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MPs will debate the issue of assisted dying but there will not be a vote.

Filmmaker Christopher Hird remembers a champion of the underdog, the Australian journalist John Pilger

John Pilger, who died on December 30, had an extraordinary career as a reporter. His journalism informed countless people about the catastrophic impact of US foreign policy during and after the Cold War, from Vietnam and Cambodia to Nicaragua and East Timor.

John Pilger should be remembered and honoured not just for his impressive body of work, but for being a brave — and at times near-lone — voice for truth against power, write Peter Boyle and Pip Hinman.

The fearless investigative journalist was revered for tackling controversial subjects head on.

The fearless investigative journalist was revered for tackling controversial subjects head on.

After 57 years in the business, Australia’s most prolific film critic is finally signing off

Read Empire's listing of the best British films.

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt channels the late Terence Davies as Raven Jackson similarly taps into the still, uncertain poetry of memory.

From Distant Voices, Still Lives to Benediction, the lyrical work of the late director was suffused with the ‘ecstasy’ of cinema – and his fraught Liverpool childhood