Twenty-five years after British South Asians first broke into mainstream culture, a new wave of young brown talent is bringing a collective burst of cultural excitement, racking up big ideas rooted in politics, sexuality, race, nightlife and modern-day romance.
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The legendary American photographer talks about shooting Olivia Rodrigo for our cover, how he once failed at being a monk and not naming the chickens on his farm.
Photographer Marc Vallée’s latest book captures youth culture, coming-of-age and freedom in his optimistic second volume of ’90s Archive.
Podcast: This week we dig into Emerald Fennell's darkly comic second film, with a little help from Saltburn star Archie Madekwe.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell breaks down the cultural touchstones that helped shape her worldview and create her killer second film.
Photographer Alexandra Leese enlisted Kiko Mizuhara, Beabadoobee and more for her latest project, celebrating old-school erotic calendars and 2024’s Chinese zodiac sign.
Mattia Guarnera-MacCarthy’s uncanny airbrushed paintings of muscular bodies and sweaty sportsmen have made him one of London’s most exciting up and comers. Now, he’s looking further afield.
With a glaring lack of spaces dedicated to teen girls outside the judgmental sheen of Instagram and Twitter, where the hell can they go to be alone online? Modern blog Girlhood and Discord might have the answer.
The natural-born rebel discusses making art to shock, performing seances in school toilets and her part in the Tate’s new Women in Revolt exhibition.
The director thrilled a packed cinema with an entertaining post-screening conversation at THE FACE Film Society’s preview of her riotous new film.
In Sam Youkilis’ debut book, Somewhere, the photographer dials up the realness of everyday Italians in all their bronzed glory.
As photography fair Photo Paris welcomes a slew of oh-so-cultured collectors next week, we look to off-shoot Polycopies and find cool teen bedrooms, queer dating and Tokyo’s red light district buried in the bookshelves.
Happy Halloween.
THE FACE Film Society: We're offering you an exclusive and totally free London preview of writer-director Emerald Fennell’s brilliant new film starring Jacob Elordi, Barry Keoghan and Ewan Mitchell.
She's helped define modern celebrity since her ascent into fame. Now, Fox's memoir Down the Drain explains why the internet is still more than a little obsessed.
As the world of “crossover” boxing descended on Manchester last weekend, Clive Martin was given Triple A access to its “biggest, baddest and best event yet”.
Through screenings that unearth cinema's forgotten trans women, queer film societies TGirlsOnFilm and Funeral Parade are giving trans moviegoers a place to come together while shining a light on the thorny history of exploitation cinema.
In their new book Magnetite, photographer Charlie Kwai and creative director Marco Minzoni hit a little-known corner of the Italian riviera. It’s a bit like Skegness, they insist…
We joined fans at the cinema for the Eras Tour doc’s opening weekend in New York. We queued, we cried and, despite ourselves: we danced. This is Taylor (Your Version).
And that’s a wrap. As the curtain closes on this year’s LFF, here are the homegrown highlights to watch out for in cinemas in the coming months.
Isabella Burley, founder of the cult bookshop, is about to swing open the doors of a bricks-and-mortar destination. And to celebrate, she’s also releasing Climax’s first publication, Sophy Rickett’s Pissing Women.
Fishbowls, blowjobs and cheesy Euro-bangers: the powerful and provocative Cannes prize-winner is the holiday film to end them all. We asked its cast and crew all about it.
The Turner Prize-winning artist is behind a new group exhibition at the Turner Contemporary in Margate.
