Film

BAFTA hopeful I Swear: 'We were told to take swearing out of Tourette's film to make it commercial'
Robert Aramayo and Maxine Peake in the film I Swear
Piers Tempest

BAFTA hopeful I Swear: 'We were told to take swearing out of Tourette's film to make it commercial'

Producer Piers Tempest knows how hard it is to get an independent film made – but they dig deep to make I Swear, the BAFTA-nominated film about John Davidson, whose campaigning has helped other people living with Tourette's
Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is 'a magnifying glass on masculinity’
David Jonsson as Taylor and Tom Blyth as Dee in Wasteman
Film

Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is 'a magnifying glass on masculinity’

Artist Mark Blamire announced Trainspotting to the world. He's back to tell the story 30 years on
Art

Artist Mark Blamire announced Trainspotting to the world. He's back to tell the story 30 years on

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord
Film

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord

The President’s Cake review: a surprisingly sweet depiction of life under an uncaring regime
Film

The President’s Cake review: a surprisingly sweet depiction of life under an uncaring regime

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: 'There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through'
Posy Sterling
Film

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: 'There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through'

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
Review

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography

Inside the Big Issue: Trainspotting turns 30
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trainspotting turns 30

Whistle star Dafne Keen: 'I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that's all very fun to me'
TV

Whistle star Dafne Keen: 'I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that's all very fun to me'

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: 'I've spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted'
Letter To My Younger Self

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: 'I've spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted'

Nouvelle Vague review – Richard Linklater's witty, whimsical love letter to Jean-Luc Godard
Film

Nouvelle Vague review – Richard Linklater's witty, whimsical love letter to Jean-Luc Godard

Saipan star Steve Coogan: 'The bust-up between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy became a lightning rod' 
Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan, stars of Saipan
Film

Saipan star Steve Coogan: 'The bust-up between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy became a lightning rod' 

H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’
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H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: 'I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights'
Film

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: 'I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights'

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer

Rental Family review – satisfaction guaranteed with Brendan Fraser
Film

Rental Family review – satisfaction guaranteed with Brendan Fraser

The next Hollywood reboot? Try the awards season
Film

The next Hollywood reboot? Try the awards season

The Man with the Plan is an urgent film for our desperate times
John Bird

The Man with the Plan is an urgent film for our desperate times

Toys, Ghostface and lots and lots of superheroes: These are the films to get excited about in 2026
Film

Toys, Ghostface and lots and lots of superheroes: These are the films to get excited about in 2026

Lisa Nandy, Zack Polanski and Nitro from Gladiators share their favourite cultural moments of 2025 
Best of the year

Lisa Nandy, Zack Polanski and Nitro from Gladiators share their favourite cultural moments of 2025 

Tim Key: 'Christmas will be drinks next to the wheelie bins opposite Costcutter'
My Big Year

Tim Key: 'Christmas will be drinks next to the wheelie bins opposite Costcutter'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Tinsel Town review – Kiefer Sutherland in a panto? Oh no, he isn't, oh yes he is
Review

Tinsel Town review – Kiefer Sutherland in a panto? Oh no, he isn't, oh yes he is

Choose joy this Christmas
Paul McNamee

Choose joy this Christmas

A dementia diagnosis is not a final curtain. It can even be an opening act
Film

A dementia diagnosis is not a final curtain. It can even be an opening act

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: 'It's as voluntary as getting a cold'
Sam Buchanan on the red carpet promoting Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black.
Diabetes

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: 'It's as voluntary as getting a cold'