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· 1w ago

Sally Rooney’s stand on Palestine is brave and humane https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/15/sally-rooneys-stand-on-palestine-is-brave-and-humane #SallyRooney #Protest #PalestineAction #Books #Culture #Activism #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #Palestine #Law #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UkNews

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Sally Rooney’s stand on Palestine is brave and humane

The Normal People author’s determination to support Palestine Action, even if it means that her books are withdrawn from sale in the UK makes a mockery of Britain’s terrorism laws

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· 1w ago

I’ve debated with Israel’s most fervent defenders – NAZA debunks their talking points | Mehdi Hasan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/16/naza-israel-film #Naza #Film #Culture #DocumentaryFilms #Israel #Gaza #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Palestine

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I’ve debated with Israel’s most fervent defenders – NAZA debunks their talking points | Mehdi Hasan

The film’s testimonies from Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers expose years of baseless propaganda. Don’t take my word – take theirs

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· 1w ago

An open book: how make a great film adaptation, from The Shining to Trainspotting https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/16/book-film-adaptations-shining-trainspotting-bridget-jones-godfather-clockwork-orange-silence-lambs #FilmAdaptations #Film #Culture #Books

An open book: how to make a great film adaptation, from The Shining to Trainspotting

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An open book: how to make a great film adaptation, from The Shining to Trainspotting

Not every great novel makes a great movie, and sometimes the opposite is true. But regardless of the source text, or how beloved characters are treated, there is more than one way to write a successful adaptation

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· 3w ago

A new Skywalker trilogy for Star Wars? Going back to the same family-saga well is a waste of time https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/02/new-skywalker-trilogy-star-wars-jon-watts #Film #StarWars #SpidermanNoWayHome #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker

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A new Skywalker trilogy for Star Wars? Going back to the same family-saga well is a waste of time

Reports that Jon Watts could make a new trilogy about a clan who have already saved and destroyed the galaxy several times over leaves you wishing for a newer world

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· 2mo ago

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‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/25/to-use-a-mountain-documentary-interview #DocumentaryFilms #Film #Culture #NuclearWaste #Environment #Energy #Waste #NuclearPower #UsNews #Nevada

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‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground

New documentary To Use a Mountain spotlights the pain and triumph of resisting government efforts to turn parts of rural US into disposal sites

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· 3mo ago

‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/16/the-minute-i-had-success-i-stopped-taking-drugs-john-waters-on-60-years-of-screen-carnage #JohnWaters #Film #Culture

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‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage

As Hairspray and his ‘angriest movie’ Desperate Living are rereleased, the ‘Pope of Trash’ reflects on dead dogs, dirty rats, ‘that lunatic RFK’ and why there are no novelty dances any more

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· 4mo ago

Marjane Satrapi captured profound human emotions – and paved the way for a generation https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/05/marjane-satrapi-death-graphic-novelist-paved-way-for-a-generation #MarjaneSatrapi #ComicsAndGraphicNovels #Books #Culture #Iran #France #AutobiographyAndMemoir

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Marjane Satrapi captured profound human emotions – and paved the way for a generation

The graphic novelist had a remarkable gift for visual storytelling, in the phenomenon that was Persepolis and beyond. Many of us owe our careers to the space she created, says Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani

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· 4mo ago

How much does Sean Penn hate selfies? Enough to invoke the Holocaust https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/08/sean-penn-no-selfies-award-shows-one-battle-after-another-oscars #Film #Oscars2026 #Culture #SeanPenn #AwardsAndPrizes

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How much does Sean Penn hate selfies? Enough to invoke the Holocaust

In his own unique words, the One Battle After Another actor made it clear there is no one he won’t reject for a fan photo – and revealed the real reason he skipped the Oscars

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· 1w ago

‘Stranger than stranger-than-fiction’: how Lance Oppenheim made the year’s two buzziest films https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/stranger-than-stranger-than-fiction-how-lance-oppenheim-made-the-years-two-buzziest-films #Film #Culture #DocumentaryFilms #RobertPattinson #ElizabethHolmes

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‘Stranger than stranger-than-fiction’: how Lance Oppenheim made the year’s two buzziest films

Primetime and You Can See Everything are both clammy, audacious awards contenders that challenge our sense of reality. Ahead of the release of his drama starring Robert Pattinson as a TV vigilante, the 30-year-old director talks crime, punishment and South Park

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· 3w ago

Sex, drugs and amoebic dysentery: the 20 best making-of documentaries – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/20-best-making-of-documentaries-ranked #Film #Culture #DocumentaryFilms

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Sex, drugs and amoebic dysentery: the 20 best making-of documentaries – ranked!

