Most of the time, most people’s lives are pretty boring. Passing the day at the office, then coming home to do laundry and microwave dinner. Movies tend to cut these bits out, to focus on the escapist stuff, but every once in a while one comes along, searching for poetry in the mundane. From its con

The words “Quentin Tarantino” and “video store” will forever be linked in the popular imagination. But imagine that Quentin didn’t just work at a video store. Imagine that he owned, operated, designed, and organized every shelf of the video store of his dreams. That place might have looked a lot lik

One of the paradoxes of the great early rock ‘n’ rollers is that they possessed a cathartic sexuality and bombs-away rockabilly-on-pep-pills energy that was unlike anything we’d ever seen, yet their revolution shook the world so profoundly that within a few years it was hard to imagine what the worl

In resiliently fighting for their human rights and dignity, Iranian women were deservedly named TIME magazine’s Heroes of the Year in 2022. Their fierce uprising erupted last fall, after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested by the morality police for not fully complying with the government’s antiqua

Vienna-based Autlook Filmsales, one of the leading sales agents for documentaries, has acquired the feature-length documentary “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” ahead of its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival.

The film portrays the Estonian smoke sauna tradition, known as “savvusanna kombõ.” As well

“The Pod Generation” is one of those sci-fi films set in a future that looks just teasingly enough like our own world to heighten the differences. Somewhere near the end of the 21st century, Rachel (Emilia Clarke) and Alvy (Chiwetel Ejiofor) wake up each morning in a sprawling high-rise apartment wh

Federation Studios has taken a majority stake in Lapinxa Production, the new banner of Laetitia Recayte, an established French TV executive and producer.

Recayte was most recently managing director of Robin & Co, Jean-Yves Robin’s company which was acquired by Federation Studios in 2022. Recayte, w

The British Film Institute (BFI) has hired Ama Ampadu as a senior production and development executive for the BFI Film Fund.

Ampadu has worked as an independent producer across U.K. and international projects for over 12 years and produced Yared Zeleke’s “Lamb” (2015), the first Ethiopian film sel

“Becoming Elizabeth” star Romola Garai is set to tackle the sensitive subject of postpartum psychosis in a new short film, “Wild Animal.”

The project, written and directed by award-winner Beth Park (“Fishwife”), will explore the “disorientating loss of identity in new motherhood” with Garai playing

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is laying off 12,000 employees, CEO Sundar Pichai revealed in a blog post on Friday. The lay offs will reduce the company’s global work force by 6%.

In an email to Google employees, Pichai wrote:

“I have some difficult news to share. We’ve decided to reduce

ERIK TEN HAG has met with Marco Reus’ agent to discuss a potential move to Manchester United, according to reports.

The Borussia Dortmund midfielder is available on a free transfer at the end of the season.

1 Erik ten Hag is reportedly keen on Marco Reus Credit: Getty

And United boss Ten Hag is k

A ‘TIME travelling’ couple who claim are in the year 2027 insist they have video proof that they have spent four years alone in the world.

TikToker Javier, who calls himself Lone Survivor and has consistently claimed to be stuck alone in the future has now found another so-called survivor, named Ma

A SHOCKING new poll has revealed which royal has seen their popularity plunge the most after Prince Harry published his tell-all memoir Spare.

No member of the Firm was spared a massive slump in public approval ratings since December.

4 Harry’s shocking memoir has left the Firm’s approval ratings

PARANOID Putin has deployed air defence systems around Moscow as the tyrant fears being toppled amid his disastrous war in Ukraine.

Pantsir-S1 and S-400 defence systems have been positioned on rooftops across the capital, which are designed to intercept missiles and aircraft.

11 A Pantsir S-1 defe

JESSE LINGARD has admitted he was “p***ed” off when Manchester United blocked a January loan move to Newcastle last January.

The 30-year-old decided to try and force his way into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s plans last term after a successful six-month loan spell at West Ham.

1 Lingard says a loan move

THIS is the hilarious moment Cristiano Ronaldo reunited with Sergio Ramos before sparing his old pal’s blushes.

The iconic duo spent nine years together at Real Madrid between 2009 and 2018, winning everything on offer.

3 Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos were reunited in Saudi Arabia yesterday C

NINTENDO is increasing production of its current Switch consoles, making many believe that a new console is not on the horizon.

The Switch was the best-selling console of last year, with around 20million units sold globally.

1 The Switch OLED is the latest version. Credit: Nintendo

It was so popu

LEANDRO TROSSARD’S wife Laura appears to be delighted about his imminent move to Arsenal.

The Brighton star will join the Gunners after they agreed a £27million deal with the Seagulls.

2 Leandro Trossard has been married to Laura Hilven since 2019 Credit: Facebook – Leandro Trossard

All but confi

POTTY training can be a dreaded task for many parents.

But none more so than for one woman who goes by the name of @djhannahb, who revealed how her experience turned into a nightmare when her daughter got her head stuck in a toilet seat.

2 A mum showed the moment her little girl got a toilet seat

THE GMA hosts filling in for Amy Robach and TJ Holmes have shared a series of gushing posts about one another.

Holmes and Robach have been off the air for several weeks after explosive affair allegations emerged late last year.

4 Rhiannon Ally and DeMarco Morgan have shared heartwarming messages a

KOURTNEY Kardashian and Travis Barker have been slammed for their “entitled” behavior while leaving a restaurant in LA.

The Kardashians star, 43, and Blink-182 rocker, 47, came under fire for taking their glasses of wine with them to their car.

4 Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker were slammed