The latest in our series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films is a dread-filled journey into the woods
I’m not sure I could blame anyone for choosing, as their feelgood film, a f…
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‘I’m asking people to do a lot, but that’s what it means to be a human’: why one man made the first straight-to-VHS movie in 20 years ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Roberto dos Santos is taking the hard route to releasing his first feature film, and is no fan of AI: ‘Someone once said that if your mum can do it, it doesn’t have value’
The new film This Is How the…
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‘Growing up, you couldn’t play Bon Jovi – that’s what our parents listened to’: Bebe Rexha’s honest playlist ⊕⊕
The chart-topping star makes a strong case for Livin’ on a Prayer and opts for TLC at karaoke. But which song reminds her too much of her ex to listen to?
The first song I fell in love with
When I wa…
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‘Brits are not as groovy as us – but they’re less square than Europeans’: how drum’n’bass united Brazil and the UK ⊕⊕
When drum’n’bass grew stale in the 90s, it got a samba-splicing Brazilian twist. As that style returns, the scene’s legends and newcomers celebrate a cross-cultural triumph
Wagner Ribeiro de Souza was…
76 days ago
My quest to preserve VHS-era gaming culture, one eBay bid at a time ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
As physical media makes an unlikely comeback among younger gamers, the humble VHS emerges as an unexpected archive of gaming’s messy, magical evolution that I saw first time around
• Don’t get Push…
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Chuck Norris was the ass-kicking king of 80s Friday night VHS fests ⊖
The actor’s martial arts skills saw him rise to fame in the 70s, but he found his groove – and legions of fans – destroying furniture, revving muscle cars and firing heavy artillery in the 80s
• Chuck…
‘He was a very dear friend’: Cary Elwes on life after The Princess Bride – and losing Rob Reiner ⊕
The actor was Marlon Brando’s PA, and received career advice from Al Pacino. But it’s for the catchphrase-strewn classic that he’ll be best remembered. He talks about the film’s legacy, and its direc…
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‘Reconciliation across difference’: why Practical Magic is my feelgood movie ⊕
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The next entry in our ongoing series of writers highlighting their favourite comfort films is a journey back to 1998 with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman
The VHS of Practical Magic was kept at the ba…
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‘Yes, they would execute a child’: the film about a girl who has to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein ⊖
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Warm, funny and heartbreaking, The President’s Cake tells the story of a brutal ruler and a girl forced to make him a present in a time of sanctions-induced hardship. Its Iraqi director Hasan Hadi re…
My cultural awakening: an Eddie Izzard routine inspired me to learn French – and get a job with the EU ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Being able to understand the comedian talking in French in his Dress to Kill show led to me learning several languages and working on the continent
Until the age of 13, I had never taken much interest…