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Our Culture Editor, Fred Fyles, gives you the run-down on the Academy Award nominations for this year, from the meteoric rise of La La Land, to the possible success of Moonlight, and all those films that they missed along the way...
Terrains of the Body is on at the Whitechapel Gallery until 16th April 2017 Free entry
A strained, off-putting work
Culture editors Indira Mallik and Fred Fyles give their round-up of the last 12 months in terms of culutre. Expect TV escapism, highlighting women in music, and going crazy over Olivia Laing...
Sometimes artists we love have characters that we don’t. In our new weekly feature, we examine some of the artists whose antics regularly embarrass their fans. Can we separate the music from the artist? First up is German singer, Nico.
David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, being reissued for the 30th anniversary this month, introduced the world to the themes that would run through the director’s work for the next three decades. A stunning world of glamour and grime, Blue Velvet is a masterpiece.
Chi-Raq marks a return to form for Spike Lee, and its breathless anger is urgently needed in these troubled times.
Jim Jarmusch’s latest work Paterson is a breathtaking exploration of day-to-day life, blissful love, and the sheer power of poetry.
Eyes of a killer
Capturing the wonder of youth
Will Sharpe delights in The Darkest Universe
Do like Arrival and Gravity mark a breakthrough of the sci-fi glass ceiling, asks Fred Fyles? Or do they play into the tropes well established in the genre?