Global culture calendar: September
We welcome in a month packed full of stuff worth getting out of bed for.
Culture
The hands inside the puppets in ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’
Beccy Henderson does more than just move puppets – she brings them to life.
Julia Stiles, ’90s icon, doesn’t go for the flashy roles
Stiles plays a journalist in the all-female crime comedy Hustlers, taking stock of how a group of sex workers scammed a succession of rich men.
‘Joker’ hurts deep on an emotional level
Review: The most anticipated movie of the year made its world premiere at Venice Film Festival this weekend. It’s not for kids.
Controversial memoir ‘A Million Little Pieces’ gets the YBA treatment
Sam Taylor-Johnson opens up about the film tackling addiction and the controversy surrounding a “memoir” built on lies.
Sex appeal, sleaze, dance and disco
How to look good naked: new club night Dirty Mind encourages both tuxedos and birthday suits.
A trip to the Heinz Beanz Muzeum
Review: It does what it says on the tin.
The Big Mood: Popeyes chicken sandwich frenzy
One week, one mood: Moya Lothian-Mclean’s deep-dive into the feel of the week.
Never mind the bollocks, here’s the Sex Beatles
An archival tribute to Oasis, 25 years on from the release of their groundbreaking debut album, Definitely Maybe.
Beatrice Domond: the first female skateboarder to be sponsored by Supreme
The 24-year-old skateboarder who’s pen pals with Bill Strobeck is riding high, with no signs of slowing down.
Daydreaming in Bushwick with Maya Hawke
This daughter of Hollywood moonlights as a singer and has leapt into the spotlight with roles in Stranger Things and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.
John Waters on camp, Trump and being Mr. Know-It-All
The cult filmmaker received the Pardo d’onore Manor career achievement award at Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival. It was a nice excuse for a chat.
The Big Mood: being sued for watching so much Friends at work
One week, one mood: Moya Lothian-Mclean’s deep-dive into the feel of the week.
Blinders, Noughts + Crosses
In the ring or on the screen, actor Jack Rowan is landing all the right punches.
Meet the Damsels of Destruction
They host the only annual all-women demolition derby competition in the United States.
It’s a family affair
Photographer Mark Alesky takes us on a roots reggae sound system visual odyssey.
Hail Satan!
Sort of. A new documentary proving how The Satanic Temple became arguably the most progressive religious group in the US.
The Big Mood: rebounding like Miley Cyrus
One week, one mood: Moya Lothian-Mclean’s deep-dive into the feel of the week.
What’s the link between chicken and knife crime?
As the government launches the controversial #KnifeFree campaign across London’s favourite fried chicken spots, The Face (and the general public) ask why.
Films that told the future 004: ‘Network’
Sidney Lumet’s 1976 film eerily predicted the modern world’s insatiable hunger for live broadcast violence.
Where Kate met Johnny: an oral history of Café Tabac
A deep dive into Roy Liebenthal’s East Village restaurant that defined ’90s New York, from the regulars who made it rule.
What do Bruce Springsteen and a Pakistani lad from Luton have in common?
Gurinder Chadha’s latest film Blinded by the Light is some much-needed optimism in today’s rather grey world, set to the soundtrack of The Boss’ legendary back catalogue.
