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For the money: 10 terrible performances by incredible actors

(Credit: Warner Bros) Tue 16 April 2024 12:00, UK While the painstaking work of countless crewmembers are the real heroes of any given Hollywood flick, for better or for worse, the only people who seem to get the credit for such movies are the director and lead actors. Indeed, a famous director could walk down […]

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The Slits’ Ari Up laments the loss of “female rebellion” in music: “I didn’t know it would come to this”

(Credits: Far Out / Angus McIntyre) Mon 15 April 2024 12:30, UK “Ari is wonderful and terrible in equal measure,” writes Viv Albertine in her memoir, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys. When The Slits formed, Ari Up (real name Ariane Daniele Forster) was just 14 years old. A wild child who’d […]

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The muses behind Bob Dylan’s ‘Blonde on Blonde’

(Credits: Far Out / Bent Rej) Mon 15 April 2024 12:00, UK Bob Dylan is famously tight-lipped and tricky. As an artist, he is one of the most globally respected names in history. He’s held up as a kind of God-like genius, turning the folk of the 1960s into something newer and bigger. For millions, […]

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WGA Awards 2024: The complete list of winners

(Credits: Writers Guild) Mon 15 April 2024 11:14, UK Following a significant year, the Writers Guild of America Awards 2024 saw an array of cutting-edge writing achievements rewarded for their efforts in the entertainment industry. It proved to be a night to remember for the teams behind The Holdovers, American Fiction, The Bear, and Succession, who all […]

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The very best new comedy movies of the 21st century

(Credits: Far Out / Paramount Pictures / 20th Century Studios / MUBI / The Orchard) Sun 14 April 2024 12:30, UK Anyone familiar with the titanic juggernaut of Hollywood knows that trends come in waves that correspond to public tastes, with the western genre seeing its heyday in the early 20th century before slowly ebbing […]

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The 10 best songs that pay tribute to The Beatles

(Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Sun 14 April 2024 12:00, UK There’s no way that any other band could measure up to what The Beatles have already done. Even if there are certain songs that people don’t care for everything the Fab Four has done, chances are they’ve at least listened to a band that […]

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Explaining the ending of Jordan Peele’s horror movie ‘Us’

(Credits: Far Out / Universal Pictures) Sun 14 April 2024 11:00, UK In 2019, Jordan Peele followed up his pioneering horror movie Get Out with an arguably even more chilling work. Us delivers the fear factor throughout while serving as a parable for the treatment of marginalised underclasses in the modern United States. The twist […]

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How an onstage brawl with Deep Purple helped launch AC/DC’s career

(Credits: Far Out / Dena Flows) Sat 13 April 2024 12:00, UK Being a rock star is more than just playing music; it’s a way of life. This is a form of music born out of rebellion, meaning that rebellious spirit has to be in everything a rock star does, whether it’s in the music […]