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Whether it was raising money for young people to go to school, showcasing the best of Black culture, or even challenging eurocentric standards of beauty, Gemma Raeburn-Baynes seemingly always had a plan to empower Black people.

January

Joe Cole confidently steps into Harry Palmer’s suave shoes. Plus: more from Stanley Tucci and the Peaky Blinders. Here’s everything to watch this evening

From Phantom Thread to Ant-Man, this weeks must-see movies

Steven Spielberg reboots Bernstein and Sondheim’s classic musical, while Keira Knightley and Jessie Buckley plot to bring down the patriarchy

Movie Based On True Story Of Grenadian Jennifer Hosten, Crowned Miss World 1970 Just one month after the star-studded world premiere of MISBEHAVIOUR i...

Philippa Lowthorpe’s Misbehaviour recreates the disruption of the Miss World contest in London in 1970 – depicted as a fun-filled feat with far-reaching repercussions. The battle lines are draw in the opening sequence with real footage of American entertainer Bob Hope cheering his country’s soldiers in Vietnam in the late 1960s. Hope’s act, a cocktail of comedy and sexism, includes parading Miss World winners before thousands of lusty soldiers. Hope is later portrayed by Greg Kinnear w...

26 Feb 2021 : Nathan Griffin Editor Úna Ní Dhonghaíle We caught up with IFTA and BAFTA winning editor Úna Ní Dhonghaíle to discuss her latest project Misbehaviour, for which she recently received a British Film Editors (BFE) Award nomination, working with Kenneth Branagh on Belfast & Death on the Nile, and some insight and advice on the craft of editing. Having studied Film & Media in D.I.T Aungier Street, Úna turned her attention to editing, studying...

Misbehaviour downplays female rage while revisiting feminist protest against 1970 Miss World pageant Like most commercial movies about feminist history, Misbehaviour has a toothless vision of protest and empowerment that’s doomed to fail its subject The cheerfully one-dimensional Misbehaviour puts a smiley face on female rage. A comedy flecked with seriousness, it revisits a 1970 feminist protest against the Miss World pageant in London. Bright and ins...

Film Review | Misbehaviour raises a stink about eternal male establishment The new British movie released in India on January 22 revisits the famous protest at the 1970 Miss World Beauty contest in London by womens rights activists. Keira Knightley (left) and Jessie Buckley play the roles of protest leaders Sally Alexander and Jo Robinson. In November 1970, members of a newly-formed womens liberation movement in London entered the Miss World beauty competition at the Royal Albert Hall to stag...