From tropical disasters and doomed sci-fi epics to bribing Orson Welles and fending off a puma, we rate cinema’s most revealing glimpses behind the scenes

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· 1w ago

‘The mainstream has come to them’: how did Fontaines DC go from Dublin dive bars to headlining stadiums? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/16/the-mainstream-has-come-to-them-how-did-fontaines-dc-go-from-dublin-dive-bars-to-headlining-stadiums #FontainesDc #Music #PopAndRock #Indie #Culture #Punk

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‘The mainstream has come to them’: how did Fontaines DC go from Dublin dive bars to headlining stadiums?

Once scrappy post-punk poets, they’re now one of the biggest bands in the world. As they release new album Dopamine Chamber, fans including Kneecap and Shame explain their sensational rise

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· 1w ago

Masterplan review – Stanley Tucci is wasted in Amazon’s smooth-brained heist caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/16/masterplan-stanley-tucci-movie-review #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Film #StanleyTucci #AmazonPrimeVideo #MonaLisa #Culture #Painting #Paris #Art #Thrillers #ComedyFilms

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Masterplan review – Stanley Tucci is wasted in Amazon’s smooth-brained heist caper

A ‘family’ of criminals attempt to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in pulpy and forgettable thriller

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· 3w ago

Kanye West’s sold-out Russia concerts cancelled, organisers confirm https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/02/kanye-west-russia-concerts-cancelled-ntwnfb #KanyeWest #Music #Russia #Culture #Europe #WorldNews #Hiphop #Antisemitism

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Kanye West’s sold-out Russia concerts cancelled, organisers confirm

Russia’s foreign ministry had called planned shows unacceptable due to rapper’s ‘glorification’ of Adolf Hitler

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· 1w ago

‘Don’t do this!’ Why Paul McCartney cares about looking shorter than John Lennon in Sam Mendes’ Beatles films https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/dont-do-this-why-paul-mccartney-cares-about-looking-shorter-than-john-lennon-in-sam-mendes-beatles-films #TheBeatlesFilms #Music #TheBeatles #Film #Culture #PaulMccartney #JohnLennon #RingoStarr #GeorgeHarrison #SamMendes #PaulMescal

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‘Don’t do this!’ Why Paul McCartney cares about looking shorter than John Lennon in Sam Mendes’ Beatles films

You’re Paul McCartney. So how come you’re still getting het up at a fictional version of you being marginally smaller than a fictional version of John Lennon?

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· 1w ago

Angèle: Instinct review – Belgium’s biggest star is determined to do pop differently https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/15/angele-instinct-review-rca #Music #PopAndRock #CarolinePolachek #Culture #Belgium #Justice #DanceMusic

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Angèle: Instinct review – Belgium’s biggest star is determined to do pop differently

Massive in her home nation but less so outside, Angèle is aided by Justice, Soulwax and Caroline Polachek in a bold bid for broader appeal – but her resultant album can be generic as well as daring

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· 4mo ago

‘At my funeral I want people dancing in the aisles to Madness’: David Gray’s honest playlist https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/07/david-gray-honest-playlist-madness-bob-dylan-grease #DavidGray #Music #Culture #PopAndRock

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‘At my funeral I want people dancing in the aisles to Madness’: David Gray’s honest playlist

The singer knows all the words to Grease and channels Kenny Rogers at karaoke. But which classic musician does he liken to Picasso?

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· 4mo ago

Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso actor, dies aged 72 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jun/05/anthony-head-death-buffy-the-vampire-slayer #Television #TelevisionRadio #BuffyTheVampireSlayer #Culture

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Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso actor, dies aged 72

British actor starred on the West End before finding international fame in the 90s on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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· 3w ago

Barking beautiful: the 2026 Dog Photography awards – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/oct/03/barking-beautiful-the-2026-dog-photography-awards-in-pictures #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Dogs #Animals #Pets #WorldNews

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Barking beautiful: the 2026 Dog Photography awards – in pictures

The 18 winning images chosen from about 1,900 entries to the annual contest from 50 countries across the globe

