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Why the Michael Jackson biopic is a hit

7 mins • S1, E1350

Why the Michael Jackson biopic is a hit
Wendy Ide
The Devil Wears Prada 2 won’t wear well

Wed 29 Apr 2026

The Devil Wears Prada 2 won’t wear well
Lily Isaacs
Dame Emma Thompson: ‘I find the young a source of fire and inspiration’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Dame Emma Thompson: ‘I find the young a source of fire and inspiration’
Lily Isaacs
Dame Sheila Hancock: ‘There is a marvellousness about humans. And a curiosity’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Dame Sheila Hancock: ‘There is a marvellousness about humans. And a curiosity’
Lily Isaacs
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas: ‘We need to help the next generation be better than we are’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Dame Kristin Scott Thomas: ‘We need to help  the next generation  be better than we are’
Wendy Ide
How the great Dames of stage and screen transformed the cultural landscape

Sat 25 Apr 2026

How the great Dames of stage and screen transformed the cultural landscape
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Mother Mary, Primavera, Rose of Nevada, and more

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Mother Mary, Primavera, Rose of Nevada, and more
Tanya Gold
Mark Jenkin: ‘Cornwall isn’t a backwater full of ice-cream sellers’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Mark Jenkin: ‘Cornwall isn’t a backwater full of ice-cream sellers’
Rosamund Pike
‘They are quintessentially themselves’: Rosamund Pike on the great Dames of acting

Sat 25 Apr 2026

‘They are quintessentially themselves’: Rosamund Pike on the great Dames of acting
Lily Isaacs
Dame Helen Mirren: ‘Each role is a journey into the unexpected. It terrifies me’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Dame Helen Mirren: ‘Each role is a journey into the unexpected. It terrifies me’
Lily Isaacs
Dame Harriet Walter: ‘I feel 17 inside, but you rarely get to express that’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Dame Harriet Walter: ‘I feel 17 inside, but you rarely get to express that’
Wendy Ide
Michael is everything that’s wrong with the music biopic

Wed 22 Apr 2026

Michael is everything that’s wrong with the music biopic
Kathryn Bromwich
An hour with… artist Sienna Murdoch

Sun 19 Apr 2026

An hour with… artist Sienna Murdoch
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Rebuilding, Glenrothan, The Blue Trail and more

Sun 19 Apr 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Rebuilding, Glenrothan, The Blue Trail and more
Wendy Ide
The Wizard and The Kremlin has one big problem

Fri 17 Apr 2026

The Wizard and The Kremlin has one big problem
Vanessa Thorpe
British censors adopt AI to age-rate streamer favourites

Thu 16 Apr 2026

British censors adopt AI to age-rate streamer favourites
Stephen Armstrong
Sam Riley: ‘My dad put £100 on me to be the next James Bond’

Thu 16 Apr 2026

Sam Riley: ‘My dad put £100 on me to be the next James Bond’
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Stranger, California Schemin’, Undertone, You, Me & Tuscany

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Stranger, California Schemin’, Undertone, You, Me & Tuscany
Wendy Ide
Father Mother Sister Brother is a curiously compelling portrait of complicated families

Fri 10 Apr 2026

Father Mother Sister Brother is a curiously compelling portrait of complicated families
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Fuze, Night Stage, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and more

Sat 4 Apr 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Fuze, Night Stage, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and more
Wendy Ide
The Drama is a caustic dissection of a relationship on the rocks

Thu 2 Apr 2026

The Drama is a caustic dissection of a relationship on the rocks
The year of Zendaya

57 mins • S2, E12

The year of Zendaya
Joel Golby
An Hour With… Anson Boon

Sun 29 Mar 2026

An Hour With… Anson Boon
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Splitsville, DJ Ahmet, Below the Clouds and more

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Splitsville, DJ Ahmet, Below the Clouds and more
Vanessa Thorpe
Mr Benn changes into a movie star of 70s flashback cinema

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Mr Benn changes into a movie star of 70s flashback cinema
Wendy Ide
Two Prosecutors is a chilling study of Stalin’s red tape terror

Thu 26 Mar 2026

Two Prosecutors is a chilling study of Stalin’s red tape terror
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Dead Man’s Wire, Broken English, Arco and more

