Docufictional 1981 comedy captures the working-class ska-pop pranksters in their hungry years with an almost Loachian authenticity

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.

Scots-written Till the Bells Ring premiered a year before the Hollywood film, which featured spoken words by Al Jolson For almost a century, The Jazz Singer has been celebrated as the world’s first feature-length film to include synchronised dialogue (known as a “talkie”), and English as the first language of cinema. But a chance discovery threatens to upend film history with the news that it may have been beaten to the title by a full year – and by a film made in Glasgow and written in Scots. The breakthrough was made by the historian and self-confessed “film nerd” Marc David Jacobs, who was conducting research for a book on the first wave of British sound films when he came across the story of Till the Bells Ring. Continue reading...

An ageing celebrity whose career is starting to plummet resorts to a black-market drug to create a younger version of herself. But the substance comes with unexpected side effects.

In a remote South Korea village police officers are called upon to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc.

From 'Mellow Gold' to 'Midnite Vultures,' we explore the eclectic discography of the guy who transcended 'Loser.' From 'Mellow Gold' to 'Midnite Vultures,' we explore the eclectic discography of the g...

On his first album in seven years, Beck keeps the quality control extremely high as he surveys mid-50s malaise in the wake of divorce

A drama following General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) and Captain James Stagg (Andrew Scott) in the tense 72 hours before D-Day.

Two siblings' lives on a remote Scottish island are upended by the arrival of an awkward council worker (Domhall Gleeson).

Sitcom star of the 1970s and 80s who appeared in Man About the House, Robin’s Nest, and Me and My Girl

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A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough Tim Curry, the versatile performer of screen and stage, who made his name as the flamboyant Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, has died aged 80. Reports said Curry died at his home in Los Angeles. Ironically, Curry’s best-known roles all required a considerable physical transformation, to the extent that he was unrecognisable in all of them. Frank-N-Furter, Rocky Horror’s deranged scientist, saw him daubed in garish makeup and wearing stockings and suspenders, for the stage show (which debuted in 1973) and the film adaptation (released in 1975). In the Ridley Scott-directed fantasy Legend (1985), he was equipped with giant horns and scarlet skin as the Lord of Darkness. And in 1990, Curry was transformed with full-face clown pancake to play Pennywise in the TV miniseries It, based on the Stephen King novel. Continue reading...

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Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes Dolly Parton, one of the greatest singer-songwriters in country music who was also much cherished for her philanthropy, has died aged 80. Her death was announced by nephew Brian Seaver on Instagram. Continue reading...

Much-copied and parodied picture captures dynamic between the individuals and the band with eerie perfection

Fantasy and reality collide when a young director visits the star of an 80s slasher classic.

A mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports the neighbourhood to someplace unknown