
Culture


Lilia Buckingham on Hollywood hot takes and industry white lies
Call Sheet: The Los Angeles-born actress talks making on-screen magic in Hocus Pocus 2, her on-set essentials, and juggling films with life as a normal college student.

Nanny: a chilling tale of displacement, love and West African folklore
London Film Festival: director Nikyatu Jusu on her Sundance-winning horror and the secret to making a proper scary film.

13 books to snuggle up with this autumn
Anna Cafolla selects page-turners to spook and satiate the senses, from Jonathan Nunn’s London food odyssey to Philippa’s Snow’s analysis of self-injury as entertainment, with a healthy dose of sexy salaciousness thrown in via Annie Ernaux.

God Said Give ’Em Drum Machines and the sound of old Detroit
London Film Festival: techno gets the definitive documentary it deserves, in a brilliant portrait of the genre’s Black pioneers.

We hardly knew Ye? We knew him all too well
The fashion tide appears to have turned against Kanye West. Yet his opinions have always been clear for anyone unwilling to turn a blind eye.

Gala quest: the London Film Festival’s big premieres
Ahead of this week’s opening of the LFF, and THE FACE’s rolling coverage, here are the galas and special presentations we’re most looking forward to.

“My work is inherently Black and queer”: Villa Lena’s latest artists-in-residence arrive
The second year of a partnership with MQBMBQ sees Lilah Benetti, Terrell Villiers and Iman Person create work in the rather nice sounding Tuscan countryside.

How the psilocybin-dipped world of Entergalactic came to life
Kid Cudi’s new Netflix special Entergalactic has got it all: a cast including Timothée Chalamet and Ty Dolla $ign, a wardrobe designed by the late Virgil Abloh and eye-candy animation. We chat to director Fletcher Moules, the mind behind its surreal world building.

Stephanie LaCava: “What was your reaction to [pivotal plot moment]?”
The New York writer’s exhilarating second novel, I Fear My Pain Interests You, features a distant and unfeeling protagonist. Someone who’s far from the charming, approachable former Vogue journalist who arrives armed with a list of questions for, um, THE FACE. Hmm, just who’s interviewing who, Stephanie?

Lydia West on Inside Man, It’s a Sin besties and candlelit R&R
Callsheet: The London actor spills the beans on her new show Inside Man and not-so embarrassing audition moments.

Forget normal life, join the Circus
London-based photographer Jackson Bowley is back with the second issue of his magazine, and it’s bigger, badder and madder than the last.

DELLI: like Depop, but for foodies
Simon Beckerman, founder of Gen Z’s favourite clothing platform, is entering the culinary world with an app that lets independent chefs and businesses sell food on their own terms.

Geezers need excitement: a history of drugs in football grounds
Violence, racism and verbal abuse are on the rise in Britain’s football grounds. Many blame cocaine. But a number of illegal drugs have been popular among fans at one time or another, with each having an impact on the atmosphere around the sport and the country. Sam Davies takes a deep dive into footy’s druggy underbelly.

Blonde and the cruel cult of Marilyn Monroe
Amy, Diana, Marilyn: dead famous women’s bodies are increasingly being raked over, mythologised and made tragic. When will it end?

My Media Diet: Industry’s Alex Alomar Akpobome
Ahead of the show’s explosive second season release, we caught up with the actor about playing Danny Van Deventer, and, er, sauna blankets.

Step inside Plaster magazine’s Church of Harley Weir
For its fifth issue, the fanzine’s founders Milo Astaire and Finn Constantine trace the rise of the celebrated artist.

You simply have to laugh at The Little Mermaid backlash
Racists are exposing the absolute absurdity of their own prejudice, one poorly constructed argument at a time.

The six best films about uni to watch during freshers
Need to recharge your social battery after answering too many awkward ice-breakers at pre-drinks? Watch these films.

Michael Imperioli: “There’s little room for nuance in America”
The Sopranos actor waxes lyrical about Buddhism, series two of The White Lotus, and the late, great Paulie Walnuts.

Black women are finally getting the three-dimensional TV roles they deserve
Following Quinta Brunson’s historic Emmy win for her acclaimed sitcom Abbott Elementary this week, it seems we’re in the throes of a revolution where Black women are finally getting to play funny, fully-realised roles. And yes, it will be televised.

Should cultural events be cancelled for royal mourning?
Events like Hackney Carnival, Overflo and Boiler Room London have been called off following the Queen’s death, at the expense of organisers and already-struggling businesses.

Whatever happened to the It Girl?
The reign of celebs like Alexa Chung and Cara Delevingne is officially over – but the It Girl is still about. You just have to look a little harder for her.

Movies where behind-the-scenes drama was better than the actual film
Into on-set gossip? Don’t worry, darling. Here’s a rundown of movies where actor feuds, fallouts and scandals have overshadowed the actual plot.