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Reconsideration of the way their lives were 'spun' for public consumption at the height of their fame is so interesting, it makes you wish there was more of it.

Through the medium of drag – and with plenty of wit and glamour to enjoy along the way – Danger highlights the unreasonable expectations placed on all feminine people.

This is unpleasant, deliberately so.

You don’t need to know anything about basketball to note the contrast between their desperate leaps and the ease with which she slips the ball into the net

Mirza may sometimes over-indulge in sentiment, but there’s a warmth to the film that makes it easy to like, and she handles its more chaotic scenes with flair.

A black-and-white gem that truly deserves to be hailed as a 'lost classic'.

Rosset has a welcoming style, the higgledy-piggledy houses of the town, each with their busily writing humans welcome repeat viewings to you can consider the details of them all.

While in some ways the collapsing of the Siegels' wealth may seem like commeuppance for their excessiveness, Greenfield has painted such a human portrait that Jackie, in particular, remains sympathetic, even when she is adding to her own tragedy.

A few contrived moments, such as the metaphorical stag the Queen spots on her estate, only marginally detract from what is otherwise a fascinating drama on previously uncharted cinematic territory.