Mongrel Media(Credit: Mongrel Media)The contenders for the film industry's biggest prizes this year represent a range of genres and styles. But many are united by a common thread: they take on contentious topics with ferocious energy.A fabulous range of films...
Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images(Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images)Nordic style is easy to wear – and can even cheer us up, say its fans. As Copenhagen Fashion Week approaches, we explore the fun, functional Scandi-girl style movement.One bright morning...
NetflixFrench director Jacques Audiard's musical about a Mexican drug lord is a frontrunner for the Academy Awards' big prizes. But its depiction of the country is stoking criticism.Rarely is a film so successful with critics and awards voters, yet so...
Getty ImagesWith the rise of the ready-for-anything, giant tote, and the recent popularity of a Birkin dupe, we look at the evolution of the It bag and ask what our choice of bag reveals.If you're the sort of person who...
National Gallery/ Trump/Vance Transition TeamFollowing the release of the US president-elect's official portrait, an expert reveals how scouring the pages of art history can help decode its meaning.Whether your politics align with those of Donald Trump or not, it is...
Getty ImagesKate Bush wrote her chart-topping debut single when she was just 18 years old. She told the BBC about the origins of a literary love song that began a unique career in music.Kate Bush's debut single, Wuthering Heights, was...
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)It puzzled many viewers but delighted critics. We explain why the late, great David Lynch's Mulholland Drive topped BBC Culture's poll to find the greatest films of the 21st Century.Cinema in the early years of the 21st Century has...
Yun Sun Park/ Getty Images/ BBCIf there's anything that audiences and awards voters alike love, it's seeing a faded star revitalise their career with one breathtaking performance. But finding the right role to reannounce yourself to the world is a...
In a rare interview in 2023, the late Mulholland Drive director told BBC journalist Matthew Sweet about his defining work with composer Angelo Badalamenti.From the darkness of Mulholland Drive to the soaring sweep of Twin Peaks, Angelo Badalamenti created the...
Getty ImagesFollowing the announcement that the Village People would be performing at several upcoming inauguration events, what is it about their songs that appeals to the President-elect?Village People's YMCA is a high-energy disco hit that encourages young working-class men to...
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