Category: Arts
‘You have to get behind the song’: singer Sam Amidon on fronting Bon Iver, schooling Paul Mescal and the new folk revival
Sam Amidon grew up in the 1980s, but his Vermont childhood was “almost like a refuge” from the gaudiest decade. His hippy parents were folk-singer [more…]
‘He made me feel I didn’t need to fit in’: readers’ tributes to David Lynch – and their most Lynchian photograph
‘My mother shooed me away so she could watch Twin Peaks’ View image in fullscreen I live in a forested part of the UK that [more…]
Stray Dog/High and Low review – Kurosawa lifts crime drama to astonishing new peaks
Akira Kurosawa’s scalding 1949 cop thriller Stray Dog (★★★★★), with its extended closeup shot of a mad dog snarling into the camera over the opening [more…]
Lloyd Cole review – still causing a gentle commotion
Lloyd Cole is singing songs of love and pain, and singing them very well. But, ach, you can’t please everyone. “Lost Weekend!” shouts a fan [more…]
‘I will fall over’: Judi Dench says worsening eyesight means she can’t go out alone
Judi Dench has said she can no longer attend events or go out alone due to her deteriorating eyesight, saying she now needs someone to [more…]
Chris Brown sues Warner Bros for $500m over sexual assault allegations in documentary
The R&B star Chris Brown is suing the media conglomerate Warner Bros Discovery for $500m (£406m) for making defamatory claims against him in the 2024 [more…]
I’m just Kenobi: Ryan Gosling set to join Star Wars franchise in as-yet-untitled movie
Ryan Gosling is to become the newest addition to the Star Wars universe after news emerged that he will star in an as-yet-untitled franchise movie [more…]
Presence review – Soderbergh’s ghost’s-eye movie plays it cool with an unhappy family
Steven Soderbergh has made a ghost story with a screenplay from Hollywood veteran David Koepp. It sticks to a single location – the haunted family [more…]
Garth Hudson, founder member of the Band and Bob Dylan collaborator, dies aged 87
Garth Hudson, the last remaining founder member of the Band, has died aged 87. The multi-instrumentalist, who played keyboards and saxophone for the bestselling 1960s [more…]
‘The hair, the voice, the casual cruelty – they nailed it!’ Bob Dylan experts rate A Complete Unknown
‘They got his green polka-dot blouse right’ Richard Williams, biographer If you’re the sort of Bob Dylan fan who knows stuff like the fate of [more…]
