Category: Arts
The Flaming Lips review – stops and starts make this too much of a good thing
‘You could have had a wee and got back,” the chap behind me says to his partner as Wayne Coyne comes to the close of [more…]
‘Tragedy to transcendence’: Alice Coltrane exhibit honors jazz legend’s sonic and spiritual legacy
View image in fullscreen Om … Om … Om … Sita Coltrane always opens with three oms. It’s a practice she inherited from her mother, [more…]
How did Hitler’s film-maker hide her complicity from the world?
Leni Riefenstahl had several successes at the Venice film festival. In 1932, the festival’s inaugural year, the German film-maker’s mystical mountain drama The Blue Light [more…]
Gallagher brothers perform together for first time in 16 years in London working men’s club
Liam and Noel Gallagher have performed together for the first time in 16 years in a working men’s club in north London, according to reports. [more…]
‘It feels empty’: is Hollywood film and TV production in a death spiral?
When screenwriter David Scarpa visits the great Hollywood studios these days, he is struck by what is missing. “It used to be you’d walk around [more…]
‘Beyoncé and Solange tell me off all the time’: Tina Knowles on raising superstars, surviving cancer and growing up under segregation
It’s been a decade since Tina Knowles started dictating her life story into her phone for her grandchildren and future great-grandchildren. She wanted them to [more…]
Andor, Pink Floyd at Pompeii and Conclave: the week in rave reviews
TVIf you only watch one, make it … Andor season two Disney+; new episodes Wednesdays Summed up in a sentence Star Wars for grownups returns [more…]
‘People can’t imagine something on that scale dying’: Anohni on mourning the Great Barrier Reef
Anohni Hegarty is about to go to the Great Barrier Reef for the first time. “I feel like I’m going to Auschwitz,” she says nervously. [more…]
Francis Ford Coppola unveils Megalopolis graphic novel
Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola’s $120m passion project, was neither a box office nor a critical success on release last year. Largely funded by the sale [more…]
Tinā: the tiny, big-hearted New Zealand movie that became a smash hit – against the odds
Days after Tinā premiered in February, lead actress Anapela Polataivao’s 80-year-old aunt stood up in church and implored her congregation to see the film. “She [more…]