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Fiction drives vital point home with humor Smart, pointed and funny, Cord Jefferson's American Fiction is surely the timeliest and perhaps the most vital film...

From a new exhibition on Annie Ernaux and photography in Paris to a Barbara Kruger retrospective in London, here are our recommendations for an exceptional month

Plus Terence Malick’s 2011 epic, a moving Ukrainian series, and rapper Vince Staples’ autofictional caper

Donations data shows we don’t know the source of around 25% of funding

Larry Davids final series arrives on our screens 

Jeffrey Wright stars as a frustrated novelist who takes advantage of the white literary establishment’s appetite for Black trauma narratives in a bold debut that stretches its central joke a little too thin.

Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut, “American Fiction,” is a delightful movie that transcends conventional storytelling. It’s fueled by an exceptional cast and enriched by its exploration of identity, family dynamics and the challenges faced by Black creators in the creative industry. Adapted fro

In one of the most tense scenes in the satirical comedy, sits a real book that has its own commentary on Monk's situation.

This enjoyable meta-level adaptation of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure tackles black-victimhood stereotypes, showcasing Jeffrey Wright and Issa Rae as rival writers

Reverse-engineer half of 2024's Oscars Best Picture nominees and you wind up with a handful of eminently readable fiction and nonfiction from more than 200…