Netflix(Credit: Netflix)From Netflix mega-hit The Night Agent to Apple TV+'s beloved Slow Horses, tales of secret agents and sinister plots are becoming ever more popular again. That's because they resonate with the times.If you've sat down to watch a new...
NetflixFrench director Jacques Audiard's musical about a Mexican drug lord is a frontrunner for the Academy Awards' big prizes. But its depiction of the country is stoking criticism.Rarely is a film so successful with critics and awards voters, yet so...
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)It puzzled many viewers but delighted critics. We explain why the late, great David Lynch's Mulholland Drive topped BBC Culture's poll to find the greatest films of the 21st Century.Cinema in the early years of the 21st Century has...
In a rare interview in 2023, the late Mulholland Drive director told BBC journalist Matthew Sweet about his defining work with composer Angelo Badalamenti.From the darkness of Mulholland Drive to the soaring sweep of Twin Peaks, Angelo Badalamenti created the...
Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)With her sultry drawl and feline charisma, the singer and actor oozed sophistication. But Eartha Kitt, who was born on 17 January 1927, had the toughest of childhoods. In History looks at how she transcended her troubled...
Gallery Books, Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Press(Credit: Gallery Books, Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Press)From the most anticipated literary debuts to the return of heavyweights like Stephen King and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, there's plenty to add to your TBR pile this...
Apple TV+When it premiered in 2022, Apple TV+'s surreal workplace show was a hit. Now it's finally back – and from the playful storytelling to the layered performances, there's a lot to savour.In the second season of Severance, one character...
Disney(Credit: Disney)The coming year sees the return of Superman, Avatar and Bridget Jones, along with new films from Bong Joon-ho, Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler.Pixar(Credit: Pixar)ElioPixar has ticked off toys, fish, monsters, cars, superheroes, elves and emotions. Now cinema's...
Getty ImagesAs a teenager growing up in the Netherlands, the Oscar-winning actress bravely carried messages for the Dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation.On the BBC Radio 4 podcast History's Youngest Heroes, Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary tales of rebellion,...
Simon & Schuster/ Faber/ DoubledayFrom an intense tale of two brothers to a stunning Booker winner – the very best fiction of the year.Intermezzo by Sally RooneyLaunched late in the year to the feverish fan hoards was the fourth instalment...
