Culture

The Tez O’Clock Show sticks two fingers up at political correctness

A brown comedian fills Channel 4’s prime comedy slot! Could the next wave of British Asians since Bend It Like Beckham be hitting our screens?

The untold story of young Jeff Goldblum “playing piano for that ass”

The beloved actor and jazz musician reminisces on his teen years smashing… the ivories in Pittsburgh.

What Kiki’s Delivery Service tells us about burnout

The Studio Ghibli film turns 30 this week, but continues to reverberate with a relevant message of what happens when we overextend ourselves at work.

Superfan: Beth Ditto as Divine

Introducing Superfan, our new series in which a contemporary icon meets the classic, like a green tea-infused four-finger Kit Kat.

Ever watched ‘Britney Ever After’ and felt zero pangs of guilt?

Philippa Snow investigates the thrilling ingredients of Lifetime’s campy, celebrity downfall biopics.

Into the void with New York’s most talked about comedian

Catherine Cohen is the acid-smart cabaret comedian blowing-up every “one to watch” list.

Jamie Bell plays a neo-Nazi in ‘Skin’, his best performance to date

The actor is unrecognisable as a tatted up, tough-talking skinhead – trying to abandon a life of hatred – in this must-watch film.

The Big Mood: the ‘Cats’ trailer

One week, one mood: Moya Lothian-Mclean’s deep-dive into the feel of the week.

Death and the videogame

From the danse macabre to Charon the boatman, video games are reinventing myths about dying.

Revelations 002: Little Simz

In our second episode, the rapper busts a move, thinks about her favourite sandwich and attempts to tell us the meaning of life...

What was it like on the set of Trainspotting?

February, 1996: A first-hand scoop into the bleak world of the ’90s cult classic, taken from our archive.

Rhianne Barreto on her role as a teen struggling with the fallout of her sexual assault

The British actress makes the Sundance Grand Jury prize-winning film an uncomfortable, important watch.

How Skepta’s vision of a loved-up future rave came to life

For the past three nights Skeppy’s been offering up a utopia within a dystopia at Manchester International Festival. No phones, no socials. All love and AI.

Are you afraid of the light?

With Ari Aster’s fluoro-frightener Midsommar in cinemas, we explore the terrifying tradition of things that go bump in the day.

The Big Mood: FaceApp

One week, one mood: Moya Lothian-Mclean’s deep-dive into the feel of the week.

“Three Women feels like an erotic version of a Netflix true crime doc…”

Author Lisa Taddeo on her decade of research on desire and writing the year’s most talked-about book.

How the ’90s changed cinema forever

In partnership with BFI

Films that told the future 003: Demolition Man

A cryogenic prison, self-driving cars, and some solid gold forecasting that not even the highest calibre sci-fi came close to predicting.

Berliners love a good lake

Germany provides quite the setting for those in favour of al fresco nudity. Photographer Spyros Rennt captures the bustling queer scene at Berlin’s favourite outdoor hang-out spot.

How Ari Aster built Midsommar’s gory, nightmarish world

The director explains the occult inspirations behind the year’s creepiest film – with spoilers aplenty.

Sweet Harmony: how rave was about way more than hedonism

Exploring the impact and the legacy of the Second Summer of Love, 30 years on, with the Saatchi Gallery’s acid house retrospective.

Sheryl Garratt:“it’s time for a new generation to make something subversive of their own”

The former Face editor reminisces about the golden era of rave ahead of Sweet Harmony, an exhibition seeking to inspire countercultural activity.

Spit Fire, Dream Higher: it’s all about the girls

Adwoa Aboah and Felix Cooper’s collaborative doc hands the mic to budding footballers across the globe.

The Big Mood: Toulouse the limelight-stealing terrier

One week, one mood: Moya Lothian-Mclean’s deep-dive into the feel of the week.