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Though perhaps still best known for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne has been highly productive since the critical success of his 2017 novel The Heart’s Invisible Furies. He is now embarking on a quartet of interlinked novellas, which will appear biannually over the next two years. The cohering theme is the four elements – so Water will be followed in due course by Earth, Air and Fire.The verbal representation of water has a rich literary history, from Virginia Woolf’s The Waves to Alice Oswald’s Dart. However,…

The microphones on stage facing out towards the audience make sense the moment Noah Kahan opens his mouth. The crowd start singing with him and know every single word: “You build a boat, you build a life / You lose your friends, you lose your wife / You settle in to routine / Where are you? What does it mean?”These are remarkable times for the 26-year-old Vermonter. After signing a record deal in his teens, Kahan made a mainstream breakthrough with 2022’s Stick Season. Since then he has collaborated with Hozier (on the…

Olivia Rodrigo says her new single ‘Vampire’ is ‘cathartic’ ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Pop star Olivia Rodrigo released her new single ‘Vampire’ on Friday, and termed the feeling as “cathartic”. “Vampire song and video out now,” the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, 20, announced on Instagram, as she shared some intimate details about the songwriting process, reports People magazine. “I made it with my very talented, wonderful friend @dan_nigro last winter and created the video with the incredible @petrafcollins.…

Mild-mannered pensioner Harold Fry (Jim Broadbent) takes a stroll to the postbox one bright Devon morning. But for some reason he can’t bring himself to post the letter. It’s just a few stunted lines on headed notepaper, a reply to his old friend and former work colleague Queenie (Linda Bassett), who, he learned recently, has terminal cancer. Then a chance encounter in a petrol station gives Harold a new purpose: he decides to walk from Devon to Berwick-upon-Tweed, where Queenie is receiving palliative care in a hospice.…

A couple of years ago, I tried to create a playlist of songs for those who were, like me, long-term single. The result was not as uplifting as I’d hoped. It kicked off with a couple of bangers – You Can’t Hurry Love by the Supremes, Independent Women Part 1 by Destiny’s Child – but quickly got a bit too real. Goodbye to Love by the Carpenters. Somebody to Love by Queen. I gave up the attempt when I found myself weeping along to George Gershwin’s But Not for Me.As melancholic as those tracks were, I never got as far as…

James Cameron is known for his undying love of the ocean, and his frequent use of the sea in his movies. Avatar: The Way of Water is no exception, and takes the underwater scenes to the next level to produce an even bigger, stunning visual experience. Kate Winslet in particular was involved in many underwater scenes for the film, and the actress famously held her breath underwater for seven minutes while making the film. Cameron recently revealed that while these scenes were technically challenging, it was a point of…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAnna Kendrick has opened up about how making her forthcoming film Alice, Darling helped her recover from her own difficult relationship.The process of filming the thriller, which deals with psychological and emotional abuse, was a “cathartic” experience for the actor.“The movie was so personal, there was a point where I was like ‘Oh, I don’t know if this is too soon to be doing this…

Marvel. The full official trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has finally made its way online, and it shows more of what to expect from the long-awaited sequel releasing next month. But unlike most of the MCU’s recent offerings — which, it could be argued, have contributed to something of a slump for the franchise — director Ryan Coogler thinks he knows exactly what makes a successful superhero film tick. The 36-year-old reveals his intentions with Namor, as played by Tenoch Huerta, in a new article…

Life after lockdown has been a time of creative change for Mabe Fratti. The Guatemalan cellist and composer wrote her second album, 2021’s Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos?, while isolating in an artist’s compound outside Mexico City. The nine-track album was a delicate suite of gauzy melodies and keening string lines punctuated by field recordings – an enigmatic music searching for meaning.On her latest album, Se Ve Desde Aquí, Fratti re-enters the world, recording between Rotterdam and Mexico City and supplanting her…

You can feel the screams brewing before you hear them. With her smart, self-deprecating take on sadness, Phoebe Bridgers attracts audiences who likely know a thing or two about pent-up emotion. As fans weave and squeeze their way ever-closer to the stage, you get the feeling that this is a show where more than just pint cups will be left behind. Given the abundance of televised performances and straight-talking interviews that have charted Bridgers’ pandemic-era rise, it’s easy to assume that you might already know…