Category: Arts
Summer of 69 film review – charming, if overfamiliar, teen sex comedy
In Summer of 69, a comedy that premiered at SXSW in March, poor Bryan Adams doesn’t even get a mention. Rather than coasting on the [more…]
‘A safe haven from racial violence’: Sinners shows the importance of juke joints
In Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, the Smokestack twins – a gangster pair played by Michael B Jordan – return to their Mississippi Delta home town to [more…]
Aardman announces third Shaun the Sheep movie: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
A Halloween-themed third Shaun the Sheep film is in the works from Aardman Animations, following hot on the heels of the success of Wallace & [more…]
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd review – timely, human-scale recap of momentous times
It’s been a long five years since the horrific murder of George Floyd – long enough to have forgotten the international uprising it provoked, perhaps, [more…]
‘It’ll be solemn, enshrining his ashes’: statue of Lemmy to be unveiled in his home town of Stoke-on-Trent
“That’s the street where Lemmy lived,” says sculptor Andy Edwards as we drive into the town of Burslem in the north of Stoke-on-Trent, past terrace [more…]
Ocean with David Attenborough review – a passionate case against the ruination of the seas
A visual marvel like all his work, governed by his own matchless authority and striking a steady tonal balance between warning and hope, David Attenborough’s [more…]
Desire: The Carl Craig Story review – goatee-stroking homage to a techno legend
This film about Detroit’s techno-scene éminence grise Carl Craig is as sober, goatee-stroking and serious as the kind of liner notes that squeezed into a [more…]
Smokey Robinson accused of sexual assault by four women in $50m lawsuit
The Motown legend William “Smokey” Robinson has been accused of sexual assault and misconduct by four women – identified only as Jane Does 1, 2, [more…]
Robbie Williams: Radical Honesty review – ‘Tone deaf, self-important, incredibly bad art’
For a while there, Robbie Williams was pretty damn insistent that he would just rock all night, DJ. But artistic geniuses cannot live on rock [more…]
Drug runs for the Stones, a love triangle with Joni Mitchell: has Chris O’Dell had the music industry’s wildest career?
‘When you start with the Beatles, your résumé looks pretty good,” Chris O’Dell says. A new documentary charts the extent of that CV, as a [more…]
