Apple TVPremiering at the London Film Festival, Steve McQueen's sprawling drama tries to shine new light on what happened, but has "many of the clichés of a traditional period piece".As the director of the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, Steve...
Hulu/Disney+(Credit: Hulu/Disney+)The TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster is full of "terrible people" and "inappropriate jokes" – it's also brilliant fun.If you're not yet familiar with the fictional worlds of British author Dame Jilly Cooper, then the opening sequence of...
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)The comic book sequel has bombed at the box office – but what makes its performance even more catastrophic is its astronomical cost, estimated to be more than three times the original.It's one of those debacles that must have...
Getty ImagesReleased in this week in 1959, Pillow Talk challenged Hollywood's conservative morality, cleverly navigating restrictions on how bedroom activities could be portrayed. In the 1980s its stars talked to the BBC about how the film mirrored the attitudes of...
Andrew Corrigan(Credit: Andrew Corrigan)The British post-punk band's 1979 LP was a revolutionary mix of abrasive guitar and subversive societal observations. As well as inspiring everyone from Kurt Cobain to Frank Ocean, 45 years on, it still speaks powerfully to today's...
Brendan Beirne/ Shutterstock(Credit: Brendan Beirne/ Shutterstock)From shocking performances to extraordinary costumes, how performance artist and style icon Bowery, and his fellow "outlaws and fashion renegades", birthed a bizarre creative movement – and blazed a trail of chaos.The 1980s: it was...
Getty ImagesNew film Saturday Night celebrates the legendary comedy show's origins – but last weekend's poor new season premiere confirmed it's on rockier ground than ever. What went wrong?Saturday Night Live has achieved legendary status – not a good thing...
Yun Sun Park/ BBC/ AlamyThe tension is building in the race for the White House – and that tension runs through Hollywood's most gripping political dramas, comedies and documentaries.The current campaign may be the most tumultuous in US history, with...
Getty ImagesDenmark became the world's first country to offer legal recognition of gay partnerships on 1 October 1989, and the BBC was there to film the ceremonies – recording a day when "something shifted in human affairs".In 2024 it might...
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)Released 40 years ago this month, Miloš Forman's best picture-winning Amadeus is often accused of historical inaccuracies – but the film's critics could be missing the point.When it premiered 40 years ago, Amadeus drew an initial wave of praise....
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