Memories differ as to who did what in the studio, but the result was a classic track driven by a catchy bassline
The US first lady and backers Amazon have been criticised for being tone deaf with authorised documentary
And other ways to relax this weekend
The cynics are wrong about a film that will outlast our era
The quest for physical perfection has become a horror show
In the English-speaking world the art form is in a perennial battle for hearts and minds. Two contrasting books from either side of the Atlantic ask why
As the venerable fair arrives in Doha, we look at the Middle East’s art ecosystem. Plus: Sheikha Al-Mayassa on cultural diplomacy; Sophia Al-Maria revisits ‘gulf futurism’; and Christo’s desert masterpiece
The renovation of the legendary upstairs lounge is both grassroots and glamorous
The Oscar winner on the liberating power of film, what Hollywood still has to offer — and realising his 20-year ambition to produce and star in his own ‘Hamlet’
The pioneering New York art dealer was a champion of modern European artists
The 42-year-old actor has spent his entire life in cinema. But the brooding nouvelle vague heir is happiest playing the comic underdog
Leading labels have signed deals with tech companies in the hope of creating new revenue streams and reducing the amount of slop. But artists are worried
The musician and designer talks taste
The Qatari-American artist on growing up in the Gulf, Bedouin trucks and stand-up comedy
Jason Statham comes to the rescue of a young girl in a well-choreographed wham-bam action movie
A fun homage to the French filmmaker’s electric-shock debut ‘Breathless’ is warmly nostalgic but far from groundbreaking
Laura Dern co-stars in Bradley Cooper’s true-ish story of a marriage falling to pieces and becoming fodder for bits
Dev Patel and Rosy McEwan lead uncanny tale of two sound artists visited by a strange child in remote Wales
The event bids farewell to Utah with the fizz of clashing couples in ‘The Invite’ and documentaries tuned into the strangeness of our times
The late artists’ desert masterpiece is unrealised half a century after it was conceived, its execution a daunting responsibility
The rumour mills of Regency romance keep on churning as the Netflix hit continues to stick to what it knows
The singer-songwriter is part of a trend of bloated releases in the streaming age — and his poetic streak suffers as a result
The DJ’s love for ephemera has spun into an art form with photographer Mark Vessey
The Sonnabend Collection brings contemporary art to a 13th-century palace — and might put Mantua on the city-break map
Mstyslav Chernov embedded with troops to make the Bafta-nominated ‘2000 Meters to Adriivka’ — and show the conflict in all its horror