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· 3w ago

‘It’s rational to fear the music industry’: Grouper’s Liz Harris on virality, streaming scammers and her ‘restorative’ dream-pop trio https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/02/grouper-liz-harris-tour-helen-band-lindas-head-interview #Music #Culture #ExperimentalMusic

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‘It’s rational to fear the music industry’: Grouper’s Liz Harris on virality, streaming scammers and her ‘restorative’ dream-pop trio

When a rarity blew up on TikTok, the solitary ambient artist had fraudsters trying to steal her royalties. It reinforced her DIY mentality – until reforming her band Helen reminded her of the beauty of collaboration

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· 4mo ago

‘Screaming girls chased me down the street’: how we made Strictly Ballroom https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jun/08/how-we-made-strictly-ballroom-baz-luhrmann-tara-morice-paul-mercurio #Culture #Film #AustraliaNews #BazLuhrmann #WorldNews

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‘Screaming girls chased me down the street’: how we made Strictly Ballroom

‘A big dude came up to me and said, “My wife dragged me kicking and screaming to see your movie – and it was the best thing she’s ever done”’

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· 1w ago

The Face of Horror review – a future cult classic delights with playful spin on Hammer horror https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/16/the-face-of-horror-review-anna-biller-london-film-festival #Film #HorrorFilms #FilmAdaptations #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #Books #Culture

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The Face of Horror review – a future cult classic delights with playful spin on Hammer horror

Anna Biller’s intricate tribute to the British 1960s genre plays melodrama for laughs and pulls it off wonderfully in a medieval tale based on a Japanese ghost story

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· 4mo ago

Idris Elba says audiences would never accept a black actor playing James Bond: ‘That’s not what they like in their culture’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/08/idris-elba-audiences-would-not-accept-black-actor-james-bond #Film #JamesBond #Culture #IdrisElba

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Idris Elba says audiences would never accept a black actor playing James Bond: ‘That’s not what they like in their culture’

The star of Luther played down rumours that he was lined up to take over 007, adding that he’s against making the character ‘woke’

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· 4mo ago

‘Absolutely wonderful’: why everyone should be watching Widow’s Bay https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jun/08/widows-bay-apple-tv-horror-comedy #UsTelevision #Television #Culture #TelevisionRadio #AppleTv #HorrorTv #TvComedy #Comedy

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‘Absolutely wonderful’: why everyone should be watching Widow’s Bay

The brilliantly modulated mix of horror and comedy has quickly become a buzzy water cooler hit for Apple TV

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· 1w ago

Dogmatic Nordic liberals v eastern family values: culture-clash drama Fjord touches nerves in Norway and Romania https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/16/fjord-cristian-mungiu-london-film-festival #Film #CannesFilmFestival #Culture #Romania #Europe #FilmCriticism #Norway #LondonFilmFestival #ChildProtection

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Dogmatic Nordic liberals v eastern family values: culture-clash drama Fjord touches nerves in Norway and Romania

Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes winner echoes the news story of a Romanian couple whose children were taken by the Norwegian government. As it heads to London film festival, two writers explain how the film exposes real hypocrisies

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· 4mo ago

St Vincent review – majestic orchestral transformations of jagged art-pop https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/05/st-vincent-concert-review-boston-pops-orchestra #StVincent #Boston #ClassicalMusic #PopAndRock #Music #Culture

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St Vincent review – majestic orchestral transformations of jagged art-pop

The mercurial artist reworked her catalog with technical mastery – and playful dance moves – accompanied by the Boston Pops orchestra

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· 3w ago

Seth Meyers on Trump: ‘Is there anything this grub won’t make us pay for?’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/02/seth-meyers-trump-taxpayer-funded-ads #LatenightTvRoundup #SethMeyers #JimmyKimmel #TvComedy #Comedy #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio

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Seth Meyers on Trump: ‘Is there anything this grub won’t make us pay for?’

