By Sara Bright Another year, another round of retrospectives on Jean-Claude Van Damme. The internet dutifully assembles its ranked lists – Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Universal Soldier,…
By Sara Noah London’s galleries in 2025 are staging shows that interrogate identity, history, and the very nature of art-making. The season’s exhibitions are not…
By Sara Bright There is a particular kind of Hollywood stubbornness that cannot be taught. Val Kilmer had it in abundance. He was the actor…
By Sara Bright There is an origin story behind the anticipation that grips the capital whenever the Flame International Awards are mentioned. It is during…
By Alexander Stone In November 2013, comedy duo Key & Peele uploaded a sketch to YouTube in which two breakdance-circle hype men square off over…
By Sara Bright There is a peculiar silence at the heart of the global plastic crisis – the silence of 52.1 million metric tonnes of…
By Anne Fry Scroll past the algorithmically served hauls and the influencer-curated wardrobes and something unexpected is happening on TikTok. Creators are filming themselves wearing…
By Tessa Nolan The year 2024 was supposed to be a write-off. After the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes shuttered writers’ rooms from May through…
By Alexander Stone The most dangerous building in the world is the one that exists only on paper. It has no budget overruns, no planning…
By Tessa Nolan By Tessa Nolan In February 2024, Dame Helen Mirren stood at the podium of the 37th Annual American Cinematheque Awards at the…