David Mouriquand
Cinema
'Joker: Folie à Deux' bombs: What happened?
Critics dislike it. Audiences aren’t much keener. It’s a flop at the box office and it has just broken one hell of a bad record. How did 'Joker: Folie à Deux', one of the most highly anticipated films of the year and a sequel to an Oscar-winning / billion-dollar-generating hit, go so wrong?
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Public Service Broadcasting’s stunning tribute to Amelia Earhart
While everyone will be rushing to listen to Coldplay’s latest album 'Moon Music', which is also out today, there’s another album far more worthy of your time and attention... The new offering from Public Service Broadcasting, ‘The Final Flight’, is a stunning concept album about Amelia Earhart.
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Film of the Week: 'Joker: Folie À Deux' - ‘Enough from the clown!’
The sequel to 2019’s Oscar-winning 'Joker' sees Lady Gaga join director Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix for a follow-up that isn’t a straightforward psychological thriller but a semi-jukebox musical. It’s a bold gambit. Shame it doesn't pay off. At all.
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‘2073’: Asif Kapadia on Trump, AI and our looming dystopian future
Asif Kapadia, best known for his 2015 Oscar-winning Amy Winehouse documentary 'Amy', returns with a genre-bending documentary hybrid set in a dystopian future. It tackles humanity's biggest challenges - and it turns out the biggest threat to our future is the present.
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Pink Floyd to sell music rights to Sony for €362 million
Shine On You Crazy Millions... The iconic British rock band has agreed to sell their catalogue and also reportedly accepted to sell rights to their name and likeness. This valuable deal comes after years of infighting among bandmembers.
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Is celebrated method actor Daniel Day-Lewis coming out of retirement?
The only actor to have won three Best Actor Oscars may be un-retiring as he has been spotted on the set of his son's debut feature. Does this mean we'll be getting more awards-worthy performances by arguably the greatest actor of his generation?
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What's behind the runaway success of French-language music on Spotify?
Alors on danse... Across music, podcasts, and audiobooks, more Spotify listeners are turning toward French-language content. The likes of Stromae, Indila and Aya Nakamura are seducing wider audiences and crossing borders like never before.
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