2020

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

With Carol and the Hulk behind them, Todd Haynes and Mark Ruffalo team up to tell the true story of a major pollution scandal with a chemical company

We love

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Céline Sciamma's period romance premiered in competition in Cannes – its exquisite beauty impressing audiences without fail

We love

Cinema 

Female filmmakers are paving the way for an exciting future in the entertainment industry. From biopics to blockbusters, women are taking the reigns in 2020

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People) returns with a new biting satire on the super-rich – mocking, but also uncovering the grim truths of fast fashion

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Jessica Hausner's pristine dystopia asks how engineered emotion can be trusted, in a cerebral Cannes Competition entry with a playful edge

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Photographer Autumn de Wilde makes her directorial debut with a new take on Jane Austen's Emma with Anya Taylor-Joy, Mia Goth, Bill Nighy and more

In the Know

Cinema 

The musician-turned-actor plays Mr Knightley in Autumn de Wilde's EMMA. Johnny Flynn tells Culture Whisper about adapting a classic, playing an exemplary man and working with romance

In the Know

Cinema 

It was an astonishing night, with big successes for Parasite and trophies for Brad Pitt, Laura Dern, Joaquin Phoenix and more. Read on for the full list of winners

We love

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho has made motion picture history with 2020 Oscar-winner Parasite – shocking, thrilling, entertaining in equal measure

In the Know

TV 

With The Pale Horse, Sarah Phelps completes her Agatha Christie telly quintet (preceded by The ABC Murders) with a very strange mystery indeed

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Cathy Yan directs a standalone Harley Quinn film starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez and Jurnee Smollett-Bell

In the Know

Netflix 

With the penultimate season of Better Call Saul and a wave of irreverent teen comedies like Lady Bird and Clueless, Netflix in February is filled with exciting treasures

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

As Gareth Jones, James Norton plays the Welsh journalist who risked his life to report the truth during the Soviet famine

We love

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

In The Lighthouse, Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe give the demented performances of a lifetime. Robert Eggers' maritime madness is a winner in our eyes

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Following the triumphant Can You Ever Forgive Me?, director Marielle Heller returns to tell the story of beloved children's entertainer Fred Rogers

In the Know

Lifestyle 

Boutique florists Wild at Heart and Sage Flowers reveal the floral trends we can expect to see at our weddings and in our living rooms in 2020

In the Know

Netflix 

From vaginas and veganism to psychedelics and psychics – here’s everything you need to know about The Goop Lab, Netflix

In the Know

Cinema 

Nancy Ephron, Luca Guadagnino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Desiree Akhavan, Mati Diop and more are behind the camera for the best romantic films to stream this Valentine's Day

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

Armando Iannucci (The Death of Stalin) enlists an all-star cast to bring to life a fresh retelling of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield

In the Know

Netflix 

In season 2, Otis (Asa Butterfield) enjoys his new-found sex drive, Maeve (Emma Mackey) receives a visit from her recovering mother, and Moordale School is infected with chlamydia

In the Know

TV 

Boasting a heavenly cast with David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Jon Hamm, Frances McDormand, and Benedict Cumberbatch, Good Omens can't be missed

In the Know

TV 

Paolo Sorrentino's The New Pope sees Pope Pius XIII (Jude Law) in a coma, and the Vatican scrabbles to find a new supreme pontiff. Is John Malkovich the answer?

In the Know

Cinema 

The actor du jour lines up his latest star-studded role, as Timothée Chalamet is Bob Dylan in James Mangold's new biopic, Going Electric

In the Know

Cinema 

Filmmaking duo Josh and Benny Safdie sink into the criminal underground once more after Good Time with a high-stakes thriller set in New York's diamond district

In the Know

Cinema 

With a new year to get excited for, it's time to plan which foreign-language films to watch across the next months. Here are the titles to keep on your radar

In the Know

TV 

In this new Channel 4 mystery drama, Dr Tom Kendrick (David Tennant) has his life turned upside down when tragedy strikes a small community in Scotland

In the Know

TV 

Closely following the 1985 White House Farm murders, writer Kris Mrksa traces the lead-up to the shootings and the injustice that came afterwards. Stephen Graham stars

In the Know

Netflix 

Gwyneth Paltrow's top-grossing lifestyle brand Goop is coming to Netflix in The Goop Lab, where she experiments with energy healing, psychedelics and… exorcisms?

Tried and Tested

Cinema 

George Mackay and Dean-Charles Chapman lead the war epic, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott, Colin Firth and Mark Strong in supporting roles

In the Know

Netflix 

In BBC's new three-part adaptation of Dracula, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss reanimate culture's best-known vampire (Claes Bang) for a shocking, horrific, hilarious series

In the Know

Cinema 

In his follow up to Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi brings his trademark wit to Nazi Germany: playing a little boy's imaginary friend – Adolf Hitler

In the Know

Cinema 

Superheroes, lovers, lighthouse keepers, wuxia warriors – whoever your hero, there's a new favourite film just around the corner for you.