Now playing Next Culture news First programmes announced for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture The northern English city is the fourth to be selected in the government’s City of Culture programme and will play host to theatre, art, music and film events over the course of the year. 14/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week Brussels Design September, mind-melting body horror 'The Substance', wine in Budapest and 'Emily in Paris' - here's what to look out for in Europe this week. 13/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Film of the Week: ‘The Substance’ - A spine-cleaving triumph For her second film, which won Best Screenplay in Cannes this year, French director Coralie Fargeat delivers a gory parable about the fetishisation of youth. It’s a demented fairytale you won’t want to miss, and 2024’s best horror film. Warning: Weak stomachs need not apply. 13/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news A Spooktacular Journey: The Beetlejuice Exhibition To mark the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the Museum of Cinema and Miniatures in Lyon, the French cradle of cinema, invites you to discover the world of Tim Burton from 'Concept to Screen’. 13/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news French artist Sophie Calle among winners of 2024 Praemium Imperiale French artist Sophie Calle and Portuguese classical pianist Maria João Pires have won Praemium Imperiale awards, Japan’s highest international art honours. 11/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Donald Trump movie trailer drops amid intensifying presidential race After struggling to drum up interest following its Cannes Film Festival premiere, Ali Abbasi's movie, starring Sebastian Stan as the former president, will debut in cinemas on 11 October. 11/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Could Almodóvar's 'pro-euthanasia' film lead to legislative change? Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar won the Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival for his first English-language feature 'The Room Next Door'. The film deals with a topic that is still taboo for many: euthanasia. Can the film - or any film - engender changes to policy? 10/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Peter Cushing's friend sues Disney for posthumous performance A film producer is suing Disney for using Peter Cushing's likeness in a Star Wars film, 22 years after his death. 10/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Tributes paid to actor James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader The Oscar winning American actor with the unmistakable baritone gave voice to Darth Vader, one of the cinema's most famous villains. 10/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news MOTELX film festival fills Lisbon with chills, thrills and fears This Tuesday sees the opening of the festival that, for fans of the genre, has become synonymous with horror. Among the novelties this year is a retrospective of films banned by censorship in Portugal. 10/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news What were the Tops & Flops of the 81st Venice Film Festival? Here are the films which premiered on the Lido this year that you need to add to your watchlist... And the ones you'd do best to avoid. 09/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Oscar-winning 'My Heart Will Go On' lyricist Will Jennings dies at 80 The American lyricist wrote more than 500 songs for some of the world's most legendary singers, including Céline Dion, Whitney Houston and Barry Manilow - and became known as a maestro of cinematic ballads. 09/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Venice Film Festival 2024: Pedro Almodóvar triumphs And the winner is... 07/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news The best things to do and see (or watch) in Europe this week Luca Guadagnino's bold take on 'Queer', 'KAOS' and music award nominations are out - here's what to consume in Europe this weekend. 07/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Venice 2024 review: 'April' - a raw portrait of the female experience A storm-soaked exploration of a female ob-gyn who conducts illegal abortions for women in rural Georgia. It's one of the toughest - but most impactful watches of this year's Venice Film Festival. 06/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Documentary sympathetic to Russian soldiers sparks anger in Venice Russian-Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova has defended her film 'Russians at War' as an "attempt to see through the fog of war". 06/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Venice 2024 review: 'Joker: Folie À Deux' - Don't send in the clown The sequel to 2019’s 'Joker' is the buzziest title of this year’s Venice Film Festival. This time, Lady Gaga joins director Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix for a follow-up that isn’t a straightforward psychological thriller but a semi-jukebox musical. Bold gambit. Shame it doesn't pay off. 05/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Venice 2024 review: Two takes on Luca Guadagnino's 'Queer' One of our favourite films of this year's Venice Film Festival is a lot to take in... What else would you expect from a William S. Burroughs adaptation? We focus on how director Luca Guadagnino brings repressed desire to life and his use of music to enhance the themes in 'Queer'. 04/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Venice 2024: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga talk 'Joker: Folie à Deux' Premiering on the Lido this evening, 'Joker: Folie à Deux' is the highly anticipated sequel to 2019's controversial 'Joker'. Stars Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix discuss making it - and why the latter suddenly quit Todd Haynes' gay romance film recently. 04/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Venice 2024 review: '2073' - An urgent and haunting docu-hybrid The director of 'Amy' and 'Senna' delivers a genre-bending documentary set in the future which tackles the biggest challenges endangering our present. It's eerily remarkable. 04/09/2024