Peaky Blinders writer plans £100m film studio in Midlands
Steven Knight says the 40-acre site near Birmingham will help the UK meet high demand from production companies
After creating the Bafta-winning gangster drama Peaky Blinders,...
Take note – why do women composers still take up less musical space?
Sound and Music set itself an ambitious target - gender parity by 2020. How’s it doing?
Two years ago today, Sound and Music made a...
Captain Marvel review – Brie Larson kicks ass across the universe
Marvel’s superhero adventure veers from boomingly serious to quirkily droll as Larson wages a vicious war against evil aliens
This latest tale from the Marvel cinematic...
Devil May Cry 5 review: a triumphant return to stylish demon-slaughter
PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4; CapcomHigh-octane challenges in this irresistible romp have resurrected an action series that’s been dormant for over a decade
Despite...
‘Atrocious and unrepentant’: Ricky Gervais out-Ricky Gervaises himself in After Life
The Office creator is back with a new series about a grieving man who does whatever he wants
“Agood day is when I don’t...
Derry Girls series two review – still magic, still a total ride
Lisa McGee’s comedy is that rare thing – a hysterical and moving show about life as an adolescent girl. And with a bus-load of...
Fleabag series two review – she’s back … and she’s taking aim at God
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s audacious comedy returns with a family dinner from hell, a brawl and a hot, smoking priest. We should have known
If you...
Fleabag review – Phoebe Waller-Bridge triumphs off-Broadway
Soho Playhouse, New York
The witty, filthy, tragic one-woman show arrives stateside, with all its jagged edges still intact
“I’m not obsessed with sex,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge says, with...
Badgers, piles of coke and Zac Efron: why Hollywood gets club culture wrong
The life of the DJ is often presented as a utopia on screen. Can Idris Elba’s new show Turn Up Charlie buck the trend?...
From Ayòbámi Adébáyò to Zadie Smith: meet the New Daughters of Africa
More than 25 years after her groundbreaking Daughters of Africa anthology, Margaret Busby reflects on the next generation of black women writers around the...
