Elon Musk, deepfakes and the wrong questions: invoking the most advanced technology to claim an alleged authenticity of the past that never even existed in Homer’s work means failing to understand either how myths work or how history works

With ‘Nightcall’, the French producer has redefined the synthwave aesthetic. Two albums in twenty years were enough to leave his mark on pop culture. From Daft Punk to video games, his music found its breakthrough on the big screen even before it did in the clubs

Actress Trina Parks is now leading the campaign for a new, less camp 007. The character was born in a cruder era, the 20th century. Unfortunate years, to be sure, but with the advantage of not being subjected to a psychological analysis at every turn, even over a bread basket

“The inspiration for the film stems from the simple realisation that it was possible – and indeed necessary – to tell the character’s story beyond the confines of documentaries, as has been done abroad for so many musical heroes. It has an inspiring moral.” Interview

Today, half a century on, two film scholars have published a book analysing the cult classic’s flawless screenplay, celebrating the rock-solid structure of a film that has entered the collective imagination thanks in part to Bob De Niro’s chameleon-like performance and famous lines that have become part of everyday slang, such as "You talking to me?"

The director has created a masterpiece here, just as he did with “Dunkirk”. What can we say about three hours of brilliant cinema without a single dull moment? Christopher Nolan is always brilliant. It’s cinema that has become small

By casting Nyong’o as Elena, the director is injecting a political dimension into the film. But who knows what the audience will make of it, given that they are now accustomed to an increasingly diverse society – where even the faces of film stars have become more varied – and to a world of cinema where we have already seen everything portrayed by everyone