‘It was terrifying but screw it’: the director who had to disown her film to get an Oscar nomination
The director Amanda Nell Eu has always been a bit of a rebel, she says over video chat from her home in Kuala Lumpur. “When
Standing stones, urban hellscapes and male nudes: Derek Jarman’s glorious Super 8 short films
Thirty years after his death in February 1994, it is perhaps unexpected that Derek Jarman – multi-faceted artist, activist, film-maker, socialiser – is probably now
Disney to ‘focus on quality’ as it plans to cut output – including Marvel movies
Disney plans to release fewer movies and “focus more on quality” in its key franchises, following of a string of high-profile flops at the box
Are you better with apostrophes than a Yorkshire database? – quiz
This week there were reports that residents of North Yorkshire were irked that their road signs were having punctuation removed to make it easier for
‘He growls death metal in his pants!’ The Eurovision 2024 bangers to watch out for
Nemo – The Code (Switzerland) The bookies’ favourite, and you can see why. For one thing, it addresses a hot-button social issue – the lyrics
Eze and Olise shine for Glasner but suitors circle for Palace’s diamond wingers | Ed Aarons
It is a measure of Oliver Glasner’s confidence in his own ability that the Austrian has never been afraid to crack a joke. Back in
Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet review – proto-punk star comic at his 70s peak
Here is a 70s time capsule as pungent as a brimming pub ashtray. Restored and rereleased, Big Banana Feet is the 1976 documentary about Billy
‘I feel super gassed’: Lady Unchained, the prison radio host playing inmates’ raps
“It’s your girl, Lady Unchained, and you’re listening to Free Flow – the instrumental show where we play the beat twice so you can get
‘Blood is on your hands, Biden’: US rapper Macklemore gives support to Palestine and campus protests
Chart-topping US rapper Macklemore has released a new track, Hind’s Hall, which gives robust support to Palestine as well as those protesting at US universities
Hidden City review – Stephen Poliakoff’s convoluted 1980s mystery told with flair
There is great archival and historical interest to the 1987 feature film debut of writer-director Stephen Poliakoff, which now on re-release. It is a peculiar,