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

Inside the Big Issue: Power to the people

Five years ago, a protest on Glasgow’s Kenmure Street forced immigration officers to release two men from custody.

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

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

Sirāt’s juxtaposition of primal bliss and existential howls of anguish makes for a bruising experience

BAFTA hopeful I Swear: ‘We were told to take swearing out of Tourette’s film to make it commercial’
Piers Tempest

BAFTA hopeful I Swear: ‘We were told to take swearing out of Tourette’s film to make it commercial’

Producer Piers Tempest knows how hard it is to get an independent film made – but they dig deep to make I Swear, the BAFTA-nominated film about John Davidson, whose campaigning has helped other people living with Tourette’s

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

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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

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: ‘There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through’
Film

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: ‘There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through’

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
Review

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography

Inside the Big Issue: Trainspotting turns 30
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trainspotting turns 30

Whistle star Dafne Keen: ‘I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that’s all very fun to me’
TV

Whistle star Dafne Keen: ‘I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that’s all very fun to me’

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: ‘I’ve spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted’
Letter To My Younger Self

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: ‘I’ve spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted’

Nouvelle Vague review – Richard Linklater’s witty, whimsical love letter to Jean-Luc Godard
Film

Nouvelle Vague review – Richard Linklater’s witty, whimsical love letter to Jean-Luc Godard

H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’
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H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: ‘I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights’
Film

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: ‘I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights’

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer

Rental Family review – satisfaction guaranteed with Brendan Fraser
Film

Rental Family review – satisfaction guaranteed with Brendan Fraser

The next Hollywood reboot? Try the awards season
Film

The next Hollywood reboot? Try the awards season

The Man with the Plan is an urgent film for our desperate times
John Bird

The Man with the Plan is an urgent film for our desperate times

Toys, Ghostface and lots and lots of superheroes: These are the films to get excited about in 2026
Film

Toys, Ghostface and lots and lots of superheroes: These are the films to get excited about in 2026

Lisa Nandy, Zack Polanski and Nitro from Gladiators share their favourite cultural moments of 2025 
Best of the year

Lisa Nandy, Zack Polanski and Nitro from Gladiators share their favourite cultural moments of 2025 

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Tinsel Town review – Kiefer Sutherland in a panto? Oh no, he isn’t, oh yes he is
Review

Tinsel Town review – Kiefer Sutherland in a panto? Oh no, he isn’t, oh yes he is

Choose joy this Christmas
Paul McNamee

Choose joy this Christmas

A dementia diagnosis is not a final curtain. It can even be an opening act
Film

A dementia diagnosis is not a final curtain. It can even be an opening act

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: ‘It’s as voluntary as getting a cold’
Diabetes

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: ‘It’s as voluntary as getting a cold’