK

A journey through the films of Powell and Pressburger, courtesy of Scorsese and Schoonmaker

“Made in England: The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger" is a poignant crescendo in one of the great love affairs in movies

The Independent UK

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger review – Scorsese shares his love of British duo

This absorbing celebration of the great film-making partnership is elevated by the enthusiasm and authority of narrator Martin Scorsese

The Guardian - UK

Made in England review: Scorsese is a thrilling guide on two of Britain's greatest ever filmmakers

Together Powell and Pressburger created cinema that was fantastical and fantastic

Evening Standard

TV tonight: two become three in an explosive new dating show

Love Triangle takes modern relationships to the next level. Plus, Michael Palin continues his tour of Nigeria. Here’s what to watch today

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Roll Call

FCC move to restore net neutrality sets stage for familiar fight - Roll Call

The Biden administration’s move to restore net neutrality faces legal tests and a risk of a rollback under a future administration.

The Guardian - UK

Michael Powell and Britain’s deeply conflicted attitude to cinema

Letter: Prof Ian Christie on why the film-maker found it challenging to get backers for some of his projects

Reason

Restraining Order Based on Unwanted Online Contact Upheld, but Weapons Restriction Struck Down

In Monday's Lazor v. Souders (opinion by Judge Michael Powell, joined by Judges Stephen Powell & Matthew Byrne), the Ohio Court of Appeals upheld a stalking protection order against Souders, based on his deceptively trying to contact a woman he met online, and who had said she didn't want him…

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Mubi acquires documentary on Powell and Pressburger before Berlin premiere

Explore the world of British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger in Martin Scorsese's documentary. Acquired by Mubi, a captivating journey at Berlin Film Fes...

Evening Standard

OPINION - Britain faces a literacy crisis that could make us fatter, less employable and depressed

Reading can be for solitary pleasure or it can be a quotidian task. Some people avoid books in favour of other forms of recreation; others read everywhere from bathrooms to Tube carriages. Some people love reading so much they even study English till the very end of school.

The Guardian - UK

‘Scorsese says The Red Shoes is in his DNA’: Thelma Schoonmaker on her life and work with Michael Powell and his friend Marty

With her late husband’s 1948 classic back in cinemas, the editor is keen to preserve his legacy and modest about her own phenomenal career

Evening Standard

The Cine Files: everything you need to see at the cinema in December

From a superbly creepy British debut to the return of Godzilla and farewell to a Japanese legend, here are the 21 best films to see this month

The Guardian - UK

Bluebeard’s Castle review – Michael Powell’s amazing serial-killer opera film

Powell’s expressionist-hallucinatory adaptation of Bartók features a blazing performance by Ana Raquel Satre as Bluebeard’s bride

Louder

"Get a knife and cut them off!": Watch Kate Bush chaotically fight her own legs in the bizarre 1993 short film that she later regarded as "a load of old bollocks"

Revisiting Kate Bush's The Line, the Cross and the Curve - her weird self-directed, Grammy-nominated, mini musical that featured dancing devils, blizzards and cursed ballet slippers

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