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Dead Man’s Wire, Broken English, Arco and more
Tim Lewis
Aidan Turner is calling the shots

Sat 21 Mar 2026

Aidan Turner is calling the shots
Olivia Ovenden
Want to tell a story? Then ditch the phone

Fri 20 Mar 2026

Want to tell a story? Then ditch the phone
Michaela Makusha
An Hour With... Shazad Latif

Sun 15 Mar 2026

An Hour With... Shazad Latif
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Love That Remains, Everybody to Kenmure Street, Reminders of Him and more

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Love That Remains, Everybody to Kenmure Street, Reminders of Him and more
Vanessa Thorpe
The Brit tipped to win casting’s first Oscar

Sun 15 Mar 2026

The Brit tipped to win casting’s first Oscar
Erica Wagner
I wasn’t bored by The Secret Agent, I just couldn’t stay. It’s actually a compliment

Sat 14 Mar 2026

I wasn’t bored by The Secret Agent, I just couldn’t stay. It’s actually a compliment
Wendy Ide
Oscars 2026 predictions: who will win in the biggest categories?

Fri 13 Mar 2026

Oscars 2026 predictions: who will win in the biggest categories?
Wendy Ide
Has Glen Powell run out of steam?

Fri 13 Mar 2026

Has Glen Powell run out of steam?
Sarah Manavis
Let’s stop defending shallow art as made ‘for women’

Fri 13 Mar 2026

Let’s stop defending shallow art as made ‘for women’
Melissa Denes
Why can’t film’s leading women age like Sean Penn?

Fri 13 Mar 2026

Why can’t film’s leading women age like Sean Penn?
Anthony Cummins
Why Hollywood has fallen in love with Thomas Pynchon

Fri 13 Mar 2026

Why Hollywood has fallen in love with Thomas Pynchon
Alex O’Connell
Timothée Chalamet says nobody cares about opera any more. I used to agree

Tue 10 Mar 2026

Timothée Chalamet says nobody cares about opera any more. I used to agree
Tim Adams
Steven Knight: ‘There’s always one family in a place like this that everybody’s scared of’

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Steven Knight: ‘There’s always one family in a place like this that everybody’s scared of’
Carolina Unzelte
The Secret Agent reveals why Brazil has entered a golden era of film

Sun 8 Mar 2026

The Secret Agent reveals why Brazil has entered a golden era of film
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Hoppers, Sound of Falling, Peaky Blinders, Mother’s Pride

Sat 7 Mar 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Hoppers, Sound of Falling, Peaky Blinders, Mother’s Pride
Tanya Gold
Becoming Liza Minnelli

Sat 7 Mar 2026

Becoming Liza Minnelli
Wendy Ide
The Bride! is an oddly beautiful collision of ideas

Fri 6 Mar 2026

The Bride! is an oddly beautiful collision of ideas
Tim Adams
James Bond books once deemed ‘not good enough’ for film, new papers reveal

Mon 2 Mar 2026

James Bond books once deemed ‘not good enough’ for film, new papers reveal
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Testament of Ann Lee, All You Need Is Kill, Molly vs the Machines and more

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The Testament of Ann Lee, All You Need Is Kill, Molly vs the Machines and more
Wendy Ide
Sirāt is a mind-bending journey to the abyss

Fri 27 Feb 2026

Sirāt is a mind-bending journey to the abyss
Controversy at the Baftas

9 mins • S1, E1308

Controversy at the Baftas
Kenan Malik
A slur was shouted at the Baftas – but what followed was more dispiriting

Thu 26 Feb 2026

A slur was shouted at the Baftas – but what followed was more dispiriting
Stephen Armstrong
The battle for Warner Bros is a fight for the soul of Hollywood

Thu 26 Feb 2026

The battle for Warner Bros is a fight for the soul of Hollywood
Oliver Franklin-Wallis
An hour with… Aidan Zamiri

Thu 26 Feb 2026

An hour with… Aidan Zamiri
Has Charli XCX seized 'The Moment' & that Baftas nightmare

51 mins • S2, E7

Has Charli XCX seized 'The Moment' & that Baftas nightmare
Has Charli XCX seized 'The Moment' & that Baftas nightmare

