Gwilym Mumford

In this week’s newsletter: The mixed response to The Life of a Showgirl is proof that even the biggest star isn’t immune to creative burnout

In this week’s newsletter: Once the preserve of backslapping celebrity interviews and inoffensive segments, late-night TV is now in Trump’s sights – giving its hosts unprecedented political weight

In this week’s newsletter: First shown in the UK 35 years ago, the landmark cartoon has wormed its way into our culture, from parliament put-downs to Bartman mania

The Guide #206: Indie ​bands ​are quitting Spotify, what could it mean for the future of music streaming?

From Molly Dineen’s humane portraits to Channel 4’s wild experiments, the golden age of British TV documentaries ​offers more than the streamers’ endless banal choice

A new wave of post-apocalyptic dramas ​are serving up disaster tales shaped by the cultures they come from, and the results are fascinating

Once notorious for testing audience endurance, ​modern blockbusters seem to be trimming the fat​, ​from superhero sagas ​t​o comedic classics

In this week’s newsletter: Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, Nina Conti and Sabrina Carpenter all make the cut in your passionate picks from the past 25 years

To celebrate the Guide’s 200th edition, we look back at the films, shows, albums and more that have mattered most over the last 25 years

In this week’s newsletter: Millions have watched the AI-generated singer’s sob story on social media – even weirder, many don’t even mind if it’s fake

In the second of our new miniseries looking back at the last quarter-century of pop culture, we chart the transformation of television since 2000

In this week’s newsletter: In retiring his messianic action hero schtick, a return to challenging, messy roles could lead to a late-era flowering of his career

AI impostors are charming fans out of fortunes – here’s how ​​TV’s Scam Interceptors catch the criminals

In the first in a new miniseries, we look back at the biggest songs of the 21st century to trace how music – and the way we consume it – has evolved

In this week’s newsletter: with so many compelling podcasts out there, how do we manage the audio oversupply?

In this week’s newsletter: Despite its huge budget, Apple’s series has all the hallmarks of an offbeat, slow-burn cult show – not the cultural juggernaut it’s become

In this week’s newsletter: The days of Top of the Pops every week and MTV Unplugged are long gone, but a slew of archive gold is now coursing through the internet

At the 97th Academy Awards, Sean Baker made history, while Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin took acting prizes

With its awe-inspiring images and ideas and fantastic performances by Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce, the three hours-plus runtime starts to look stingy

It was goths galore on the red carpet, while David Tennant sang on stage and Conclave locked horns with The Brutalist. Here’s what happened at the 78th British academy film awards