- May 13, 2025
The horror film that traumatised millennials
Alamy Twenty-five years ago, the first instalment terrified by making everyday scenarios into death traps. Now, after a 14-year break,
The provocative Estonian pop song that has caused outrage in Italy
Alina Pyazok One of the most controversial entries in the Eurovision song contest is Espresso Macchiato by Estonia’s Tommy Cash.
The lost 1934 novel that gave a chilling warning about the horrors of Nazi Germany
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Published years before WW2, Sally Carson’s prescient novel captures the dawn of Nazi tyranny in a small
How black men have used flamboyant fashion to express pride and resistance
Tyler Mitchell (Credit: Tyler Mitchell) This year’s Costume Institute spring exhibition and Met Gala are honouring black “dandy” style, and
10 of the best TV shows to watch this May
Serenity Strull/ BBC From Tina Fey’s new relationship comedy to an action drama from the creator of Lost, and the
How Aldrich Ames became the US’s most damaging double agent
Getty Images Aldrich Ames spent nearly a decade selling secret information to the Soviet Union, compromising more than 100 clandestine
10 of the best films of 2025 so far
Nicholas Barber and Caryn James Yun Sun Park/ BBC (Credit: Yun Sun Park/ BBC) BBC film critics Caryn James and
The ‘anti-Bollywood’ films fighting sexist stereotypes
Altitude Sister Midnight, Santosh and All We Imagine as Light are part of a new wave of female-centred Indian films
How the ‘gangster’ years of the young Joseph Stalin inspired the gritty Star Wars series
Lucasfilm Ltd (Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd) It may be set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but
Coachella looks from Lady Gaga to Sabrina Carpenter – and the costumes that can make or break careers
Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Behind the creation of the festival’s most iconic and outrageous costumes – from wardrobe malfunctions to