Craig McLean
100% Murkage Dave, the downtempo dancefloor hero
The DJ and club runner-turned-artist discusses his journey from Mike Skinner to Caroline Polachek via Skepta. His Reebok Workouts won’t fail him now.
Trailer of the Week: Pam & Tommy
Because who doesn’t love a Nineties scandal given the splashy telly treatment?
Five films and TV shows to keep us going to the end of November
Screen Time: from a Seoul gone to hell to a Montana ranch ruled by fear, via bent coppers aplenty in Edinburgh, there’s a world of entertainment to thrill this week.
Five films and TV shows to get you over the mid-November hump
Screen Time: From pop queens to tiger kings via drug pushers, a fistful of entertainment to watch this week.
Spencer’s radical take on the Princess Diana myth
Director Pablo Larraín wanted to analyse an icon that gripped even his mum in ’90s Chile. But what does that have to do with Billie Eilish?
Eternals assemble… with the galaxy’s biggest boyband hero?
Director Chloé Zhao and star Kumail Nanjiani discuss the MCU’s new direction. But not, pointedly, One Direction…
Dune director Denis Villeneuve on taking Timothée and Zendaya to the stars and back
An epic sci-fi for people who don’t like sci-fi – that’s only one of this brilliant film’s achievements. Buckle up and settle back for the intergalactic ride of your life.
Trailer of the Week: The Batman
The best view yet of Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s take on The Caped Crusader. Can an Englishman still best known as a swoony vampire convincingly play Gotham’s vigilante enforcer? Answer: YES.
Succession’s Kieran Culkin on the rise of the Roman empire
London Film Festival: As the Best Show on TV ™ returns, Logan Roy’s cockiest offspring spills the beans* on what to expect from series three. *He doesn’t really. But he says other cool stuff.
100% Wet Leg: the Isle of Wight duo who’d like to butter your muffin
Right now, someone somewhere is playing their viral debut single Chaise Longue. As the pair unveil their criminally addictive follow-up, we sit them down to learn the importance of shredding, existentialism “and being silly”.
Flee’s animated tale of refugees, sexuality, home and heart
London Film Festival: the director of the Sundance-winning Danish film on his 25-year connection with his friend and leading man.
Will Poulter on Dopesick’s strong medicine
London Film Festival: the Londoner is starring in the other must-watch TV drama of the season (the other being Succession) (you knew that).
Welcome to the LFF, and cinema’s glorious comeback
Drumroll, curtains, trumpets, lion’s roar, bang on the gong and, best of all, the rustle of popcorn: today marks the opening of the 65th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express.
Peter Pavlov: death rider motorcycle hero
Ready for a gravity-defying, sky-high spin with Planet Circus's biker legend?
Cal the Dragon: the most famous footballer you haven’t heard of
If you just loved football and TikTok, you’d be Cal the Dragon. But you’re not. He is. The clear-headed Notts lad is happiest when he’s saving shots in his gran’s garden and has plenty to say about online life.
From drug godfather to Euphoria: Demetrius Flenory Jr’s wild ride
The actor is making his debut playing his dad, the imprisoned founder of cocaine traffickers Black Mafia Family. Next up: playing Maddy’s boyfriend in Euphoria… possibly. Where did it all go right?
Y: The Last Man: the future is female
…but it’s not as simple and binary as that. The new Disney+ sci-fi series is a brilliant exploration of gender, identity and power when – uh-oh – the world has ended.
Trailer of the Week: West Side Story
Watch the teaser for Stephen Spielberg’s long-awaited musical blockbuster. Are you a Shark or a Jet? Or just someone who likes jazz dancing?
Tremaine Emory’s new collection: “I want it to bring pride to the African diaspora in London”
Denim Tears are not enough: with his new collection for London Fashion Week, Tremaine Emory shines a light on colonialism, colours and uncomfortable British history.