Film-maker Walter Salles: ‘Cinema, as opposed to noise, used to be at the heart of the Oscars’
Walter Salles, 68, is Brazil’s most internationally celebrated film-maker. He came to global prominence in 1998 with the poignant road movie Central Station, which won
We’ve lost our supernova: farewell to Patrick Barclay, one of the very best
There wasn’t so much a twinkle in his eye as a bursting supernova of mischief and uncertain possibilities. Patrick Barclay has left us, at 77,
At least 48 people killed in Mali goldmine collapse
At least 48 people have been killed in the collapse of an illegally operated goldmine in western Mali, authorities and local sources have said. Mali
Kylie Minogue review – Tension world tour kicks off with euphoric show stuffed with hit after hit
It is hard to believe anyone was ever a snob about Kylie. To stand in the screaming crowds (possibly the loudest I have ever heard)
Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s “first openly gay imam”, has been shot dead near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police have said. The
Dreams review – Jessica Chastain channels rich Americans whose charity comes with strings
Mexican director Michel Franco returns with a chilly, angrily intense and deeply pessimistic tale of erotic obsession among the liberal super-rich in Trump’s US who
Jannik Sinner’s doping settlement means nobody loses from ban but try telling Halep that | Simon Cambers
In the end, then, everyone got something they wanted. For Jannik Sinner, the three-month ban he has accepted from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is
High-risk playing out from the back is at a tactical crossroads, but where to next? | Jonathan Wilson
In 2021, I tried to take advantage of the October international break to go to a game as a fan. No sooner had I booked
Mickey 17 review – Robert Pattinson proves expendable in Bong Joon-ho’s eerily cheery cloning drama
The Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho has delivered his first movie since the Oscar-winning Parasite six years ago, and it’s a great, big, slightly soft-edged, sci-fi
Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko: Our Calling review – voice and kora duo’s gorgeous songs of longing
Malian kora master Ballaké Sissoko and British Italian songwriter Piers Faccini are both inveterate collaborators (and labelmates) who have previously guested on each other’s records.