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Alamy(Credit: Alamy)Released 40 years ago this month, Miloš Forman’s best picture-winning Amadeus is often accused of historical inaccuracies – but…
‘When you’re single and in the city, your friends are your family’: Why the key message of Friends endures
By Vidya Saras
AlamyFirst broadcast 30 years ago this week, the hugely popular show Friends became much more than a sitcom – it…
Niko TavernisFrom Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix pairing up to Anna Kendrick making her directorial debut and a Donald Trump…
Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Lingua FrancaRachelle Hruska McPherson, founder of cult brand Lingua Franca, talks about sloganeering and “luxury activism”.You may…
‘Extremely problematic’: How cult ‘art house erotica’ film Emmanuelle became a global hit
By Vidya Saras
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)To mark the 50th anniversary of the erotic French film that made soft porn mainstream cinema, it’s had a…
Getty ImagesThe news that Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are starring in Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë’s romance has…
Paul KoudounarisA new photography book explores the practice of memorialising beloved beasts, from a performing elephant in Las Vegas to…
Frank Darabont and Morgan Freeman on The Shawshank Redemption’s path from flop to classic
By Vidya Saras
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)When The Shawshank Redemption came out 30 years ago this week, it seemed to have all the ingredients of…
Netflix(Credit: Netflix)From an adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s sex-and-scandal-filled novel to a superhero movie-making satire and the return of Netflix’s gripping…