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Rebecca Liu

Rebecca Liu is a Guardian commissioning editor

August 2024

  • EmilyInParisWEb

    ‘I never understood the hate’: behind the scenes on Emily in Paris, TV’s guiltiest pleasure

    The chirpy comedy-drama was a lockdown hit despite a snooty response from critics and Parisians alike. As it returns for season four, we go on set to meet the people making TV’s most divisive show

July 2024

  • Location, location, location … a scene from House of the Dragon, part of which is filmed in Cornwall.

    ‘We made the Maldives from a hotel in Heathrow airport’: Hollywood location scouts reveal their secrets

  • The Imaginary. Netflix © 2024 Ponoc

    The Imaginary review – charming anime about made-up best friends from former Ghibli protege

June 2024

  • Betrayed … Kim Si-Eun is Sohee in Next Sohee

    Next Sohee review – Korean high schooler traumatised by call centre internship

    A student experiences the grim realities of the workplace in July Jung’s chilling portrait of a generation of South Koreans let down by society

May 2024

  • A group of young people in a van in a scene from Gasoline Rainbow

    Gasoline Rainbow review – a free-ranging coming-of-age ode to the curiosity of youth

  • Slow, Dir: Marija Kavtaradze Press publicity film still supplied by PR

    Slow review – intimate portrait of asexual romance unfolds at unhurried pace

April 2024

  • Evil Does Not Exist

    Oscar-winning director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi: ‘The world is full of mystery and absurdity’

    After being catapulted to the big time with Drive My Car, the director’s next film Evil Does Not Exist has helped him escape the pressure of his success – and is designed to retain an air of the unknown

March 2024

  • EMPRESS OF

    ‘I would love to not be underrated’: pop experimentalist Empress Of on vulnerability, fame and fun

    The musician Loreley Rodriguez gained a cult following for songs about heartbreak and anxiety – now her new album pays tribute to pleasure. She talks about her pop inspirations, social media and enjoying her ‘single era’

February 2024

  • Carrie Sun

    Private equity review – an insider’s account of high finance

  • Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a Fall.

    Best picture Oscar hustings
    Why Anatomy of a Fall should win the best picture Oscar

January 2024

  • Kiley Reid

    Race and money
    ‘Money runs our lives’: novelist Kiley Reid on education, excess and what makes us squirm

    Following her bestselling debut Such a Fun Age, Reid has turned to campus life for her new book Come and Get It. She talks class, money and why becoming a mother has made her a better writer
  • Tobi Lakmaker

    The History of My Sexuality by Tobi Lakmaker review – funny failures

    An aspiring Dutch writer discusses love, loss and philosophy in this sweetly questioning coming-of-age novel
  • Deeply meditative … Samsara.

    ‘I will never forget this’: Samsara, the film you watch with your eyes shut

    Drawing from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Lois Patiño’s film features a 15-minute light-and-sound interlude in which viewers can join the star on his journey to the afterlife

December 2023

  • IMDb Exclusive Portrait Studio At The 2023 Critics Choice Celebration Honoring Black, Latino &amp; AAPI Achievements<br>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 04: Greta Lee poses in the IMDb Exclusive Portrait Studio at the 2023 Critics Choice Celebration Honoring Black, Latino &amp; AAPI Achievements at Fairmont Century Plaza on December 04, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Rowe/Getty Images for IMDb)

    Best films UK 2023
    Greta Lee on Past Lives: ‘Seeing an Asian woman 15ft high felt so radical and really dangerous’

    The star of the Guardian’s No 1 film of 2023 on why it touched so many different generations – and how she enjoys making people cry
  • An inevitable question … Anatomy of a Fall

    Best films UK 2023
    Best films of 2023 in the UK: No 8 – Anatomy of a Fall

    A novelist turns from witness to prime suspect when her husband is found dead by their blind son in Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning courtroom drama
  • An inevitable question … Anatomy of a Fall

    Best movies US 2023
    Best movies of 2023 in the US: No 10 – Anatomy of a Fall

    A novelist turns from witness to prime suspect when her husband is found dead by their blind son in Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning courtroom drama

November 2023

  • A devastating jolt to the heart … (L-R) Beverley Knight, Azealia Banks and Jeff Tweedy from Wilco.

    ‘A reminder that life has to be lived’: the lyrics that got us through 2023

    A new Youth Music survey said that 93% of young people use lyrics as a therapeutic tool for mental health. Our writers share the lines they kept close this year

September 2023

  • The fantasy of a reunion … Greta Lee as Nora Moon and Teo Yoo as Hae Sung in Past Lives.

    Many unhappy returns: why Asian immigrant cinema is challenging the meaning of home

    From Crazy Rich Asians to new romance Past Lives, a raft of recent movies has featured reconnections with distant homelands – deftly addressing complex questions around diaspora and identity

August 2023

  • Hannah Bourne-Taylor

    Today in Focus
    The curious world of the Guardian’s Experience column

    Rebecca Liu discusses her role as a commissioning editor at the Guardian’s Experience column and we hear three stories from those who have been featured in the column

July 2023

  • Ñuhyz zaldrīzesse gevī issi’ … which, of course, translates to ‘My dragons are beautiful’.

    Parlez-vous Valyrian? Meet the people creating languages for Game of Thrones, Avatar and more

    Half a million Duolingo users are currently learning High Valyrian. But how do you make a language out of nothing? The linguists behind top fantasy TV shows and films explain
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