Category: 5. Entertainment

Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes Shakespeare – and the “soul-crushing” loss of their child. It’s a powerful story that fills in many blanks.

In Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell’s eloquent 2020 novel and the…

“It’s a rare glimpse into their vulnerability,” says cinematographer Ben Fordesman of a scene in Ronan Day-Lewis’ “Anemone,” where estranged brothers Ray (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Jem (Sean Bean) drunkenly dance moments after Ray…

Chalamet’s press tour wardrobe so far has traversed both his own personal sartorial rhythm and the sportier aesthetics of Marty Supreme, the Josh Safdie-directed movie about a young man pursuing his dream of becoming a champion table-tennis…

The BBC has acquired an adaptation of Treasure & Dirt, the twisting crime novel by Scrublands writer Chris Hammer for BBC One and BBC iPlayer from Sphere Abacus. Set in a dying opal town in the middle of the desert, when a miner is found beheaded…

Two more headline acts for a series of open-air concerts have been announced.

The Southampton Summer Sessions will be held at the city’s Guildhall Square in June 2026 with Bowling For Soup and Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls co-headlining on…

In 1964, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was suffering from a creative crisis. As he neared his 30th year, he began to doubt the value of his music. Since graduating from the Tallinn Conservatory, he had composed almost entirely in the…

Pick of the week
Left-Handed Girl

Shih-Ching Tsou is a regular collaborator of Sean Baker, the Oscar-winning director of Anora. He returns the compliment here by co-writing and editing her vibrant debut solo feature, where his interest in the least…