Late-night hosts talked Trump’s use of taxpayer money to fund campaign ads as GOP candidates distance themselves

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· 3w ago

‘Shane was rascality personified’: the Pogues on their late frontman, anti-Irish prejudice and the feud over Fairytale of New York https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/01/the-pogues-shane-macgowan-anti-irish-prejudice-fairytale-of-new-york #ThePogues #Music #PopAndRock #FolkMusic #Culture #ShaneMacgowan #Punk

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‘Shane was rascality personified’: the Pogues on their late frontman, anti-Irish prejudice and the feud over Fairytale of New York

The Celtic punk band’s co-founders Spider Stacy and James Fearnley take your questions about Shane MacGowan, ruffling the feathers of trad musicians and putting Laurence Fox in his place

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· 4mo ago

Post your questions for David Byrne https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/08/post-your-questions-for-david-byrne #DavidByrne #Music #PopAndRock #Culture

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Post your questions for David Byrne

As the former Talking Heads frontman releases his concert film American Utopia in 4K, he will join us to answer your questions

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· 3w ago

Horror films like Obsession are shut out of the Golden Globes – unless they pretend to be comedies https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/02/obsession-horror-films-golden-globes-awards-season #HorrorFilms #GoldenGlobes #AwardsAndPrizes #GoldenGlobes2026 #FilmCriticism #Oscars #Film #Culture

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Horror films like Obsession are shut out of the Golden Globes – unless they pretend to be comedies

Obsession is a terrifying, violent nightmare of lovestruck madness – but the Globes’ rigid awards categories have forced it into an absurd choice

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· 3w ago

You Can See Everything review – Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceit https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/you-can-see-everything-movie-review #NewYorkFilmFestival2026 #NathanFielder #ElizabethHolmes #DocumentaryFilms #A24 #Film #Culture

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You Can See Everything review – Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceit

No spoilers here – TV’s grand illusionist meets his match when he moves in with Theranos founder and her family

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· 3w ago

How Bassam Tariq pivoted from stalled Blade reboot to new Mahershala Ali thriller: ‘I’m happier I made this movie’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/02/bassam-tariq-your-mother-your-mother-your-mother-interview-mahershala-ali-marvel-blade #Thrillers #Film #Culture #ActionAndAdventureFilms #MahershalaAli

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How Bassam Tariq pivoted from stalled Blade reboot to new Mahershala Ali thriller: ‘I’m happier I made this movie’

In the film-maker’s Houston-set film, Ali stars as a devout Muslim who moonlights as a vicious hitman

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· 1w ago

Whalefall review – slimy survival thriller traps us in a whale and struggles to make it digestible https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/whalefall-review-movie #ActionAndAdventureFilms #JoshBrolin #Thrillers #Film #Culture

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Whalefall review – slimy survival thriller traps us in a whale and struggles to make it digestible

Austin Abrams gets eaten by a sperm whale in an overlong and flashback-heavy adaptation of Daniel Kraus’s hit novel that only has us on edge in moments

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· 4mo ago

The best TV of 2026 so far https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/ng-interactive/2026/jun/08/the-best-tv-of-2026-so-far #Television #Culture #TelevisionRadio #Drama #TvComedy #Documentary #TvCrimeDrama #HistoricalDramaTv

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The best TV of 2026 so far

From ludicrously fun 80s love affairs to outrageously scandalous drama, this has already been a year of great television. Here are our favourite shows of the year

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· 1w ago

Add to playlist: the buzzy bildungsromans of boy wonder Superfan and the week’s best new tracks https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/16/add-to-playlist-the-buzzy-bildungsromans-of-boy-wonder-superfan-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks #Music #Culture #Indie #PopAndRock

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Add to playlist: the buzzy bildungsromans of boy wonder Superfan and the week’s best new tracks

Kali Flanagan was handpicked by Julian Casablancas to support the Strokes – now, at 21, he’s writing songs full of the rushing emotions of youth

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· 3w ago

The Last First: Winter K2 review – race up second highest mountain reveals fatal cost of regrettable traits https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/the-last-first-winter-k2-review-race-up-second-highest-mountain-reveals-fatal-cost-of-regrettable-traits #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Mountaineering #Nepal #Culture #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews

The Last First: Winter K2 review – race up second highest mountain reveals fatal cost of human ambition

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The Last First: Winter K2 review – race up second highest mountain reveals fatal cost of human ambition

Amir Bar-Lev’s doc covering competing climbers trying to achieve something that has not been done before uncovers a fascinating tapestry of aspiration and folly

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· 4mo ago

Hilarious or a nightmare? Exhibition displays the worst album covers ever https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/07/exhibition-worst-album-covers-ever #Music #Culture #Photography #Museums #Nottinghamshire #ArtAndDesign #UkNews

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Hilarious or a nightmare? Exhibition displays the worst album covers ever

Museum hosts the collection of Steve Goldman, who buys records based on the sheer awfulness of the sleeve

