India and Pakistan tried to meddle in Canada elections, spy agency says
Canada’s spy agency has declared that the governments of India and Pakistan probably attempted to meddle in its elections. As a closely watched public inquiry
Yolo review – smash-hit Chinese boxing drama is a tale of personal transformation
Jia Ling writes, directs and stars in this boxing drama with a twist: there’s not really very much boxing in it. In this smash hit
Joaquin Phoenix and Joel Coen sign open letter in support of Glazer’s Oscar speech
More than 150 Jewish Hollywood professionals, including Joaquin Phoenix, Joel Coen and Ilana Glazer, have expressed their support for Jonathan Glazer after the Zone of
Time to take the blue pill – do we really need a fifth Matrix film?
Somewhere over the digital horizon, down the rabbit hole and straight on til morning, a new Matrix episode is brewing. After handing us three deeply
Abba, cabaret and smug marionettes: the 1974 Eurovision song contest reviewed!
Fifty years on, the footage of Abba performing Waterloo at the 1974 Eurovision song contest is very familiar indeed: the conductor dressed as Napoleon, Agnetha’s
‘This is an art form – and we’re losing it’: is the music video dying?
In increasingly turbulent times for the music industry, one aspect has remained steadfast: its passion for stats. At the start of the decade – with
‘I get emotional thinking about it’: US and Canada ready for total solar eclipse
Should the weather gods grant their blessing, a celestial show for the ages will darken the heavens over a large swathe of the US from
Taiwan earthquake: shock and grief take hold in Hualien
Lying in his bed, Liao Xiu Bo wondered if he was about to die. As a powerful earthquake rocked the ground beneath him, he tried
No more monkey business: Thai city’s macaques to be put in enclosures
Mischievous long-tailed macaques are, for many, a symbol of the Thai city of Lopburi. Tourists flock to the city’s ancient temple to feed the macaques
Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us review – their most adventurous set yet
When Vampire Weekend emerged in the mid-00s they sounded like nothing else around, quoting unfashionable sources such as Minutemen and west African guitar sounds (via