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Maika Monroe: Longlegs’ new-gen scream queen
The Californian actor is the star of terrifying horror Longlegs, a decade after she was the star of another terrifying horror, It Follows. Here’s how pro kiteboarding’s loss was fright night’s gain...
Winter Vandenbrink documents young people searching for subculture
For his new book Vandals, the photographer shot cool kids on the streets of New York, Amsterdam, Paris and London.
MaXXXine is the final girl’s final boss
The much-debated slasher trope has a few classic traits: pure, virginal, generally morally superior and worthy of survival. In MaXXXine, the last film in Ti West's horror trilogy, he smashes them all.
Supacell is the Black British TV show that’s “never been done before”
Netflix’s new series stars 21-year-old Josh Tedeku as a small-time gangster who gains the power of invisibility. It's essentially Black Britain’s answer to E4’s late-noughties hit Misfits, asking the age-old comic book question: what if normal people acquired superpowers?
The North Face Climb Festival is landing in London
The French trio bringing queer club culture to ballet
They’ve thrown punches with Madonna, got down and dirty with Sam Smith and turned ballet dancers into ski-masked street fighters. Meet (LA)HORDE, the French trio who, as the directors of Ballet national de Marseille, have a vision of modern dance that might just be the future
In Loving Memory of Work: Craig Oldham’s toolkit for resistance
Forty years after the Battle of Orgreave, the creativity of those who took part in the 1984-5 miners’ strike has been carefully documented by the Barnsley designer.
Chase Infiniti is the breakout star of Presumed Innocent
And with a very (very) secretive role alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Paul Thomas Anderson’s follow-up to Licorice Pizza, her prospects are as boundless as her name.
Emma D’Arcy: “A film of sweat is really sexy”
We gave the House of the Dragon actor a ring to talk books, birthday suits, and the allure of an egg mayo sandwich (you heard).
Je Suis Casting is the hottest agency in fashion
Behind every face on a billboard is the casting director that first saw its potential. Founder of Viennese agency Je Suis Casting, Franziska Bachofen-Echt, introduces us to 19 cheekbones of tomorrow.
Ishana Night Shyamalan: “I’m nerdy about fantasy and horror”
The Night Shyamalan family’s business is horror – and business is good. This summer, two twenty-something members of the filmmaking clan make their big-screen debuts. First up, director Ishana and her Ireland-set scary-tale The Watched…
7 names you need to know this summer
Ones to watch in fashion, film, architecture, art and music. Get into it.
Wolfgang Tillmans and Scott King: “Looking at what keeps society together is what’s needed”
Three decades after first meeting at i-D, the creative duo have reunited for a series of downloadable designs to help get young people to polling stations ahead of the European Parliament elections.
Maya Hawke is done with all the chaos
The Stranger Things actor talks her upcoming third album, Chaos Angel, and the final season of the show that made her a star.
How Jake Shane claimed TikTok’s comedy throne
He made a name for himself reviewing octopus dishes, before turning his hand to hyper-specific reenactments of historical events, such as John Hancock’s mega-signature on Declaration of Independence. What could possibly be next?
The Standard Ibiza returns for a red-hot summer holiday
The chic hotel re-opened its rooftop bar, UP, with an intimate live performance by Nabihah Iqbal.
Stacy Kranitz is photographing life in rural Appalachia
In her new exhibition, As It Was Give(n) To Me, Stacy Kranitz subverts poverty porn in pursuit of a more accurate portrayal of working class communities.
Saura Lightfoot-Leon on leading Luna Carmoon’s wild debut film, Hoard
Ahead of its release on Friday, we caught up with the Dutch newcomer to talk about her first major role in a film that throws all conventions out of the window… and then some. Sex, grief, food fights – Hoard has got it all.
Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland embrace excess
They're not two artists you'd immediately pair together. But a new exhibition is showcasing perviously unearthed similarities between Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland – namely, big bums and an affinity with queer culture.
Grime photographer Simon Wheatley on his Corteiz collaboration
The snapper captured scene legend MC Crazy Titch back in 2004. Now, the image is featured on a new jacket from Clint’s maverick label.
Maya Golyshkina is using her body as a canvas
The Russian artist transforms herself into sculptures of blooming flowers, naughty nurses and, er, hotdogs. You can see it all for yourself in her new solo exhibition.
Frank Lebon bares his soul in One Blood
The photographer is gearing up for the release of his first ever photobook – his most intimate work yet.
Swiss artist James Bantone is obsessed with perception
Following his collaboration with UGG, James talks us through his new exhibition from Milan Design Week.