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Clanger: Denzel Washington plays a music mogul in his new movie directed by Spike Lee in an unsubtle mood. Photo: A24/Apple Original Films

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite with mixed results

Highest 2 Lowest brings together Spike Lee, Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky in a stylish but uneven exploration of legacy, hip-hop and powe

Game is up: Taron Egerton plays Henk, a Dutch video game designer and entrepreneur, in the movie Tetris. Photo: Angus Pigott/Apple TV

One MOVIE, Two Takes: ‘TETRIS’

Movie about the origins of the computer game Tetris has plenty of action to keep you glued to the screen

One film Two Takes: Emancipation

Will Smith stars in the film Emancipation, which tells the story of an enslaved man named Peter whose back bore the scars of slavery captured in the 1863 photograph Whipped Peter

To Sidney, with love: The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary is a collaboration with his family and honours the first black man to ever win an Academy Award (for Lilies of the Field, in 1964).

One Film, Two Takes: Sidney

This documentary tracks the life of an actor who walked a tightrope in white Hollywood

Satellite TV and streaming are giving viewers an unprecedented number of choices.

Competition breaks TV hegemony

At last, television viewers in South Africa are being given real alternatives to the fare forced on them.

Prime time — all the time

Apple TV is bound to get the television industry feeling decidely nervous.

It’s less than two years since Tim Cook took over from Steve Jobs

Has Apple lost its bite?

Apple is expected to post its worst financial results for a decade, with profits falling for the first time since 2003 and revenues flat on last year.

Google and Apple to go head to head over ‘smart’ TVs

LG and Samsung to join Sony and Vizio in producing Android sets, while Apple is expected to launch iTV later this year.

iTV: The television that will respond when you shout at it

After success in the music and phone markets, company hopes to realise Steve Jobs’s ambition for new hi-tech product.