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Within a short time of being introduced to the budding kabuki performer at the centre of Lee Sang-il’s hit Japanese film Kokuho, a character cuttingly offers an observation about his trajectory: ​“Your beautiful face might consume you.” These words, paired with the jealousy-tinged gazes of everyone in the kabuki game as Kikuo embeds himself in this realm of traditional theatre, are those that come to define his career as a kabuki actor.It goes beyond actor Ryo Yoshizawa’s lovely face, but the way he performs for both the audiences and the camera itself, his emotions transcending the kumadori make-up these actors wear. Through his…

KOGG are a London/Essex experimental electronic duo formed by Selena Kay and Cerys Hogg. Emerging in 2018, they’ve carved out a distinctive niche that blends contemporary classical composition, jazz improvisation, and DIY sound invention.Signed to Nonclassical, KOGG challenge the traditional austerity often associated with experimental music. Their work feels tactile and playful — grounded in curiosity, collaboration, and process rather than rigid formalism. Having performed at venues such as IKLECTIK and The Moth Club, as well as festivals including Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Aldeburgh Festival, they’ve steadily built a reputation for high-energy, theatrical audiovisual performances.“Doing Things” is taken from their…

In what would surely be one of the oddest combinations of characters in superhero (or supervillain) movie history, DC is looking to partner Deathstroke and Bane in their own team-up movie.That’s according to Deadline, who report that after early whispers about the film back in 2024, after James Gunn and Peter Safran first became co-CEOs of DC Studios. Now they hear that Superbad’s Greg Mottola is now “a front-runner to potentially direct the untitled Deathstroke and Bane feature. There are others in the mix.”They do add that “a script hasn’t come in yet.” They previously reported that Moon Knight writer Matthew Orton was working on the…

Movie lovers today are living in a true golden age of sci-fi cinema. The releases of such monumental blockbuster epics like Project Hail Mary, the Dune movies, and even animated gems like The Wild Robot and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse are just some of the bigger, more mainstream titles that exemplify the era of science-fiction perfection the 2020s have been so far. But the strength of the genre throughout the first half of the decade isn’t only presented in the most brilliant movie masterpieces it has seen. Also bolstering the growing claim that the 2020s could be the greatest decade…

Ridley Scott’s new show has scared its way up the streaming charts. Scott remains one of the most celebrated veteran filmmakers in Hollywood, and is responsible for films like Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Gladiator (2000), and Black Hawk Down (2001). Though Scott remains active as a director, recently releasing the long-awaited Gladiator 2 (2024), he is even more prolific as a producer, branching beyond the world of movies and into TV. Related 15 Best Ridley Scott Movies, Ranked With Gladiator II as his most recent hit, it’s worth revisiting the best movies of legendary director Ridley Scott to see…

In her Golden Bear-winning Alcarrás, Carla Simón meets a family standing on the brink of a monumental life change, chronicling the minutia of their lives as it begins to morph into something foreign. In Romería, this change lies in the past, where it remained flimsily buried until the curious hands of young Marina (Llúcia Garcia) came to pluck it back to the surface.The girl, raised by her mother’s family after becoming orphaned at a young age, just turned 18, and needs to rectify her birth certificate to include her biological father so she can qualify for a scholarship. This bureaucratic chore sees her travel…

shortstraw. continues to carve out space in the UK’s alternative rap landscape with raw, unfiltered intensity. Blending punk ethos with heavy electronic production, she channels lived experience into confrontational, high-impact tracks.“Pattern Up” arrives ahead of her forthcoming mixtape coinstar, due 22nd May 2026, building momentum with a sound that feels urgent and unapologetic.Released on 23rd April 2026, “Pattern Up” is a tightly wound burst of energy. Driven by heavy basslines and pulsing techno beats, the track delivers scathing lyricism wrapped in relentless momentum.There’s a palpable frustration running through it — a sharp commentary on disillusionment and the feeling that the country…

Duck Dynasty star Korie Robertson says that her secret to building an extended family compound is simple. You’ve got to create a home that your adult children want to come back to.In a new social media video, Robertson addressed the question she says fans ask her the most: Why the family lives on a compound.Does the Duck Dynasty Family Really Live on a Family Compound?Yes. Robertson says that a large group of them live in the same immediate area in West Monroe, La.“We do live on a family compound, I guess you could say. It’s really just a neighborhood that we…

A year after the word-of-mouth success of the four-part series Adolescence, Netflix released the documentary film Louis Theroux: Into the Manosphere, which revisited similar themes. Now, some months later, Adolescence writer Jack Thorne finds himself returning to ideas of masculinity and power once again in another four-part series for Netflix. Well, to be precise, the series was acquired by Netflix for domestic release, but it was aired in its home country of the United Kingdom back in February on BBC One. The new series has been met with near-universal acclaim, and it has a Rotten Tomatoes score that’s only one…

Rumors of a Final Fantasy 9 remake for PlayStation 5 have been circulating for years thanks to the infamous 2021 NVIDIA GeForce Now leak, which included a list of several “unannounced” games that have since proven to be real. However, recent rumors suggest that the project may officially be “on ice,” according to a leak from NateTheHate at least, and it’s unclear just how much longer fans will be waiting before the project gets official confirmation. As Final Fantasy 9’s 25th-year anniversary came and went last year, many fans felt it would have been the ideal moment for an official…