9 h. ago ‘I don’t touch my phone. At home, I’d be scrolling’: why young people are flocking to independent cinemas

Young people are drawn in by the promise of a ‘no-distractions’ zone, rereleases of old classics and music documentaries by global artistsA new generation of film lovers is helping to drive an increase in cinema attendance across the UK. As the industry slowly recovers from the decline of audiences during the pandemic – there were 126.5m admissions in 2024 compared with 176.1m in 2019, the rise in younger people returning to cinema may be due to a newfound love for film developed during the lockdown years. Although figures are yet to be restored to pre-pandemic levels, admission rates are continuing to increase, and it is younger audiences in particular who are showing significant enthusiasm, with figures from the Cinema Advertising Association suggesting that under-35s make up 50% of cinemagoers across the board.This is a proportion, which includes all cinemas including mainstream multiplexes, has held steady over the last few years but the effect appears particularly marked on the...

Politics

5 d. ago Danny Dyer says Bafta win was 'very emotional' after 35 years in the industry

Danny Dyer has opened up about his Bafta win and said it was 'very emotional' to be given his 'flowers' after 35 years in the industry, as he also spoke about the lack of working class people in the TV and film industry

Politics

5 d. ago ‘People buy it to film it, not eat it’: The surreal rise of the supermarket food stunt

They might look fun on social media, but do they actually taste any good? Katie Rosseinsky explores why supermarkets have started chasing viral success with their latest food launches

Economics

6 d. ago First edition of The Hobbit discovered in UK home sells for £43,000

Auction house Auctioneum said it is one of only 1,500 copies printed in September 1937.

Economics

1 week ago ‘Everybody’s starved of affection’: Past Lives director Celine Song on the brutal dating scene and her realistic new romcom

The writer-director’s debut film earned critical acclaim and Oscar nods for its portrayal of loves lost and rekindled. Her follow-up stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans in a romance about dating across the class divide‘Our financial literacy is so fucked,” says Celine Song. We’re having breakfast in Manhattan on a sunny Saturday in early July, a few weeks after her new film, Materialists, has opened in New York City. She’s wearing a charmingly ironic outfit: a T-shirt that says “HOWDY” and a baseball cap that says “Big” (she’s petite, 5ft 4in, for the record) – but she speaks with almost disarming earnestness.She’s frustrated, she tells me, that people have described one of the characters in her film, a private equity manager with a $12m apartment, as a “billionaire”. “If you’re a billionaire, your big apartment is not $12m!” she exclaims. “The average income of an American adult is $35,000. What that means is half of America makes less than $35,000. Three times that ...

Culture

3 w. ago Schoolboy, 13, brutally beaten by gang as people film the attack

The 13-year-old was left with serious facial injuries after he was savagely beaten by a group of youths at an outdoor sports pitch in Chudleigh, Devon

Events

3 w. ago The scourge of supermarket pranksters: Security guards report huge rise in teenage tearaways harassing staff and shoppers for clicks

EXCLUSIVE: Videos show UK influencers taking items from shoppers' baskets, telling off customers while posing as staff and pretending to shoplift.

Events