Cannes: Day Two
A recap of my second day in Cannes, covering racy historical drama Benedetta, a Q&A with an Academy Award-winning director, and almost being hit with a rose thrown by Bill Murray.
Cannes: Day One
A recap of my first official day of the 74th edition of the Festival de Cannes, including the world premiere of Casablanca Beats.
Arctic Monkeys: Get Off The Bandwagon, Put Down The Handbook
The story behind Arctic Monkeys’ debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, which propelled four lads - fresh from high school - to the top of the UK music scene. Released just two-and-a-half years after the band’s first gig, the album became the fastest selling debut in British music history.
Solange: Don’t You Wait for Me
How Solange Knowles stepped out from the shadow of her sister to become a groundbreaking artist in her own right with albums A Seat at the Table and When I Come Home.
The Long Goodbye
Why Robert Altman made Raymond Chandler’s classic 1950s noir novel as a 70s detective story.
Starsky & Hutch
Can a Frat Pack comedy from the director of The Hangover really be one of the best films set in the seventies?
Boogie Nights
How the soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 cult film, set against the backdrop of the 70s porn industry, helps to cement it as a modern classic.
Promising Young Woman
Carey Mulligan is on a mission for revenge in Emerald Fennell’s quirky Oscar-nominated black comedy.
Judas and the Black Messiah
Shaka King’s Oscar-nominated true story about an FBI informant who infiltrates the Black Panthers in order to garner evidence that will lead to the arrest of their controversial chairman.
GFF: The Man Standing Next
Woo Min-ho’s tense drama is set against the backdrop of real-life political turmoil in South Korea, 1979.
GFF: A Brixton Tale
A breathless drama set in South London that explores the relationship between filmmaker, Lia, and her shy subject, Benji.
GFF: Limbo
Ben Sharrock's dry comedy follows a Syrian musician who flees his war-torn homeland to seek asylum on a remote Scottish island.
GFF: Castro’s Spies
A documentary exploring the lives of a group of Cuban intelligence agents operating undercover in 90s Miami during US-Cuba tensions.
GFF: Creation Stories
The Glasgow Film Festival hosts the premiere of the Danny Boyle-produced biopic of Alan McGee, founder of Creation Records and the man who gave Oasis their first record deal.
‘This is the first time we’ve ever played outside’
Belle & Sebastian provide the soundtrack to a hazy Californian sunset at Coachella 2002.
The media mogul you’ve (probably) never heard of
Bill Simmons, former ESPN sports writer, is the founder and CEO of American pop culture site The Ringer, which was recently acquired by Spotify for a reported $200 million.