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Flow is a gorgeous animated Noah’s Ark tale-of-sorts that bobs into cinemas like a message in a bottle. The brainchild of Gints Zilbalodis, a 30-year-old Latvian film-maker, it’s about an unnamed house cat cast adrift on a sailboat alongside a capybara and a ring-tailed lemur. The world has flooded; one disaster follows another. The animals … Read more
After the high of a record-breaking night at the Brits where his band, Ezra Collective, not only became the first jazz group to perform live but also scooped the best group gong, Femi Koleoso was quickly brought back to earth. At the Jubilee Youth Club in Enfield, north London, where he volunteers, the drummer and … Read more
We might all have domestic arguments that demand to be preserved on film for their drama, but few of them would ever live up to the intensity, eloquence and glamour of the barneys between American photographer Joel Meyerowitz and his English wife, novelist and artist Maggie Barrett. The best (or worst) of those clashes comes … Read more
On a sleek white stage made to look like a 1960s New York penthouse, one of pop music’s biggest exponents Sabrina Carpenter is sitting on the toilet. A few seconds earlier she’d wiped down the seat with a tissue before taking her spot to sing Sharpest Tool, a sweary, country-flecked bop about a hapless man … Read more
Born in Oldham in 1984, Nick Grimshaw has just taken over as 6 Music’s new breakfast DJ . After stints in PR and TV, his radio career began in 2007 on Radio 1 youth strand Switch; in 2012, he became the station’s breakfast presenter, doing it for six years. He’s also been an X Factor … Read more
In the future everyone will blame the eighties for all societal ills, in the same way that people have previously blamed the sixties,” Peter York, the quintessential observer of 1980s’ style and cultural trends, said recently. He was referring to what he called the “big bangs” of monetarism, deregulation and libertarianism which “have been working … Read more
Xiaolu Guo, 52, was born in China and lives in London. The author of more than 20 books in a variety of genres in Chinese and English, she’s also a film director whose awards include the Golden Leopard at the Locarno film festival, previously won by Claire Denis and Jim Jarmusch. This month she publishes … Read more
We can only speculate about the reasons behind Warner Bros’ decision to delay the release of Mickey 17 for a full year (it was originally scheduled to hit cinemas in March 2024). A science-fiction satire with the tantalising prospect of Robert Pattinson in a dual role, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s follow-up to his 2020 … Read more
After a few years of writing what she called a “niche newsletter for Washington insiders,” the political journalist Tara Palmeri decided she wanted to reach a wider audience. A much wider audience. She’s taking her reporting to YouTube. Ms. Palmeri said she is leaving the start-up Puck to strike out on her own, focusing much … Read more
Up early? I like to listen to Paddy O’Connell at 9am on Radio 4. It’s a semi-political, opinionated show, with guests talking about the news. It’s amusing, witty… and I’ve been a guest, so obviously highly intelligent. What’s next? We’ll take the dog for a walk. She’s called Charlie and she’s a very rare breed … Read more