Claressa Shields was two months removed from defending her Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games when an email from Hollywood landed
Author: Sarah Mitchell
From Charli xcx to Chat Pile: Guardian readers’ favourite albums of 2024
Chat Pile – Cool World I often feel overwhelmed by the lengths some people will go to literally watch the world burn. Chat Pile seem
Ethiopian resistance hero’s family tries to reclaim medal taken by Italian troops
The descendants of a hero of Ethiopia’s resistance against European imperialism are seeking to retrieve a gold medal taken from him by Italian troops, after
Dirty Three, Amyl and the Sniffers and Emily Wurramara: the best Australian albums of 2024
Amyl and the Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness Key track: Chewing Gum Credit to Amyl and the Sniffers for not standing still: the creative growth of
All of Us Strangers and 45 Years both won the Guardian’s film of the year. That’s not all that unites them
All of Us Strangers may have missed out on awards earlier in the year (no Bafta wins, no Oscar nominations) but it has won the
Jack Draper faces battle to be in top shape for Australian Open after injury
Jack Draper faces a race against time to be in top physical shape for the Australian Open next month after suffering a hip injury during
Invitation to a Murder review – florist-detective leads crime yarn that out-cosies Agatha Christie
Serviceable but underwhelming, this murder mystery is very old-school in every way, reminiscent of many an Agatha Christie page-turner and even more so of Christie’s
Detained review – Abbie Cornish is best thing in twisty noir that flirts with ridiculousness
When Rebecca (Abbie Cornish) wakes up handcuffed in a police interview room with no memory of how she got there, something feels off. The officers
Max Purcell to miss Australian Open after accepting ban for anti-doping breach
Australia’s two-time doubles grand-slam winner Max Purcell has been provisionally suspended over an alleged violation of tennis’ anti-doping program. The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced
A Man and a Camera review – doorstep prank movie is pass-agg psychological study
Dutch film-maker Guido Hendrikx has given us a funny but also somewhat slippery and disingenuous bit of pass-agg provocation, somewhere between documentary cinema and conceptual