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Something to watch tonight: Friday 13 June

Something to watch tonight: Friday 13 June

Origin (DuVernay, 2023)

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Jun 13, 2025
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Four stills from the films reviewed in the column: Origin, Abigail, Challengers, Mad About the Boy

Origin is a film I’ve found myself thinking a lot about since it arrived almost unnoticed in cinemas a year ago.

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Simultaneously inspired by, and an adaptation of, Isabel Wilkerson’s bestselling book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, the film challenges us to think aga…

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