CULTURE

10 of the best TV shows to watch this May
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- . May 2, 2025
Serenity Strull/ BBC From Tina Fey’s new relationship comedy to an action drama from the creator of Lost, and the

The reason Sinners has become a true box-office sensation
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- . April 29, 2025
Warner Bros After great reviews and buzz, Ryan Coogler’s vampire film had an extraordinary second weekend at the box office.

10 of the best films of 2025 so far
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- . April 26, 2025
Nicholas Barber and Caryn James Yun Sun Park/ BBC (Credit: Yun Sun Park/ BBC) BBC film critics Caryn James and

The ‘anti-Bollywood’ films fighting sexist stereotypes
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- . April 23, 2025
Altitude Sister Midnight, Santosh and All We Imagine as Light are part of a new wave of female-centred Indian films

How the ‘gangster’ years of the young Joseph Stalin inspired the gritty Star Wars series
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- . April 20, 2025
Lucasfilm Ltd (Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd) It may be set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but

Coachella looks from Lady Gaga to Sabrina Carpenter – and the costumes that can make or break careers
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- . April 17, 2025
Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Behind the creation of the festival’s most iconic and outrageous costumes – from wardrobe malfunctions to

A combat epic that ‘does what film does best’
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- . April 14, 2025
A24 Alex Garland explored the slide into fractious factionalism in Civil War. Now he turns his gaze towards the ferocity

Why The Great Gatsby is the world’s most misunderstood novel
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- . April 11, 2025
Alamy The Great Gatsby is synonymous with parties, glitz and glamour – but this is just one of many misunderstandings

Trouble in Paradise? Why The White Lotus season three divided fans and critics
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- . April 8, 2025
Fabio Lovino/ HBO Right from the start, season three of Mike White’s Thailand-set one percenter drama was beset by criticism

Ken Burns on showing the dark parts of US history
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- . April 5, 2025
Evan Barlow Ken Burns’s upcoming series, The American Revolution, follows works exploring themes including the US and the Holocaust (Credit: