Culture
-
The dog-centred horror led by a new canine acting ‘superstar’
“The idea started as a concept after watching Poltergeist [1982] for probably the 100th time,” Leonberg tells BBC Culture. “In…
Read More » -
12 of the best films to watch this October
Released on 24 October in the US and Canada, and internationally from 30 October Disney Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere…
Read More » -
Why Anna Magnani is the overlooked ‘goddess’ of Italian cinema
Less than a year earlier, Teresa Gullace, a six-month-pregnant mother of five had been shot in Rome by a Nazi…
Read More » -
11 of the best TV shows to watch this October
Apple TV+ 10. Down Cemetery Road Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson team up in this suspense series based on…
Read More » -
The office worker who became the first person ever to appear on TV
Enter William Taynton, a 20-year-old office boy who was working downstairs from Baird’s makeshift laboratory. He told the BBC 40…
Read More » -
The 100-year-old books salvaged from Venice’s floods
Wearing rubber boots, Zelano waded from the train station through Strada Nova, which was still about 40cm (1ft 3in) underwater.…
Read More » -
The ‘glitch’ in Super Mario Bros that obsessed gamers
This coding error occurred in World 1 level 2, which was introduced on screen as “World 1-2”. After Mario had…
Read More » -
The real-life family drama behind new Netflix show House of Guinness
Eldest son Arthur expected that the role to be given to him, and that he’d enjoy a free hand with…
Read More » -
How ‘shocking’ musical Hair escaped UK censorship
The formal innovations might not have worried the Lord Chamberlain too much, but some of the songs’ lyrics would definitely…
Read More » -
The hidden meanings in a US masterpiece
Marshall also scatters mirrors across School of Beauty, School of Culture, a nod to Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait(1434) and…
Read More »