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Hundred years of Tulsa Massacre: How cultural offerings like Watchmen and Lovecraft Country have depicted the historical event
Aditya Mani Jha •As cultural moments go, the current reassessment of the Tulsa Massacre’s true impact feels long overdue. Black artists and intellectuals have been telling these stories for a while now, but it feels like we have only just started listening.
HBO responds after Lovecraft Country's background actor claims her skin was darkened with make up
•In a statement, HBO addressed an actor's allegations of skin darkening on Golden Globe-nominated show Lovecraft Country, "This should not have happened, and we are taking steps to ensure this doesn’t occur again in the future."
Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy, The Crown Season 4, The Midnight Sky: Trailers This Week
Fp Staff •Deepa Mehta's film Funny Boy, based on Shyam Selvadurai’s coming-of-age novel, will debut on Netflix on 10 December.
Lovecraft Country's unintended racial horror: How the HBO series uses Black trauma as narrative currency
•Though Lovecraft Country has every flavour of creaturely nightmares, its biggest horror is the way it misuses historical woes and seems blind to its own perpetuation of damaging tropes
Lovecraft Country review: HBO's latest blends supernatural horror and real-world racism in a dramatic adaptation
Rohininair •While HBO's Lovecraft Country, which comes from the stable of Jordan Peele, JJ Abrams and Misha Green, gets many things right — the gorgeous frames, costumes and 'look'; Jonathan Majors as Atticus; the music — it seems to not have the same sense of dread and unease that ran through the source material, Matt Ruff's book.
Gunjan Saxena, Prakash Jha's Pareeksha, Jordan Peele's Lovecraft Country: Trailers this week
Trendingdesk •Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl releases on Netflix on 12 August while Lovecraft Country drops on 17 August on Disney+ Hotstar
Bandish Bandits, Killing Eve, Gunjan Saxena — What to watch on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, MUBI, MX Player
Fp Staff •While Netflix will release the long-awaited Gunjan Saxena biopic, Amazon Prime Video India will bring forth Bandish Bandits and Killing Eve Season 3.
Lovecraft Country teaser: Jordan Peele's HBO series explores racism, supernatural horror in Jim Crow-era United States
Fp Staff •Lovecraft Country stars Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Courtney B Vance in pivotal roles.
Westworld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Insecure to return in 2020, confirms HBO programming chief
Fp Staff •The cast of HBO's season 3 of sci-fi series Westworld includes Aaron Paul and Lena Waithe.