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The striking new film from Lee Chang-dong, whose last feature was 2018’s critically-admired Burning, it again shows what a deep understanding he has of human nature. A story of two married couples whose paths cross, the…
It is a finely judged, beautifully acted and rather novelistic work, in which a character at one point actually compares her surroundings to something from a novel. It is expansive and diffuse in terms of storytelling…
During the Berlin film festival, the veteran German director, who was acting as the jury president, had said at a press conference that "we have to stay out of politics because if we make movies that are dedicatedly…
Celebrating the release of her new album Lightspheres on Their Way , Seabird rides the knife's edge between alt-country and grunge in a way that is both intimate and open; pared back and expansive. As Sunday's sold-out…
So far this weekend, some of the biggest casualties on the men's side have been fifth seed Flavio Cobolli and ninth seed Taylor Fritz, the latter crashing out despite being two sets and a break up. However, it's been…
Back in 2024, George RR Martin sparked rumours of a spin-off project centred around Williams's character , writing on his blog at the time that the two of them "talked about… well, no, better not get into that, do not…
This feels the key to Titus Halder's Sheffield Crucible staging, which really makes something of nothingness, crowned by an unusually age-appropriate performer as the "fourscore and upward" English king: 82-year-old Ian…
He hasn’t played the songs live since, finding the relearning process “more profound than I was expecting…. It’s not normal to rehearse songs and all of a sudden find yourself in tears, right?” The solo performance, for…
During a live edition of The Rest Is Entertainment podcast at London’s Southbank Centre on Saturday, hosts Richard Osman and Marina Hyde were joined by season 1 finalist Joe Marler . Osman revealed that from speaking to…
That is clearly evidenced – though not immediately revealed in the film – by the fact that he and brother Liam (or “Our kid” as he always affectionately calls him) are interviewed together, with smiles on their faces.…