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Based on data documenting 14,875 violations, the Free Speech Collective’s latest report traces how killings, arrests, mass censorship, corporate pressure and regulatory overreach combined to shrink ...

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After a year that has whiplashed between genius and landfill, here are the 25 films from across the world that justified the obsession and proved cinema still has bite, pulse, humour, fury, and the ...