β¨ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Film,Wim Wenders,Berlin film festival,Culture,Festivals,A Fantastic Woman,Female genital mutilation (FGM),Homelessness,Post Office Horizon scandal,Arundhati Roy,Books,Health,Housing,Post Office,Communities,Poverty,Society,UK news,Social exclusion,Business β
**What Youβll Learn**: SShould film festivals be more than just screenings and a red carpet? Should it make us think about the role that cinema plays in the world? Novelist Arundhati Roy certainly thinks so. She withdrew from appearing at the Berlinale in protest against jury president Wim Wenders' claim that films should "stay apolitical". She said Wenders' position was "unreasonable" and that he "must be heard". [him] To…
π Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Bad Bunny,UK charts,Pop and rock,Music,Culture,UK news π **What Youβll Learn**: Despite being one of the most listened to musicians in the world, Bad Bunny has never had a Top 10 single in the UK β until now.The Puerto Rican musician attracted a slew of curious new fans β and previously thrilled fans β after last week's Super Bowl, performing a halftime show that many described as one of the greatest performances in NFL history.His album DebΓ Tirar MΓ‘s Fotos - which won Album of the Year at…
π Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Film,Drama films,Biopics,Bill Evans,Jazz,Period and historical films,Berlin film festival,Culture,Festivals,Music β
**What Youβll Learn**: TElusive, ruminative and highly entertaining, his film presents its successive scenes like a series of unresolved strings carrying the listener on a destinationless journey β and is, incidentally, one of those rare films with a great supporting role that neither undermines nor overrides the rest. It's a movie about music. In particular, what is left when a musician can no longer play and is left to contemplate the terrible sacrifices that are made, without conscious…
π₯ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Books,Ben Lerner,Sheila Heti,Annie Ernaux,Jordan Peterson,Culture β
**What Youβll Learn**: 'HeyOne of my detailed prompts is: "What's the best book you've read this year?" βI swipe left on anyone who says a book I don't like,β says 29-year-old Ayo*. βSomeone once responded with a book by Jordan Peterson, which was a huge shock.βIt's a straightforward take on romance, but IU is far from alone. Books have long served as a cultural shorthand for personalityβcues of taste and worldviewβbut dating apps have accelerated and intensified that process. In…
β¨ Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Berlin film festival 2026,Film,Westerns,Period and historical films,John C Reilly,Johnny Flynn,Film adaptations,Books,Culture,Music,Berlin film festival,Festivals π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: THere's some highly orchestrated image-making and mood-making in this technically accomplished but unsatisfying drama from first-time Norway resident Dara van Dusen. It's a bleak tale of the American Old West, adapted by Dawson from Stuart O'Nan's novel, and somehow feels like a short film shot at length. His visual gestures and set pieces, while striking and often shocking, felt to me disconnected from any emotional truth β a truth perhaps…
π₯ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Film,Berlin film festival,Culture,Festivals,Bella Ramsey,Cancer,Drama films,Young people π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: forElla Ramsey leads the cast of this beloved coming-of-age film from 25-year-old actor-turned-director George Jack, about a summer camp for teens with cancer. Although it can sometimes be a bit cheery in its positivity, and unrealistic about the life-changing experiences that can be had at a camp like this or any other, it is kind-hearted, well-acted, and topped off with entertaining star appearances - and for those who think they can spot the "tragic, sacrificial" character in…
π₯ Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Berlin film festival 2026,Berlin film festival,Festivals,Culture,Film,Romance films,Drama films,Afghanistan π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: TAfghan director Shahrbano Sadat is a warm, approachable presence as writer, director, and star of No Good Men β the story of the women of Afghanistan in 2021 as they are on the verge of surrendering to the Taliban as American forces withdraw. It's an urgent tale, which incidentally ends with a rousing finale reminiscent of Casablanca β though the central shift in the heart of the male hero, which the title gamely refutes, is…
π₯ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Culture,Television,Film,Books,Music π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: televisionIf you only watch one, do it...Minor ProphetsBBC iPlayerLauren Battle as Casey and Pierce Quigley as Michael in Little Prophets. Image: BBC/Treasure Trove/Blue House ProductionsSummarize in a sentence Mackenzie Crook follows up Detectorists with a brilliant slice of gentle, supernatural-themed comedy about a man's attempts to find out what happened to his girlfriend who disappeared seven years ago.What our reviewer said "Little Prophets is pure, unadulterated fun." Jack SealeRead the full reviewFurther reading βWatching The Office Lately, My Heart Just Sankβ -…
β¨ Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Culture,Music,Stage,Dance,Theatre,Film,Television,Television & radio,Art,Art and design,Games β
**What Youβll Learn**: Checkout: cinemaWuthering HeightsOut nowIn the Cunning and Windswept Moors, writer-director Emerald Fennell has constructed a new interpretation of Emily BrontΓ«'s classic. Margot Robbie stars as Cathy, while Jacob Elordi plays Heathcliff, and as you might expect from the film director behind Saltburn, the passionate duo are prepared to leave no high unturned.It's never over, Jeff BuckleyOut nowVery few musicians have had the impact that Jeff Buckley has had over such a short period of time. This documentary from…
π₯ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: V&A,Art and design,Culture,Exhibitions,Design,Heritage,Museums,London,UK news π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: What do the first-ever baby monitor, Nigeria's 2018 World Cup paraphernalia, a streaming device from the 1980s, the smashed parts of Edward Snowden's computer, a "Please Give Me a Seat" badge and a Labobo device have in common? They are all included in the V&A's Design 1990-Now galleries, which will reopen to the public this week.The galleries, which extend across two rooms on the upper floors of the museum, house a collection of antique books. The presentations cover…
