Features & Reviews

<p>Brought to the boil: Stephen Graham as Andy in the culinary drama ‘Boiling Point’</p>

The Moment

Boiling Point’s smartest decision was to ditch the film’s big gimmick

Stephen Graham’s 2021 film was lauded for its accomplished use of one long take. The BBC’s new spin-off nixes this flashy camerawork – but it’s all the better for it, writes Louis Chilton

<p>‘Acting for video games is acting, pure and simple’: Keanu Reeves as Johnny Silverhand in the 2021 video game ‘Cyberpunk 2077’</p>

How A-listers got over the embarrassment of starring in video games

Books of the month, from JM Coetzee to Madonna

<p>Music-Books-Bernie Taupin</p>

interview

Bernie Taupin on his delirious decades at the top with Elton John

<p>Ultra violence with a hint of disco-era high camp: Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino in ‘Scarface’ </p>

Inside FIlm

Cartels! Cocaine! How Scarface became a cult hit… by a razor’s edge

<p>The Towner Eastbourne</p>

This year’s Turner Prize show is ever so polite

<p>Filmmaker Ken Loach: ‘I like seeing enthusiasm for old things’ </p>

Interview

Ken Loach on retirement and Keir Starmer: ‘It’s good for Labour to be seen to attack me’

Michael Gambon, the unlikely leading man who almost played Bond

The Saturday Interview

<p>Sara Pascoe: ‘You’re supposed to be very, very grateful if IVF works’ </p>

Interview

Sara Pascoe: ‘In my thirties, I was suddenly a “childless woman”’

<p>‘AI is like a robot taking your humanity, your soul’ </p>

Interview

Tim Burton on cancel culture, Johnny Depp and his Beetlejuice sequel

Henley Literary Festival

News

Rising Stars

<p>‘Everybody tries to do the Derry accent’ </p>

Interview

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell on being skint, Derry Girls, and prison show Screw

<p>Going her own way: Vasan says that ‘like any immigrant parents’, hers were ‘a little bit concerned’ about her choice to go into acting </p>

Interview

Black Mirror’s Anjana Vasan: ‘I’ve been underestimated. I’m small, brown and foreign’

<p>‘Belfast has a complex history, but there’s hope’</p>

Interview

Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin: ‘Belfast has a complex history, but there’s hope’

<p>Jon Pointing in his local cafe in Lewisham</p>

Interview

Big Boys star Jon Pointing: ‘Grief is a strange thing to bond over’

Independent TV

GBBO: Chaos as Cristy uses fellow contestant’s dough by mistake

Shirley Ballas’s criticism was a ‘gift’, says Strictly’s Nigel Harman

Strictly’s Amanda Abbington reveals bruises after dancing with injury

Sycamore Gap tree stars in classic Robin Hood film before vandalism

Apple TV+

<p>Clockwise from top left: ‘Bad Sisters’, ‘Pachinko’, ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘Severance’</p>

The best shows to watch on Apple TV+

Everything coming to Apple TV+ this June

Cha Cha Real Smooth: The feel-good comedy that passed you by

The new wine-tasting drama that’s your next TV must-watch

What to watch

<p>Netflix hits, clockwise from top right: ‘The Crown’, ‘BoJack Horseman’, ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Squid Game'</p>

The 65 best original TV shows to watch on Netflix UK

<p>Amazon hits, clockwise from top right: ‘The Underground Railroad’, ‘LuLaRich’, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ and ‘Invincible’</p>

The 35 best original TV shows to watch on Amazon Prime

<p>Netflix hits (clockwise from top right): ‘Malcolm & Marie’, ‘The Irishman’, ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Extraction’</p>

The 50 best original films to watch on Netflix, ranked

A guide to all the Disney+ original content

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news

Secret chambers discovered in 4,400-year-old Egyptian pyramid

news

Wedding celebrant accidentally shoots grandson while trying to get guests' attention

tv

'Boris Johnson' throws rave outside Westminster to launch Partygate TV show

politics

Rishi Sunak claims general election ‘not what the country wants’ - Twitter immediately proves him wrong

science-tech

Expert explains exactly which foods make the worst smelling farts

science-tech

Expert explains exactly which foods make the worst smelling farts

lifestyle

Man left mortified after having 'brown moles' checked by doctor

viral

What is the ‘monk mode’ trend on TikTok?

Sponsored

Why the Lenovo Yoga 5G is great news for streamers

How the new furlough scheme will help UK firms affected by Covid-19

Is your business ready for the UK’s transition out of the EU?

Musto and Land Rover launch performance-wear collaboration