51 mins • S2, E7

Has Charli XCX seized 'The Moment' & that Baftas nightmare
Seun Matiluko
The BBC wins no marks for its production at the Baftas

Mon 23 Feb 2026

The BBC wins no marks for its production at the Baftas
Wendy Ide
The Baftas was a night of surprise British wins

Mon 23 Feb 2026

The Baftas was a night of surprise British wins
Rosalind Jana
Welcome to Haringey’s house of fun, where home is a costume drama

Sun 22 Feb 2026

Welcome to Haringey’s house of fun, where home is a costume drama
Vanessa Thorpe
Want to make a hit movie in 2026? Look to the leading lady, not the male star

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Want to make a hit movie in 2026? Look to the leading lady, not the male star
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, The Moment, Cold Storage and more

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, The Moment, Cold Storage and more
Killian Fox
Óliver Laxe: ‘The film is alive inside me. It’s intense’

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Óliver Laxe: ‘The film is alive inside me. It’s intense’
Wendy Ide
The Secret Agent is an anarchic, supremely entertaining thriller

Thu 19 Feb 2026

The Secret Agent is an anarchic, supremely entertaining thriller
Jonathan Romney
The best and worst from the Berlin film festival

Wed 18 Feb 2026

The best and worst from the Berlin film festival
Andrew Anthony
YouTube star Markiplier is flipping the Hollywood script

Mon 16 Feb 2026

YouTube star Markiplier is flipping the Hollywood script
Xavier Greenwood
From g’day to ey oop: how Aussie star Jacob Elordi got his Wuthering Heights accent

Sat 14 Feb 2026

From g’day to ey oop: how Aussie star Jacob Elordi got his Wuthering Heights accent
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The President’s Cake, Crime 101, Looney Tunes and more

Sat 14 Feb 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The President’s Cake, Crime 101, Looney Tunes and more
Olivia Ovenden
What The Brutalist film-makers did next

Thu 12 Feb 2026

What The Brutalist film-makers did next
Erica Wagner
Ken Burns: ‘Things don’t work out for tyrants in the end’

Wed 11 Feb 2026

Ken Burns: ‘Things don’t work out for tyrants in the end’
Wendy Ide
Wuthering Heights is red-blooded, raunchy and entirely unfaithful

Tue 10 Feb 2026

Wuthering Heights is red-blooded, raunchy and entirely unfaithful
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: My Father’s Shadow, Send Help, 100 Nights of Hero

Sat 7 Feb 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: My Father’s Shadow, Send Help, 100 Nights of Hero
Róisín Lanigan
Three hours? There’s no way I’m watching that movie

Fri 6 Feb 2026

Three hours? There’s no way I’m watching that movie
Wendy Ide
The Chronology of Water is the abrasive work of an auteur

Fri 6 Feb 2026

The Chronology of Water is the abrasive work of an auteur
Lamorna Ash
Emma Corrin plays by their own rules

Thu 5 Feb 2026

Emma Corrin plays by their own rules
Mary Jordan
‘I want to show the audience my life’: Melania Trump’s biographer gives her verdict on the biopic

Mon 2 Feb 2026

‘I want to show the audience my life’: Melania Trump’s biographer gives her verdict on the biopic
Aisling Flaherty
‘I saw the Melania film four times on opening day. Did anyone else?’

Mon 2 Feb 2026

‘I saw the Melania film four times on opening day. Did anyone else?’
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Is This Thing On?, Kangaroo, Shelter and more

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Is This Thing On?, Kangaroo, Shelter and more
Stephen Armstrong
Melania Trump’s biopic is no normal documentary

Fri 30 Jan 2026

Melania Trump’s biopic is no normal documentary
Wendy Ide
An admiring portrait of a turning point in cinema

Fri 30 Jan 2026

An admiring portrait of a turning point in cinema
Killian Fox
The big picture: Zhang Kechun’s Silk Road film sets

Fri 30 Jan 2026

The big picture: Zhang Kechun’s Silk Road film sets
Eva Wiseman
An hour with… Cole Escola

Fri 30 Jan 2026

An hour with… Cole Escola
Barbara Ellen
Take That is an antidote to the ‘big glossy doc’

Fri 30 Jan 2026

Take That is an antidote to the ‘big glossy doc’

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