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Oscar-winning director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi: ‘The world is full of mystery and absurdity’
After being catapulted to the big time with Drive My Car, the director’s next film Evil Does Not Exist has helped him escape the pressure of his success – and is designed to retain an air of the unknown
Rebecca Liu
01, Apr, 2024 @8:00 AM
‘I would love to not be underrated’: pop experimentalist Empress Of on vulnerability, fame and fun
The musician Loreley Rodriguez gained a cult following for songs about heartbreak and anxiety – now her new album pays tribute to pleasure. She talks about her pop inspirations, social media and enjoying her ‘single era’
Rebecca Liu
22, Mar, 2024 @11:00 AM
Private equity review – an insider’s account of high finance
This memoir of a twentysomething executive assistant shines a light on the lives of Wall Street’s elite – and the demands put on those working for them
Rebecca Liu
29, Feb, 2024 @11:00 AM
Why Anatomy of a Fall should win the best picture Oscar
Justine Triet’s psychothriller was shut out by France’s Oscar committee, but this genre-bending courtroom procedural, marriage drama and whodunnit feels totally new
Rebecca Liu
28, Feb, 2024 @8:00 AM
‘Money runs our lives’: novelist Kiley Reid on education, excess and what makes us squirm
Following her bestselling debut Such a Fun Age, Reid has turned to campus life for her new book Come and Get It. She talks class, money and why becoming a mother has made her a better writer
Rebecca Liu
20, Jan, 2024 @9:00 AM
The History of My Sexuality by Tobi Lakmaker review – funny failures
An aspiring Dutch writer discusses love, loss and philosophy in this sweetly questioning coming-of-age novel
Rebecca Liu
10, Jan, 2024 @11:00 AM
‘I will never forget this’: Samsara, the film you watch with your eyes shut
Drawing from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Lois Patiño’s film features a 15-minute light-and-sound interlude in which viewers can join the star on his journey to the afterlife
Rebecca Liu
09, Jan, 2024 @3:44 PM
Greta Lee on Past Lives: ‘Seeing an Asian woman 15ft high felt so radical and really dangerous’
The star of the Guardian’s No 1 film of 2023 on why it touched so many different generations – and how she enjoys making people cry
Rebecca Liu
22, Dec, 2023 @8:00 AM
Best films of 2023 in the UK: No 8 – Anatomy of a Fall
A novelist turns from witness to prime suspect when her husband is found dead by their blind son in Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning courtroom drama
Rebecca Liu
13, Dec, 2023 @6:00 AM
Best movies of 2023 in the US: No 10 – Anatomy of a Fall
A novelist turns from witness to prime suspect when her husband is found dead by their blind son in Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning courtroom drama
Rebecca Liu
11, Dec, 2023 @12:00 PM
‘A reminder that life has to be lived’: the lyrics that got us through 2023
A new Youth Music survey said that 93% of young people use lyrics as a therapeutic tool for mental health. Our writers share the lines they kept close this year
Ella Creamer, Elle Hunt , Tim Jonze, Lucy Knight, Rebecca Liu, Sasha Mistlin, Laura Snapes and Imogen Tilden
30, Nov, 2023 @10:16 AM
Many unhappy returns: why Asian immigrant cinema is challenging the meaning of home
From Crazy Rich Asians to new romance Past Lives, a raft of recent movies has featured reconnections with distant homelands – deftly addressing complex questions around diaspora and identity
Rebecca Liu
08, Sep, 2023 @6:52 AM
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