Anne Hathaway gives her best performance yet in Mother Mary: Approach with an open mind
David Lowery’s latest movie blends pop spectacle with psychological unease in a stylised but opaque drama
Charli XCX
Hot young celebrities are smoking and I’ve got mortifying middle-aged envy
In recent months I’ve been feeling the devil call of the cigs more keenly than any other time in the past nine years
Four new films to see this week: The Secret Agent, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, The Testament of Ann Lee and The Moment
Charli XCX, Rose Byrne, Amanda Seyfried and Wagner Moura feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of February 20th, 2026
The Moment: Charli XCX mockumentary relies on damply written stereotypes
Satire makes few jokes that weren’t made as well in Absolutely Fabulous 30 years ago
Charli XCX’s Wuthering Heights album is banging, bonkers and better than Brat
Brilliantly moody soundtrack confirms Charli XCX as a star who makes better art when not trying to deliver a hit
Danny Harle: ‘When some people try to treat me like a pop star, that makes me uncomfortable’
‘Hyperpop’ producer known for his work with Charli XCX, Dua Lipa and others, on releasing his first album, Cerulean
‘Wuthering Heights’ review: Less 120 Days of Sodom, more Carry on Heathcliff
The Irish actor Alison Oliver shines in a film that can’t shake off the problem with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff
The ‘What’s Another Year’ Music Quiz: Which Charli XCX album includes the songs 2099 and 1999?
Plus: Which year did Green Day write about on their 2024 studio album, Saviors?
Track Star: The music gameshow threatening to take over social media
YouTube series from US brings out the music lover in celebrities and civilians alike
The Music Quiz: Charli XCX namechecks which French writer on Speed Drive?
Plus: Which science fiction writer inspired Jimi Hendrix to write Purple Haze?
Lyra: ‘I don’t smoke and I cut out all drink when I’m going on a tour to mind my voice. And there I was, throwing up in a toilet’
Cork singer Lyra on ambition, insecurity and performing for thousands at Croke Park
The outrage over Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is boiling over. She must be delighted
A marketing masterclass has managed to rectify a problem with the Saltburn release
Reneé Rapp: Bite Me review – Killer closer brings a so-so second album out of its tailspin
Reneé Rapp’s grunge-infused track You’d Like That Wouldn’t You pinpoints her as an artist to watch
‘The best night out’: The Gen-Z ‘Ticketmaster warriors’ spending €1,500 a year on gigs
‘Concerts are the best night out you can have as a young person in Ireland,’ says one music fan, who spent €1,500 on tickets last year
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