If you want to hear critics debate the issues, make a case for lost classics, or give you a deeper understanding of great artists– there’s a podcast for thatWhen Switched on Pop began back in 2014, it helped to cement and spread the “poptimism” movemen…
Paul Rudd Saturday Night Live to film without audience amid Omicron surge
People’s Sexiest Man Alive to host show for fifth timeNBC cites ‘abundance of caution’ behind Covid moveThe actor Paul Rudd, People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021, was set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on Saturday Night Live but the sur…
A groundbreaking Strictly final in step with modern Britain
It was Strictly, and the BBC, at its best: everyone welcome, and everything all the better for itAs the 2021 Strictly Come Dancing Grand Final began, it was all about Representation Strictly. From the first flick to the final lift, serious points about…
Tell us: what are your thoughts on the Sex and the City spin off?
Sex and the City’s sequel And Just Like That will revisit the characters 20 years after they left our screensAfter a 20-year hiatus, Sex and the City will return on 9 December with the sequel And Just Like That. Most of the main cast will return for th…
Chucky review – the murderous doll is back (and may be behind you right now)
Is anyone safe from the knife-wielding puppet in this rebooted 80s horror classic? Certainly not people who shop at New Jersey yard salesMy editor was not born when Child’s Play came out in 1988 and so looked at me blankly when I begged and pleaded wit…
Kenny G: ‘Criticism didn’t affect me then, and it doesn’t affect me now’
In the HBO documentary Listening to Kenny G, the unusual appeal of the much-maligned ‘smooth jazz’ musician is put under the spotlightPenny Lane, who has directed a new music documentary centered on Kenny G, has no interest in music documentaries and w…
Death of England: Face to Face review – state of the nation drama is a fast, furious triumph
This amalgamation of two National Theatre monologues makes for an unflinching, highly impressive examination of race, identity and toxic masculinityDeath of England began life in 2014 as a short drama commissioned by London’s Royal Court theatre and th…
Let’s talk about sex: how Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP sent the world into overdrive
A cultural ‘cancer’, soft porn … or the height of empowerment? A revealing documentary examines the debates around one of the raunchiest – and most talked about – rap records aroundAs winter forces many of us to ditch nights out with friends in favour …
Empire State of Mind review – ‘Within moments, I am crying on to my laptop’
Sathnam Sanghera offers a brave, personal and damning take on the racist legacy Britain has just started to reckon withSathnam Sanghera’s two-part documentary on how imperialism has shaped Britain opens with a clear demonstration of one of its legacies…
Rob Delaney on love, loss and married life: ‘No, my wife is not having an affair with her karate teacher’
The star of Catastrophe and Home Sweet Home Alone answers your questions on everything from family tragedy to the value of comedyRob Delaney – comedian, actor, writer, tweeter, activist – co-wrote and co-starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe with…