Beyonce takes top honour at Grammys
Beyonce has scored the top prize at music's Grammy Awards, taking album of the year for the first time in her career with her country record "Cowboy Carter".
A lusty contemplation of power
A lusty contemplation of power
An impressively tasteful film about lascivious desire.
Spotlight on the dying days
Spotlight on the dying days
In Maria, Angelina Jolie’s fully embodies the idea of the artist as insecure diva.
Obituary: Marshall Brickman, screenwriter
Obituary: Marshall Brickman, screenwriter
Woody Allen’s key collaborator, Marshall Brickman, won an Oscar for Annie Hall and also collaborated with the US film-maker on Sleeper, Manhattan and Manhattan Murder...
Obituary: Jim Abrahams, film-maker
Obituary: Jim Abrahams, film-maker
Jim Abrahams’ movies would make few art house critics’ best-of-all-time lists, but they did make people laugh.
From Wicked to wow: Oscar players ranked
From Wicked to wow: Oscar players ranked
The 2025 best picture Oscar nominees all rank, just some a little higher, writes Amy Nicholson.
A lusty contemplation of power
A lusty contemplation of power
When a chief executive comes across a hot intern who awakens her to a world of transgressive pleasure, she risks everything to attain the sexual satiety he provides — that’s missing from her marriage.
ODT quiz: February 5
ODT quiz: February 5
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ODT quiz: February 4
ODT quiz: February 4
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"Monumental" bit of film-making
"Monumental" bit of film-making
Those with any investment in film award culture will have noticed that The Brutalist is quickly picking up steam.
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Flowing through her thoughts
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Flowing through her thoughts
Award-winning New Zealand dancer, choreographer and video artist Louise Pōtiki Bryant’s latest work comes from the need to manage her obsessive compulsive disorder.
Art seen: January 30
Art seen: January 30
By James Dignan
Shel Talmy, producer
Shel Talmy, producer
Although American through and through, for a few years Sheldon "Shel" Talmy defined the sound of British music.
Obituary: Olivia Hussey, actress
Obituary: Olivia Hussey, actress
British actress Olivia Hussey had a chequered relationship with her most famous role.
Obituary: Charles Dumont, composer
Obituary: Charles Dumont, composer
Edith Piaf partly owed French composer Charles Dumont her most famous song.
Actor going his own way
Actor going his own way
Joe Alwyn has had an astonishing rise.
Partying close to the margins
Partying close to the margins
In between throwing birthday parties for their hero Daniel Johnston and semi-ironically covering the hard rock songs they love to hate, Bunchy’s Big Score have just dropped a new single .
ODT quiz: February 3
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ODT quiz: February 1
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ODT quiz: January 31
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