Tarsem Singh: ‘I went bankrupt making The Fall, and I’d go bankrupt another ten times to do it’

The visionary Indian director behind modern cult favourite The Fall reflects on the film finding its audience after 17 years, and the production of Dear Jassi – his first feature film in almost a decade. There are few cinematic imaginations as delightfully surreal, as full of wonder, and as critically divisive as the one belonging […]

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Why are so many British feature debuts about childhood trauma

The concept of trauma has us in a cultural headlock. Nowadays you can’t watch a reality competition without being confronted by someone’s heartbreaking backstory, as though their weepy confessional somehow elevates them as a worthy competitor despite having nothing to do with their skill in drag, glassblowing or pottery. Much like the TikTokers whose followings […]

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Jennifer Lopez Wears White Wrap Coat With Jewel Green Gown to Friend’s Birthday Party

On Saturday night, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck headed to Australian model and actress Pia Miller’s 40th birthday party in Los Angeles. The Marry Me performer was wearing a white wraparound coat cinched in at the waist with a white belt. Underneath, the scalloped hem of her asymmetrical satin skirt swirled around her ankles in […]

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The Curse is Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s unsettling suburban house of mirrors

In the new Showtime series The Curse, spouses-cum-real-estate-disruptors Asher and Whitney Siegel (Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone) set out to save the environment with carbon-neutral “passive houses” that generate as much energy as they use. An entirely mirrored exterior captures sunlight and converts it to power — though a technician mentions that this could be […]

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