AlamyStarring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 1984 blockbuster The Terminator has become synonymous with the dangers of superintelligent machines. But it "helps and hinders" our understanding of AI.In one episode of the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley, Thomas Middleditch (Richard Hendricks) is explaining...
Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)The late muse of director John Waters, Divine delighted in inspiring outrage and disgust on and off screen. However from The Little Mermaid to Chappell Roan, he has left a big impression on popular cultureDivine was a...
Bloomsbury Press, University of California Press, W W Norton & Company(Credit: Bloomsbury Press, University of California Press, W W Norton & Company)From the pursuit of happiness to the economy – in the run-up to the election, here are some books...
Apple TVPremiering at the London Film Festival, Steve McQueen's sprawling drama tries to shine new light on what happened, but has "many of the clichés of a traditional period piece".As the director of the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, Steve...
Andrew Corrigan(Credit: Andrew Corrigan)The British post-punk band's 1979 LP was a revolutionary mix of abrasive guitar and subversive societal observations. As well as inspiring everyone from Kurt Cobain to Frank Ocean, 45 years on, it still speaks powerfully to today's...
Brendan Beirne/ Shutterstock(Credit: Brendan Beirne/ Shutterstock)From shocking performances to extraordinary costumes, how performance artist and style icon Leigh Bowery, and his fellow "outlaws and fashion renegades", birthed a bizarre creative movement – and blazed a trail of chaos.The 1980s: it...
Getty ImagesDenmark became the world's first country to offer legal recognition of gay partnerships on 1 October 1989, and the BBC was there to film the ceremonies – recording a day when "something shifted in human affairs".In 2024 it might...
Niko TavernisFrom Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix pairing up to Anna Kendrick making her directorial debut and a Donald Trump biopic, here are the unmissable movies to see this month.Leah Gallo/ NetflixWoman of the HourIn 1978, Rodney Alcala was a...
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 political drama.Snowed-In Productions(Credit: Snowed-In Productions)1. Joan Sophie Turner, still best known as Sansa Stark on Game of Thrones, stars as the...
AlamyFirst broadcast 30 years ago this week, the hugely popular show Friends became much more than a sitcom – it brought a new way of living into the mainstream.Barely three minutes into the pilot episode of Friends (The One Where...
