Category: Arts
Surgery, real sex and water sports: Louise Weard on her four-hour camcorder trans film Castration Movie Part One
When Louise Weard began shooting her debut film in 2023, she envisaged it as a snappy, 90-minute portrait of a group of queer and transgender [more…]
The Who announce ‘bittersweet final tour’ of US and Canada
The Who have announced a final farewell tour of the US and Canada. The British rock band, who played their first American concerts back in [more…]
Ready or not, here she comes: Lauryn Hill’s 20 best songs – ranked!
20. Fugees – Nappy Heads (1994) The closest their debut album Blunted on Reality came to a crossover hit, Nappy Heads is almost unrecognisable as [more…]
Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films to be written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne
The award-winning British writers Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne will pen Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films, it has been reported. The four biopics, [more…]
Nicolas Cage: ‘I don’t think a day goes by where I’m not mistaken for Nick Cave’
What do you remember of that appearance on Wogan? What was Terry like in real life? Have you still got that leather jacket, and the [more…]
Irish broadcaster requests discussion over Israel’s Eurovision participation
Ireland’s public broadcaster has asked the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for a discussion about Israel’s inclusion in the Eurovision song contest, as 72 former contestants [more…]
PinkPantheress: Fancy That review – sharp-minded bops hop across pop’s past and present
There’s something telling about the fact that PinkPantheress launched the first single from her second mixtape with a video boasting that it was 2:57 long. [more…]
Luke, I am … an INTJ? Darth Vader would slice hurtful colleagues in half – not take them to an employment tribunal
This is undeniably a bad time to be Darth Vader. A few weeks ago, Tony Gilroy revealed that Vader would not be appearing in his [more…]
Smokey Robinson denies four housekeepers’ allegations of sexual assault
Smokey Robinson has denied allegations of sexual assault, after four former housekeepers of the Motown star filed a lawsuit with claims including sexual battery, false [more…]
Nigerian film-makers pivot to YouTube as streaming firms pull back
For an entire weekend this March, romcom fever gripped Nigerian social media. Thousands of Nigerians, even in the diaspora, debated fervently about Love in Every [more…]
