Category: Arts
Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors, dies aged 65
Val Kilmer, the actor best known for his roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors, has died at the age of 65. His [more…]
Balomania review – those magnificent Brazilians and their flying balloons
An intriguing film set in Brazil, first shown last year at the CPH:DOX documentary festival in Copenhagen, in which expatriate Danish film-maker Sissel Morell Dargis [more…]
Sebastian review – journalist turned sex-worker aims to turn side-hustle into art
Sex work as a window into human nature is a longstanding theme in cinema, from Kenji Mizoguchi’s Street of Shame to Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, [more…]
The full comté: quest to make a semi-hard cheese is French cinema’s breakout hit of the year
Louise Courvoisier grew up the daughter of farmers in France’s eastern Jura region and, by the time she was 15, was desperate to leave this [more…]
Help! Why are none of the new Beatles cast from Liverpool? | Peter Bradshaw
Sam Mendes has announced the cast for his colossal four-film Beatles extravaganza: Harris Dickinson as John, Paul Mescal as Paul, Barry Keoghan as Ringo and [more…]
‘I feel as though I’ve been in chains’: the bittersweet life of lovers rock legend Mari’ Pierre
In December 1978, Marie Pierre was at No 1 in the UK reggae chart with the lovers rock classic Walk Away, a beautiful tearstained lament [more…]
Trump joined by Kid Rock as he signs order to crack down on ticket scalpers
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that aimed to protect fans by cracking down on “exploitative ticket scalping” and introduced “commonsense reforms” to [more…]
Zadie Smith on the magic of Tracy Chapman: ‘She didn’t just look like us – she was singing our songs’
On 11 June 1988, I was 12 and sitting with my family watching the Free Nelson Mandela Concert on TV. As a clan, we were [more…]
Oliver Stone to testify at John F Kennedy assassination hearing
Film director Oliver Stone will testify at a US House of Representatives hearing on Tuesday that is considering thousands of pages of documents related to [more…]
Yes, Helen Mirren, James Bond is profoundly sexist. But more than a telling off, he needs a face-off
Helen Mirren has said that there is no earthly point in getting a woman to play James Bond because the world’s most famous fictional spy [more…]
