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(Mute)The avant garde musician’s first album in seven years features cinematic ambience, pummelling sound design and whinnying metal guitarIceland-based Australian composer Ben Frost has the portfolio career of most avant garde musicians, dividing hi...
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The actor’s new film Origin sees him star as the husband of Pulitzer-winner Isabel Wilkerson. He reflects on the fight for social justice and avoiding the new film seeming like a ‘woke agenda’As Jon Bernthal’s face pings on to the screen from his Cal...
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Charlotte Coben’s zany thriller about a missing man who left a severed finger behind has plenty of whiplash-inducing twists. She’s clearly cut from the same cloth as her dad HarlanDead Hot comes pre-loaded with charisma. Its leads, Vivian Oparah from...
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Martin Scorsese has made the ultimate western, showing the racism, greed and corruption on which America was really founded. It’s a world-changing workOscars 2024: best picture nominees – reviews, awards and where to watchEver since he started making...
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A botanist goes in search of the vast, stinking Rafflesia in its natural habitatIf you think of flowers as beautiful, fragrant, decorous and domesticated – something you order from an online florist or pick up at your local garden centre – Chris Thor...
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Guy Ritchie is back with a wild, violent series about a posh duke getting embroiled in the criminal underworld – and loving it. Plus, the return of the cheerful superpower comedy Continue reading...
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Photographer Kirsty Mackay’s project The Magic Money Tree explores the impact of poverty in the Black Country, South Shields and BristolThe Magic Money Tree exhibition is at the New Art Gallery Walsall from 9 March to 14 JulyIn 2023 I set out to docu...
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Two months out from the big event, UK contestant Alexander reveals the video for his song. Plus: it’s Snatch Week in RuPaul’s Drag Race! Continue reading...
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The Mighty Boosh star brings his usual chaotic whimsy to this show about a would-be highwayman – but even a cast packed with comic geniuses can’t remove the stench of ‘Will this do?’‘England, 1735” reads the opening caption. A second adds “Just befor...
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While giant promoters rake in billions, smaller venues are struggling to make ends meet – even when gigs are selling out. We go on tour to find a glimmer of hopeIt’s Sunday evening at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds and business appears to be boom...
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From the Tate Britain to New York’s Met, some of the world’s mightiest galleries have signed up for my audio guides, which shift the spotlight onto female artists like Rosa Bonheur – who required a permit to wear trousers‘Do women have to be naked to...
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Our roundup of what to watch at home includes Rambert’s prequel to the hit TV series, Jodie Comer reprising the legal drama and Roald Dahl’s The Magic FingerA doff of the cap to Rambert’s artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer for teaming up with Peak...
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How did Britain get to this point – and what can be done? The Scottish musician and writer’s provocative documentary comes at the question from a highly refreshing perspective‘This is a bit of a flashback for me,” jokes the hip-hop artist, author and...
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Soho theatre, LondonWith fine one-liners, the crowd-pleasing east Midlander traces their relationship with their parents in a touching showSarah Keyworth launched their standup career with two thoughtful solo shows deconstructing gender and the meani...
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The former deputy registrar of the University of Leicester claims the 2022 movie presented him as ‘dismissive, patronising and misogynistic’A former deputy registrar of the University of Leicester is suing the makers of the 2022 film The Lost King, c...