Film

Mel Brooks at 100 – the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy
Comedy

Mel Brooks at 100 – the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy

After a lifetime of making us laugh, actor and filmmaker Mel Brooks’s humanity shines, as does his tenacity and his bold intent, writes Robin Ince

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral
Rachel Palma Randle

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral

Movements need culture. They need songs, symbols and stories that can travel further than speeches or leaflets

How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull 
Film

How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull 

Sam C Wilson felt his chance to get into drama school slipping away until he started working at Big Issue. Now he’s starring in a Hollywood blockbuster

‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters
Photography

‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’
Film

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’

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Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom
Film

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom

The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’
Film

The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’

There can be only one Highlander – at least until the reboot comes out
Film

There can be only one Highlander – at least until the reboot comes out

Rita Wilson: ‘I’m proud I started songwriting in my 50s. There is no clock on creativity’
Letter To My Younger Self

Rita Wilson: ‘I’m proud I started songwriting in my 50s. There is no clock on creativity’

Is working in fashion really like The Devil Wears Prada?
Workers' rights

Is working in fashion really like The Devil Wears Prada?

Can the notorious Michael Jackson film continue the Hollywood biopic boom?
Film

Can the notorious Michael Jackson film continue the Hollywood biopic boom?

Forty years on, Stand By Me is back in cinemas. The coming-of-age story comes of age
Reissue

Forty years on, Stand By Me is back in cinemas. The coming-of-age story comes of age

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’
Documentary

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: ‘You absorb what’s happening’
Film

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: ‘You absorb what’s happening’

Forty years of Flare, London’s LGBTQIA+ film festival: ‘We’ve become a really important safe space’
Film

Forty years of Flare, London’s LGBTQIA+ film festival: ‘We’ve become a really important safe space’

One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer
Review

One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer

Hamnet composer Max Richter reveals his music’s secret ingredient
Music

Hamnet composer Max Richter reveals his music’s secret ingredient

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power

David Bradley: ‘It was great to be in Game of Thrones. People from all over the world hate me!’
Interview

David Bradley: ‘It was great to be in Game of Thrones. People from all over the world hate me!’

Inside the Big Issue: Power to the people
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Power to the people

Sirāt film review: a hypnotic, apocalyptic and genuinely shocking rave odyssey
Film

Sirāt film review: a hypnotic, apocalyptic and genuinely shocking rave odyssey

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Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is ‘a magnifying glass on masculinity’
Film

Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is ‘a magnifying glass on masculinity’

Artist Mark Blamire announced Trainspotting to the world. He’s back to tell the story 30 years on
Art

Artist Mark Blamire announced Trainspotting to the world. He’s back to tell the story 30 years on

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord
Film

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord

The President’s Cake review: a surprisingly sweet depiction of life under an uncaring regime
Film

The President’s Cake review: a surprisingly sweet depiction of life under an uncaring regime