Mere days after chancellor Rishi Sunak suggested that musicians and other arts sector employees struggling financially should just get a new job, the UK government has made moves to provide relief to the entertainment industry. As the coronavirus continues to spread, though abating ever so gradually in some swaths of Britain, a fiscal shot in Read More
How Takeshi Kitano went from comedian to crime auteur
It took until 1997 for Japanese audiences to take Takeshi Kitano seriously as a filmmaker. As one of the country’s most prolific television personalities, a stand-up comedian with a penchant for wacky gameshows (Takeshi’s Castle, anyone?), they had little reason to believe that he was capable of anything more than mindless laughs. It wasn’t until Read More
The production designer who finds inspiration on the open road
The production designer who finds inspiration on the open road Surviving the perils of solo creativity is tough. In the latest instalment of our series supporting artists through lockdown, Malin Lindholm reveals how she’s continued to feed her wanderlust and her reactive process during the pandemic. This story is part of Creative Resilience, an editorial Read More
Chemical Hearts
Riverdale sweetheart Lili Reinhart plays a star-crossed high schooler in this stilted teen weepie from Richard Tanne. There’s a plague sweeping our most telegenic B-listers. The symptoms often change and the victims vary in profile aside from their camera-friendly good looks, but the fatalistic sense of tragedy and gingerly curated indie pop soundtracks mark an Read More
Shannon Murphy: ‘At film school they made me believe I couldn’t be an auteur’
Shannon Murphy: ‘At film school they made me believe I couldn’t be an auteur’ The Australian director discusses her debut, Babyteeth, and why she’s perfectly happy making other people’s scripts. Australian director Shannon Murphy has spent decades honing her craft in theatre and television, but has finally made the leap to feature filmmaking. Her debut, Read More
The costume designer dyeing to make film more sustainable
The costume designer dyeing to make film more sustainable Surviving the perils of solo creativity is tough. In the latest instalment of our series supporting artists through lockdown, Jo Thompson explains why she’s ditching synthetics for natural products. This story is part of Creative Resilience, an editorial series produced in collaboration with Squarespace. “It’s so Read More
Read an exclusive extract from Charlie Kaufman’s debut novel ‘Antkind’
It not only seemed inevitable that Charlie Kaufman would write a novel, it’s actually surprising to discover that he hadn’t already written a bunch before he succeeded in becoming one the world’s best screenwriters on the back of titles such as Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche, New York. ‘Antkind: Read More
“I wanted it to feel like entering a world that makes you happy” – Amy Heckerling on Clueless at 25
“I wanted it to feel like entering a world that makes you happy” – Amy Heckerling on Clueless at 25 The writer/director muses on one of the best and most beloved literary adaptations of modern times. “There’s a lot of movies that feel like they’ve never gone away, and for me Clueless never has,” smiles Read More
Perry Mason revival delivers with the case of the enticing origin story
The name Perry Mason is synonymous with a criminal defence lawyer who typically proves his client’s innocence while simultaneously unmasking the real guilty party. Three years after playing the murderer in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Raymond Burr signed on to play Mason in the TV adaptation of Erle Stanley Gardner’s hit detective novels. The initial Read More
Krabi, 2562
Ben Rivers and Anocha Suwichakornpong observe the local customs of a Southern Thai community. What year is it? In this stimulating, collaborative work by filmmakers Ben Rivers and Anocha Suwichakornpong, it initially seems like the present day, as we follow a serious-minded location scout as she wanders the sun-bleached shores and shrines of what appears Read More
My Comfort Blanket Movie: Way Out West
There are some films you watch when you need a warm hug from a familiar source. There’s no new terrain to explore, no outside world, no alarms and no surprises – they are simply soothing. Since a global pandemic was declared on 11 March, daily life has become so strange that the solace offered by Read More
The provocative British drama that predicted the rise of reality TV
It’s often suggested that we are living in a future designed by JG Ballard. Yet Ballard was only one of a number of figures in postwar Britain to come disturbingly close to mapping the social, cultural and political trajectories of the new millennium. Working in television as opposed to literature, Nigel Kneale was another such Read More
Chris Brown – Welcome To My Life (feat. Cal Scruby)
[Pre-Chorus: Chris Brown] Every dream in my head It’s like a mountain that I just keep climbing And when I get to the edge I turn around and put that dream behind me And it never feels the way I want But I keep on tryin’ I just keep on tryin’ [Chorus: Chris Brown] Have Read More
CHRIS BROWN – Welcome To My Life lyrics
