Craig McLean
Bones and All: the cannibal love story we didn’t know we needed
Director Luca Guadagnino on combining teenage love with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Lovely.
Arlo Parks refuses to stay broken
After she cancelled shows earlier this autumn for the sake of her mental health, we joined the singer in Iceland for the final gig of her 18-month tour – and found a woman exiting one stage, ready for the next.
White Lotus star Will Sharpe on playing a kit-off tech millionaire
Time to get poolside for a second season in the sun for HBO’s hit dramedy. This time, we’re in Sicily, with the British actor, director and writer among a mostly new cast of the rich and bonkers.
Emma D’Arcy: “I don’t need a double order of Prosecco in my Negroni Sbagliato!”
These and other serious matters of state with House of the Dragon’s breakout star, in a deep-dive discussion as the HBO drama comes to a brilliant climax. Warning: here be spoilers.
Kaitlyn Dever: “Oh my God, I’m in a movie with George Clooney and Julia Roberts!”
Romeo and Juliet… and Rosaline. The Booksmart and Dopesick star on shaking up Shakespeare, loving Louis Vuitton – and defending Olivia Wilde.
Meet Me in the Bathroom is a New York indie sleaze time capsule
London Film Festival: The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and LCD Soundsystem bare all in a brilliant documentary about the early Noughties scene.
God Said Give ’Em Drum Machines and the sound of old Detroit
London Film Festival: techno gets the definitive documentary it deserves, in a brilliant portrait of the genre’s Black pioneers.
Gala quest: the London Film Festival’s big premieres
Ahead of this week’s opening of the LFF, and THE FACE’s rolling coverage, here are the galas and special presentations we’re most looking forward to.
Lewis Capaldi exclusive: “People thought I was on coke”
Botox, Buckfast, behavioural therapy and belly laughs: how the superstar singer-songwriter fought Tourette’s for his triumphant comeback.
These women are the future of TV and cinema
Chase Sui Wonders, Rachel Sennott, Myha’la Herrold, Thuso Mbedu, Whitney Peak and Rain Spencer are starring in some of the most exciting projects on screens big and small over the coming months.
Myha’la Herrold: “My mom and I get tattoos every time we’re together”
Talking complex characters and her new slasher flick with Industry’s breakout star.
How Megan Richards found The Rings of Power
The West Londoner was only 19 when she was cast in the new blockbuster Lord of the Rings series – and knew nothing about Tolkien’s beloved epic. But 20 months’ filming in New Zealand didn’t phase the newcomer. She’s a hard hobbit to break [we're truly sorry – Ed].
Our first picks from the London Film Festival 2022
Coming soon to a screen near you, wherever you are, next month’s LFF offers visual thrills galore.
Nope’s Steven Yeun on the summer’s most alien blockbuster
The third movie from Get Out and Us director Jordan Peele is a sci-fi horror that asks us to look to the skies, to Hollywood and to our own hunger for entertainment. “It feels like it’s saying a lot,” says Yeun. “And maybe everything.”
Industry’s Harry Lawtey: “The sex is a transaction of power”
As the darkly compulsive HBO/BBC finance drama returns, the actor explains why, in the new series, his character Robert isn’t a total banker… or is he?
“A dream come true”: Lost Lioness Chris Lockwood on her Euro ’22 pride
Football’s coming home… nearly. Hopefully. Ahead of this weekend’s England-Germany Euro 2022 final, one of 1971’s fabled Lost Lionesses reflects on the 50-year journey of the formerly-banned women’s game.
How Taika Waititi brought rock’n’roll to Hollywood (and Thor)
The funniest, busiest multi-hyphenate in the biz brings a rebellious spirit to every project, including his latest addition to the MCU, Thor: Love and Thunder. How does he do it? And where are his shoes?
This is the year’s most dreadful film
Caleb Landry Jones scooped the top acting prize at Cannes for his chilling portrayal of a real-life Australian killer in Justin Kurzel’s film, Nitram. But would the Texan actor really rather be making wiggy psych albums and watching vintage British sitcoms?
Cha Cha Real Smooth: Cooper Raiff’s feelgood indie-movie two-step
The 25-year-old writer/director/actor wowed Sundance and SXSW. Now, as his good-natured romance co-starring Dakota Johnson comes to Apple TV+, we ask “Generation TikTok’s auteur”: where did it all go right?
My Media Diet: The Wire creator David Simon
We speak to the writer and showrunner about the inspiration for his brilliant new HBO drama, We Own This City, and the other media that shapes him.