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Oh to Believe in Another World is an hour-long collage animation with live-action choreography by the 71-year-old South African artist and film-maker William Kentridge . It is shown with the live orchestral accompaniment…
Read moreA man with darkened eyes and the nails to match emerges from the shadows, but this is no nightmare – this is the face of actor Michael Johnston . Hollywood’s newest heartthrob is literally living his dream on the set of…
Read moreThroughout his career as a K-pop idol with WayV and NCT, XIAOJUN has gained a reputation as a charismatic and talented vocalist and performer. However, the Chinese-born idol wants fans to see a different side of his…
Read moreAdd it to your watchlist It was the BBC ghost story that terrified the nation, overloaded the corporation’s switchboard and caused such a furore that it has never been reshown on British television. When Ghostwatch aired…
Read moreWe would also listen to Simon & Garfunkel on long car rides.” And rumour has it you were named after The Hollies’ ‘Carrie Anne’? Advertisement “That’s true. It was Number One the day I was born. I guess my mum had a…
Read moreHer simple, quiet approach is consistently startling and profoundly moving. No Human Tongue Can Tell collects songs of female struggle, suffering, strength and endurance, although Peat only realised this, she writes in…
Read more"How do you get into it? Even when I was watching TV commercials, I'd think: well, how do you do that?" McGonagle had been commuting to her demanding legal job in London from the family home in Colchester, but was ready…
Read moreThat's perhaps the most commonplace horror of our times, whether on the internet or politics, and you feel the tremors of it steadily breaking the surface in Yoo Ah-in's performance. He plays Jong-su, an aspiring writer…
Read moreShe is particularly intrigued by the sullen, possibly traumatised Ho-seok (Sul Kyung-gu). He is resistant but Ye-ji develops a bond with his enthusiastic wife, Jeon Do-yeon's Mi-ok. As the parties get to know each other…
Read moreFittingly, the 13th season has been centred around the number 13 – deemed notoriously "unlucky" number – with a care assistant with triskaidekaphobia (a fear of the dreaded number) looking after former faces from the…
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