How Pulp became an almost forgotten cult classic
Mike Hodges, the director who gave British cinema Get Carter, revisits its stranger, more playful follow-up: Pulp.
Why anyone can make a movie now
AI is making visual effects cheaper, and as the success of films like Backrooms proves, it’s changing who gets to make movies.
The art of indie sci-fi
What does the end of civilisation look like when you strip away the Hollywood spectacle? Caspar Salmon explores the Cannes-winning film, Sirāt.
Inventing the cartoon
Jane Fleischer Reid recalls how her grandfather, Max Fleischer, invented the innovative techniques that brought us Betty Boop, Popeye, and Superman cartoons.
Gattaca and the age of optimisation
Caspar Salmon revisits Andrew Niccol's 1997 science-fiction classic Gattaca to ask whether it predicted our age of relentless optimisation.
Helen Slater on Supergirl
Helen Slater, star of the 1984 version of Supergirl, explains how she went from high school to starring in a major Hollywood franchise.
Why modern design changed
Georgina Godwin speaks with Alex Wills, co-founder of Interval, about why flexibility has become one of architecture's most valuable assets.
Can we be rich again?
Britain has the world’s third largest tech sector. So why does it often feel like we're stuck? Former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt offers some answers.
Tech tackling violence
Can tech make women safer? Plexal’s Lou-Davina Stouffs hosts a live panel discussion during SXSW London.
Is AI good for creatives?
Is AI making the creative process more accessible? Georgina Godwin hosts a live panel discussion during SXSW London.
It all starts Here
Georgina Godwin hosts a live panel discussion during SXSW London with Tamsin Ace, Richard Broom, and Gus Casely-Hayford.
A deepfake election
Frances Lasok explains how deepfake media is about to reinvent how modern elections are run.
What makes a creative city?
NABA’s Diego Mattiolo on why the famed Italian arts school chose London as its next base.
The delicate art of curation
Lincoln Center’s Shanta Thake on what makes art uniquely human in the age of machines.
Why Palantir needs London
Palantir’s Louis Mosley and Fractile’s Tom Westgarth on why London’s already winning the AI race.
Can movies survive AI?
Pixar veteran Michael Stein on why AI won’t replace movies – but it will change them.
Why where you work matters
Here East CEO Gavin Pool on why proximity is the most underrated competitive advantage in business.
Beauty is serious business
The beauty industry is growing four times faster than the national economy. Millie Kendall says it’s time it was taken seriously.
Shaping the global economy
This Easter special brings together four sharp thinkers to examine the forces reshaping how we create value, spend it, protect it — and whether any of it will matter in the long run.
The London Olympic legacy
Shazia Hussain, CEO of the London Legacy Development Corporation, explains how East London is transforming into an economic powerhouse.