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Quan, Tár, Fraser, Coolidge, mic drop. The success story this awards season is of actors and directors battling back from the brink. Here’s to the silver screen’s own revival spiral.

Oscar-nominated doc All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a potent portrayal of loss and addiction, following the artist’s fight against deadly inequality, corporate greed and big pharma, writes Amelia Abraham.

After leaving Merthyr Tydfil, photographer Aran Harris felt at odds with his sense of home. In Hiraeth, he sees his Welsh roots in a whole new light.

Call Sheet: LaBelle was an unknown Canadian teenager when he was cast as a young Steven Spielberg in The Fabelmans. Almost as much pressure as that time he choked in a Riverdale audition…

Can’t get enough of cannibal corpses? Calm down, sicko. We’ve got plenty more for you here.

Anna Cafolla makes January a bit more bearable with this list of transgressive classics, post break-up reads, books that satirise trauma and slow-burning thrillers.

He’s climbed the ranks of Top Boy, worked with Sir Steve McQueen and even bagged a BAFTA. But Empire of Light presented the actor’s biggest, most feathery challenge yet.

My Media Diet: The new leading man on the Black-ish spin-off gives us a peep behind his black mirror, memes and all.

The most depressing day of the year is upon us, so we’ve compiled a list of our favourite films for you to curl up with and wallow.

We managed to secure an exclusive with the biggest, baddest AI diva in Hollywood. ChatGPT3 has nothing on this killer doll. M3GAN's so sweet, she's to die for.

Alongside Cate Blanchett, newcomer Sophie Kauer is the stand-out in Tár. As the brilliant psychological drama starts hoovering up awards-season love, we speak to the 21-year-old music student from Guildford – and tap her for an exclusive "Introduction to Classical Music" playlist.

From M3GAN’s pre-kill performance to Wednesday’s Spooky Girl’s Frug, there’s only one way to dance right now: utterly deranged.

My Media Diet: Here’s what FSN’s big boss gets up to when he’s not busy writing fictional celebrity headlines and waxing lyrical about Rihanna taking the bins out.

Filmmaker Leo Leigh's evocative photo book revisits an unearthed box of tapes from his youth. Cue: McDonald's wrappers, smoking on busses, and bongs.

The artist has unveiled a 19ft behemoth created using rubbish excavated from Bali’s rivers. Now he hopes to inspire a new generation to think about sustainability.

Dollies and mermaids and whales, oh my! Counting down the movie magic we’re most excited about this year.

Zombies, cannibals, bitchy witches and not-so-super heroes will all be invading your telly this year. Your best defence? A comfy sofa.

Instagram-surrealism, Jeffrey Campbell Litas, custom-made drugs and finding new ways to entertain ourselves: our favourite Substack writers more weigh in on the future of everything.

Meet the actors, musicians, and designers looking to leave their mark this year.

Call sheet: From Moonlight acclaim to a lead role in Whitney biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody, the path to becoming a critical darling has never looked so chic.

The five best non-lead TV actors of 2022 #5: The youngest sibling in Sharon Horgan’s firecracker ensemble dramedy had us crushing in all the right ways.

The five best non-lead TV characters of 2022 #4: One half of the local duo that indisputably won the second series of the mega HBO show, Mia made getting everything you ever wanted look easy.

The five best non-lead TV characters of 2022 #3: In a cast full of weirdos, misfits and psychopaths, this queen bee proved that bitches have hearts, too.