Every dream in my head It’s like a mountain that I keep climbing And when I get to the edge I turn around and put that dream behind me And it never feels the way I want But I keep on trying I just keep on trying [Chorus: Chris Brown] Have you been there? Have Read More
Chris Brown – Welcome To My Life lyrics
Every dream in my head It’s like a mountain that I keep climbing And when I get to the edge I turn around and put that dream behind me And it never feels the way I want But I keep on trying I just keep on trying [Chorus: Chris Brown] Have you been there? Have Read More
FO&O – Teenage talking
Call her super, she’s missing [?] We’re taking frame by frame, she’s stuck in my picture and I could’ve just erase her but I won’t ‘Cause like this she’d get it what she wanted, this I know She let us walk and do the talking And I’m done for what she wants Feel the smoky, Read More
HANA – Be with U
Uh, Sitting by the river with you Holding the hand down in my hands I don’t wanna grab it Simply kiss back I’ve drown myself while Baby is gone We don’t need no time for where we going I lovely said my name very slowing I hope that showing Baby, you is all I wanna Read More
Bryson Tiller – Set It Off (True To Self Album)
[Intro: Faith Evans & Bryson Tiller] Oh, my inspiration comes from you, oh So you think you got what it takes To be my ride or die? Okay We shall see [Verse 1] Ayy, I been out here soul searchin’ Ayy, say you still got it, girl, what makes you so certain? Hit it, quit Read More
Talib Kweli & Styles P – Brown Guys (The Seven Album)
[Verse 1: Styles P] I am a brown guy But don’t call me nigga, please Nigga please, you see that white boy, that’s a nigga b Nigga ain’t a color, it’s a mindstate, you diggin’ me? Maybe not, I get it tho But all them white boys blowin’ weed they some niggas too The difference Read More
Sylvan Esso – Radio
Gimme a new single Make me a new baby Gonna eat all the candy while you straddle and lay me Gonna to know all the words before you come on top And I sing them back at you while you try to nap While the world rides on, we’re so happy to be listening to Read More
Tech N9ne – Shoe Game (feat. Krizz Kaliko & Mackenzie Nicole) (Dominion Deluxe Version Album)
[Intro: Krizz Kaliko & Mackenzie Nicole] Yeah Kali baby on the left side, baby on the right side (Yeah) Yeah (Cold World) Baby girl on the left side, baby on the right side (Yeah) [Verse 1: Mackenzie Nicole] This year is mine get your hand off the pie I’m a good girl and I’m never Read More
STOLAR – Feel good
I’ve been up in my head all day Wow me up, I might be going insane Watching all my friends on the TV again Singing all the songs that I wrote for them Might be on to getting my own way Head up to the rooftop, smoke a little too much Know I’m gonna lose Read More
Kendrick Lamar – ELEMENT. Lyrics
[Intro: Kid Capri] New Kung Fu Kenny Ain’t nobody prayin’ for me Y’all know, what happens on Earth stays on Earth Here we go! I don’t give a fuck, I don’t give a fuck I don’t give a, I don’t give a, I don’t give a fuck [Verse 1] I’m willin’ to die for this Read More
Kendrick Lamar – ELEMENT.
[Intro: Kid Capri] New Kung Fu Kenny Ain’t nobody prayin’ for me Y’all know, what happens on Earth stays on Earth Here we go! I don’t give a fuck, I don’t give a fuck I don’t give a, I don’t give a, I don’t give a fuck [Verse 1] I’m willin’ to die for this Read More
Declan McKenna – Brazil
I heard you sold the Amazon To show the country that you’re from Is where the world should want to be For find something all people need I’m faithless now though we win Every time and I don’t know how ‘Cause I haven’t bought you And I haven’t sold me But the people are dying Read More
Lethal Bizzle – I Win (feat. Skepta)
[Hook: Skepta and Lethal Bizzle ] (Go on then, go on then) (Pow, Pow) I win, don’t want to see me shining, I win You don’t want it on a mic ting, I win Your girl watching my ting , I win Everyday I go in, I win See the diamond in my ring, I Read More
Fwck the police x10 – Boosie Badazz lyrics
Lyrics Boosie – Fwck the police x10 This goes to that motherf*cker who just maced my niece Them motherf*ckers who just took a million dollars worth of jewelry from me It’s on now, motherf*cker It’s all on now, motherf*cker.((Fwck the police x10) Dear police, are you afraid? (Are you afraid?) What have you been taught Read More
Frank Ocean – Biking (feat. Jay-Z & Tyler The Creator)
[Intro: Jay-Z] Uh, turn, what goes around comes around Ayy, turn, turn the music up, uh, yeah Goes around comes around What goes, alright, like like Life goes in cycles Everything that comes around goes around ‘Fore it goes down, get you some ice [Verse 1: Jay-Z] Life goes in cycles, what comes around goes Read More
FRANK OCEAN – Biking lyrics
[Intro: Jay Z] Uh, turn, what goes around comes around Ayy, turn, turn the music up, uh, yeah Goes around comes around What goes, alright, like like Life goes in cycles Everything that comes around goes around ‘Fore it goes down, get you some ice [Verse 1: Jay Z] Life goes in cycles, what comes Read More
Tee Grizzley – How Many Lyrics
[Chorus] ‘Cause I ain’t ever told on my niggas, dawg I ain’t ever fold with that pistol, dawg How many niggas can say that? Keep it real, keep it real, nigga How many niggas can say that? Be forreal, just be forreal, nigga I ain’t scared to hit that road and go get it, dawg Read More