In 2022, to mark the 50th anniversary of Ziggy Stardust, collaborators, historians, collectors and fans congregated in Liverpool for a weekend of communion, remembrance and celebration. Six years after his passing, David Bowie’s afterlife might turn out to be his most intriguing adventure of all…
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Joni's archives give us an opportunity to feel the jeopardy and wonder of one of the 20th century's most extraordinary solo odysseys
Joni Mitchell's star-sailing, time-scrambling 1976 solo odyssey across America
Brian Wilson, 1942–2025
Sam Riley gets his groove back in a languid mystery with Highsmithian pretensions
Christy initially comes on like it’s going to be a gritty corrective to the larks of The Young Offenders but unfurls into something more complex, surprising and moving
Kolb delivers a typically electrifying, enigmatic portrait of a mother fighting like a cornered animal to keep her family together
The atrocity kink eventually extends to morbid cosplay, a little like Amélie meets The Nazis: A Warning from History, with Hitler’s bathtub in place of crème brûlée.
In its focus on the spirit and the flesh, the film feels as timeless as Black Narcissus or Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Any one of these stories would make for a rich and compelling drama in its own right.
Fans who hoped that Aster had got all the indulgence out of his system with the splurge of Beau may be frustrated.