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· 3w ago

‘It’s a deep soul connection’: Erasure on how 40 years of friendship got them through grief – and why Vince Clarke has quit touring https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/02/erasure-vince-clarke-andy-bell-interview #Erasure #Music #Culture #PopAndRock #Friendship

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‘It’s a deep soul connection’: Erasure on how 40 years of friendship got them through grief – and why Vince Clarke has quit touring

Returning for a 20th album of sumptuous synthpop, Andy Bell and Clarke open up about supporting one another through bereavement, being happily uncool and battling the resurgence of homophobia

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· 3w ago

Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s sumptuous recording is an immediate classic https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/02/cameron-winter-carnegie-hall-review-paul-thomas-anderson #NewYorkFilmFestival2026 #Film #PaulThomasAnderson #Music #Culture #Geese #PopAndRock

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Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s sumptuous recording is an immediate classic

The Geese frontman mesmerizes in a concert film that is both swoony and austere

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· 1w ago

Street Fighter review – nostalgia only goes so far in junky fighting game movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/street-fighter-movie-review #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Games #Culture #Film

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Street Fighter review – nostalgia only goes so far in junky fighting game movie

There are brief, simple pleasures in the inevitable new big screen take on the classic game but like the recent Mortal Kombat movies, it’s a largely incoherent mess

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· 4mo ago

Taylor Swift: I Knew It, I Knew You review – giddy up! Song for Toy Story cowgirl Jessie is Swift’s best in years https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/05/taylor-swift-i-knew-it-i-knew-you-review-toy-story-5 #TaylorSwift #ToyStory #Music #Culture #Country #PopAndRock #Film

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Taylor Swift: I Knew It, I Knew You review – giddy up! Song for Toy Story cowgirl Jessie is Swift’s best in years

Full of handcrafted care and the rootsy soul of her country origins, this gently elated song is a reminder of what fans love about Swift … and the film series

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· 4mo ago

Anthony Head brought gravitas to Buffy and everything else he touched | Jesse Hassenger https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jun/05/anthony-head-buffy-remembrance #Television #Culture #BuffyTheVampireSlayer #TelevisionRadio

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Anthony Head brought gravitas to Buffy and everything else he touched | Jesse Hassenger

The late actor was a charming and funny father figure, and sometime singer, in the cult TV show, one of his many roles that showed just how much he could do

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· 4mo ago

Seth Meyers on Trump sleeping during meetings: ‘He’s busy posting AI slop at night’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jun/05/seth-meyers-trump-sleeping #LatenightTvRoundup #Culture #SethMeyers #TvComedy #Comedy #Television #TelevisionRadio #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio

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Seth Meyers on Trump sleeping during meetings: ‘He’s busy posting AI slop at night’

The late-night host discussed the president’s love of AI images, his odd rhetoric and reflecting pool renovations

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· 1w ago

Your full attention: Jesse Eisenberg’s 10 best film performances – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/jesse-eisenberg-10-best-film-performances-ranked #Film #Culture #JesseEisenberg #ARealPain #TheSocialNetwork

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Your full attention: Jesse Eisenberg’s 10 best film performances – ranked!

As his new movie The Debut closes the London film festival, we count down the best of the actor’s shy, sly and sometimes hairy outings

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· 4mo ago

‘I would draw blood’: Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker’s wild wrongcom about sexual betrayal https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jun/05/jemaine-clement-nicola-walker-interview-alice-and-steve-disney #Television #TelevisionRadio #Culture #NicolaWalker

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‘I would draw blood’: Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker’s wild wrongcom about sexual betrayal

What if your best mate slept with your child? The stars of Alice and Steve, the new taboo-busting comedy about friends at war, open up about drug-taking, iffy sex – and why British jokes are so hard to understand

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· 3w ago

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The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’

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Klara and the Sun review – Taika Waititi’s manic pixie dream robot sci-fi is a sentimental mess

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How Marvel deals with Doctor Doom is make or break for the MCU. No one wants a watered-down Tony Stark

The hooded supervillain is a scientist, a sorcerer, a monarch and a mummy’s boy – Robert Downey Jr’s Doom should be all these things and more, radiating history, magic and the biggest ego

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John Green: ‘I devoured the Sweet Valley High books in the 1980s’

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Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s AI-generated social media content: ‘I guess maybe he’s bored?’

The host discussed the president’s focus on AI-generated social media videos and cognitive tests

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