Category: 5. Entertainment

Jane Wu never imagined that her worst portfolio would land her a job that would eventually lead to directing one of Netflix’s most acclaimed animated series. But the “Blue Eye Samurai” director’s unconventional path – from fashion…

I admire the work of Amina Khayyam. The Slough-based dancer and choreographer has made pieces about domestic violence (Bird), sexuality (You&Me) and nonconformist women (Slut). She often works in consultation with community groups, drawing on the…

Film-maker and climate activist Josh Appignanesi brings us a riveting bulletin from the frontline of modernity and postmodernity, from the capital of the 21st century itself: Dubai – a city where “oil money is converted into concrete, glass…

Ethan Hawke has always been an actor full of surprises. In the course of his prolific career, he’s veered from prestige drama to quirky comedy to full-on horror, embracing each role with the same dedication. And this year has brought a…

You’d think at this point I would have learned all the lessons I could from art. I have been a full-time, professional art critic for most of my adult life. I spend my days in galleries, surrounded by art, reading about it, absorbing it. I like…

Following Hunting The Catfish Crime Gang and Hunting The Cybersex Crime Gang, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Three have commissioned a new 1×60′ documentary film presented by James Blake, Men of the Manosphere.

In this latest film James Blake meets…

It’s a damp, grey morning in Soho, London, and Cameron Roh is standing a metre or so behind a woman who is speaking loudly into her phone outside Caffè Nero. She is breaking his “laws” of “pavement etiquette” and he holds up his phone…

Annemarie Jacir’s epic historical drama Palestine 36 took the Tokyo International Film Festival’s top prize, the Grand Prix/The Governor of Tokyo Award, at an awards ceremony in the Japanese capital on Wednesday.

In what has been a…

Almost 10 years have passed since Radiohead released a new record, and more than seven since they were last seen on stage. Living through that period has felt like moving further and faster into the future that their songs often sounded so…