David Bowie

Moonage Daydream review – cosmic Bowie doc is a mind-blowing labour of love

American director Brett Morgen’s kaleidoscopic collage of David Bowie’s life is a dazzling mashup of elegy, celebration and intimate portrait

Mark Kermode, Observer film critic

18, Sep, 2022 @8:00 AM

Brett Morgen on his David Bowie film: ‘Moonage Daydream is maximalist, it’s kaleidoscopic’

The documentary-maker on how Bowie’s view on life helped him through recovery from a heart attack – and his plans to move in with a famous actor

Tim Lewis

11, Sep, 2022 @8:30 AM

David Bowie’s handwritten Starman lyrics up for auction

Lyrics sheet for one of singer’s most famous songs on sale with guide price of £30,000 to £40,000

Geneva Abdul

01, Sep, 2022 @5:22 PM

Out of this world: Guardian writers on their favourite movies with aliens

To celebrate the release of Jordan Peele’s new UFO thriller Nope, critics have picked their top films about extra terrestrials

Charles Bramesco, Radheyan Simonpillai, Lisa Wong Macabasco, Benjamin Lee, Andrew Pulver, Scott Tobias, Veronica Esposito, Andrew Lawrence, Jesse Hassenger, AA Dowd and Adrian Horton

20, Jul, 2022 @6:04 AM

Melbourne international film festival 2022: 10 movies to see, from Crimes of the Future to new George Miller

Miff’s 70th edition offers 371 titles from all over the globe – including 18 world premieres

Luke Buckmaster

12, Jul, 2022 @9:30 AM

‘I chatted about the weather with Janet Jackson’: the Glastonbury festival I’ll never forget

Broadcaster Lauren Laverne, singer Mahalia, Michael Cragg and Laura Snapes recall the magic, the weirdness and the sheer horror of their trips to Worthy Farm

Lauren Laverne, Michael Cragg, Mahalia and Laura Snapes

23, Jun, 2022 @11:00 AM

Amanda Lear: the androgynous muse to Dalí who made disco intellectual

The subject of a new documentary, who is also portrayed in an upcoming Dalí biopic, scorned modelling as ‘immoral and stupid’, turning instead to a lifetime of underrated, high-minded pop

Angelica Frey

01, Jun, 2022 @6:25 AM

Moonage Daydream review – glorious, shapeshifting eulogy to David Bowie

Brett Morgen’s intimate montage of the uniquely influential artist celebrates his career, creativity and unfailing charm

Peter Bradshaw

24, May, 2022 @12:24 PM

John Peel: personal records and memorabilia set for Bonhams auction

Items including a handwritten letter from David Bowie and Peel’s horn gramophone will be up for sale next month

Laura Snapes

18, May, 2022 @2:53 PM

Ricky Gardiner, guitarist for David Bowie and Iggy Pop, dies aged 73

Musician who wrote classic riffs for songs including The Passenger had Parkinson’s disease

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

17, May, 2022 @9:47 AM

‘Good times? I was out of it’: The Dropout’s Naveen Andrews on booze, drugs and baffling the world in Lost

He found fame in The English Patient before becoming a huge TV star. Now he is tackling the Theranos fraud scandal. But addiction in the 90s nearly cost him everything

Steve Rose

07, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM

Pixies frontman Black Francis: ‘Kim Deal? We’re always friends – but nothing is for ever’

As the alt-rockers release a live box set, their frontman answers your questions on Bowie, his 40 new Pixies songs and the alarming sexuality of his pets

As told to Rich Pelley

03, Feb, 2022 @12:00 PM