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‘He wasn’t raping her’: Woody Allen defends Spanish football boss over World Cup kiss

‘He wasn’t raping her’: Woody Allen defends Spanish football boss over World Cup kiss

The veteran director told a Spanish newspaper that it was “only a kiss and it was a friend. What’s wrong with that?”

  • by Garry Maddox

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Does the world’s most famous film festival have a serious man problem?

Does the world’s most famous film festival have a serious man problem?

The rousing reception granted to Johnny Depp at Cannes is just the latest instance of a man being welcomed with open arms after being accused of behaving badly.

  • by Karl Quinn
Love the art, loathe the artist: What to do with the work of monsters?

Love the art, loathe the artist: What to do with the work of monsters?

From Woody Allen to R. Kelly, a creator’s behaviour stains the films, songs and artworks we once loved. But is cancellation the only answer?

  • by Claire Dederer
Comeback stars: Hollywood’s hypocritical attitude to cancelled stars

Comeback stars: Hollywood’s hypocritical attitude to cancelled stars

For some big names, a comeback seems impossible. But is it?

  • by Stephen Armstrong
Outrage... for a few months: the fundamental flaws in cancel culture

Outrage... for a few months: the fundamental flaws in cancel culture

Cancel culture is what happens, experts say, when there is no clear social response to sexual violence. 

  • by Alia E. Dastagir
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn trash documentary series as a ‘hatchet job’

Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn trash documentary series as a ‘hatchet job’

“These documentarians had no interest in the truth,” said Allen and Soon-Yi. “Instead, they spent years surreptitiously collaborating with the Farrows ... to put together a hatchet job riddled with falsehoods.”

  • by Christi Carras
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Allen v Farrow: A heartbreaking story of the unravelling of a family
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Allen v Farrow: A heartbreaking story of the unravelling of a family

The documentary Allen v. Farrow investigates the implosion of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s family in the wake of explosive allegations against Allen.

  • by Michael Idato
New four-part series examines Woody Allen abuse allegations

New four-part series examines Woody Allen abuse allegations

The docuseries Allen v. Farrow, beginning Monday, lays out details of the case that haven’t been shared with the public.

  • by Nicole Sperling
When a publisher's staff become book burners, culture itself is cancelled

When a publisher's staff become book burners, culture itself is cancelled

Managers at publishing houses should stare down staff who object to the publication of controversial authors like Jordan Peterson because every 'cancellation' has a chilling effect on intellectual discourse.

  • by Julie Szego
Woody Allen on cancel culture: 'It's had no impact on me whatsoever'

Woody Allen on cancel culture: 'It's had no impact on me whatsoever'

Amazon dumped him like a hot potato, but Woody Allen insists everything, virus aside, is working out just fine.

  • by Karl Quinn
I don't need cancel culture to tell me where I stand on Woody Allen

I don't need cancel culture to tell me where I stand on Woody Allen

In the new Millennial morality there's no room to debate free speech when it comes to the director's now-rejected memoirs.

  • by Mark Mordue

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