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David Cox

David Cox is a writer and television producer. He has contributed to many publications, including the New Statesman, Prospect, the Guardian, the Times, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, the Sunday Times and the Evening Standard, mainly on communications and environmental issues.

He has made programmes for ITV, the BBC and Channel 4, mainly about current affairs and history. He was also head of current affairs at London Weekend Television for five years.

August 2023

  • ‘Ken is there to demonstrate that masculinity is foolish, yucky and reprehensible. Somehow, however, Gosling’s performance countermands his brief’ … Barbie.

    Barbie’s muddled feminist fantasy still bows to the patriarchy

    David Cox
    Gosling’s charm and Gerwig’s mixed messages mean the real winner is Mattel’s male CEO, and dude-dominated capitalism in general

March 2022

  • Leonardo DiCaprio in Don't Look Up.

    Best picture Oscar hustings
    Why Don’t Look Up should win the best picture Oscar

    By laying bare the roots of human folly, Adam McKay’s fun parable shows how entertainment can generate enlightenment

April 2021

  • Oscar statue in pose of Rodin's The Thinker

    Art or activism? The Oscars’ identity crisis

    This year’s awards will be a battle between political propriety and cinematic excellence. But will medium or message finally triumph?

September 2020

  • Back for more … the audience take their seats for Tenet at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London.

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    I'm Covid vulnerable: dare I do my bit to save our cinemas?

    Britain’s beleaguered picture palaces desperately need bums back on seats. But some filmgoers have to consider the risks more than others

February 2020

  • Female directors deserve to be recognised on merit ... Greta Gerwig at the Oscars on Sunday.

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    A female director Oscar? Three ways to fix film awards season

  • Prince William

    Prince William's Baftas tirade was insultingly misdirected – he should resign as its president

    David Cox

January 2020

  • This image released by A24 films shows Zhao Shuzhen, left, and Awkwafina in a scene from “The Farewell.” Awkwafina won a Globe earlier this month for “The Farewell,” it was a proud moment for Asian Americans in Hollywood _ the first win by an actress of Asian descent in the lead category. There was much hope for an Oscar nod, but alas, it was not to be; in fact the much-admired film was shut out. (Casi Moss/A24 via AP)

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    No politics please, we're Oscar contenders

  • George MacKay in 1917.

    Best picture Oscar hustings
    Why 1917 should win the best picture Oscar

November 2019

  • Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

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    A little rain must fall: the tragic secret of a musical movie masterpiece

    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, a life-enhancing 60s sensation, is about to enrapture a new generation of filmgoers

May 2019

  • This image released by Marvel Studios shows, from left, Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Dave Bautista, Chris Pratt and Pom Klementieff in a scene from “Avengers: Infinity War.” (Marvel Studios via AP)

    Nearing the endgame: is Hollywood's lust for sequels destroying cinema?

    Franchises thrill fans and enrich studios. But in a fast-changing world, familiar comforts may be more harmful than we think

June 2018

  • Genetic curse … Milly Shapiro and Toni Collette in Hereditary.

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    Evil spirit that haunts scary movie Hereditary is the gene genie

    David Cox
    Ari Aster’s horror triumph feeds off suppressed fear that we cannot escape our biological fate – leaving audiences unnerved

July 2017

  • A scene from Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk.

    Film blog
    Bloodless, boring and empty: Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk left me cold

    David Cox
    Nolan’s celebrated story of the evacuation at Dunkirk trades guts and glory for a 12A airbrushed rendering of history. The true story is much more complex – and moving

February 2017

  • Alex Hibbert in Moonlight.

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    Did #OscarsSoWhite work? Looking beyond Hollywood's diversity drought

  • La la land film still with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone: Photo Lionsgate

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    La La Land’s inevitable Oscars win is a disaster for Hollywood – and for us

    David Cox

January 2017

  • Ken Loach celebrates after being awarded the Palme d’Or for I, Daniel Blake

    Film blog
    Why British Baftas frontrunner I, Daniel Blake may betray its own cause

    Ken Loach’s drama leads the field of homegrown contenders at next month’s awards. But does its attack on the way welfare works undermine the principles on which the system depends?

July 2016

  • Going under … Kate Moss in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.

    Film blog
    Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie inadvertently charts the death of top-down celebrity

    David Cox
    Eddy and Pats – plus the 60 stars eager to supply cameos – herald the demise of a glittering cultural hegemony. Fashionistas and PRs are now slaves to public taste, their slogans drowned out by public opinion

April 2016

  • Avengers, disassemble! … new Marvel film Captain America: Civil War.

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    Captain America: Civil War shows why superheroes shouldn’t team up

    David Cox
    Superman and Batman can only seem to summon their superpowers en masse. But I’ll take a Bourne or Bond over a pack of superheroes any day

February 2016

  • Idris Elba<br>Actor Idris Elba poses for photographers upon arrival at the BAFTA 2016 film awards at the Royal Opera House in London, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

    Film blog
    #OscarsSoWhite: who is really to blame for the Oscars' lack of diversity?

  • Christian Bale<br>FILE - In this file image released by Paramount Pictures, Christian Bale appears in a scene from "The Big Short." Star-studded financial crisis comedy "The Big Short" gained some much-need Oscar equity Saturday night, Jan. 23, 2016, receiving the Producers Guild of America's highest film award at a ceremony in Los Angeles. (Jaap Buitendijk/Paramount Pictures via AP, File)

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    The Big Short: should you seek your fortune in this film?

December 2015

  • (FILES) - A file picture taken on October 28, 2015 shows British actor Daniel Craig posing for photographers at a photocall for the new James Bond film 'Spectre' in Berlin. It's the country that gave the world the Kama Sutra, but India's notoriously prudish film board has ruled that long kissing scenes in the new James Bond movie "Spectre" are not suitable for Indian audiences. The Mumbai-based Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has reined in the fictional British spy's famously lusty romantic life by cutting the length of two passionate embrace scenes, its chairperson told AFP. AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ /FILESTOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images

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    How James Bond rescued filmgoers from the Spectre of Americanisation

    In avoiding the clutches of American English in his latest outing, 007 lands a lexical blow that keeps the British end up. But is there a wider agenda at work?
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