Arts
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I Am Evidence: the shocking film on the truth about untested rape kitsIn a new documentary, two film-makers bring to life the stories of sexual assault survivors let down by a fractured system
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Lil Dicky and the truth about comedy rap – it’s tricky!Comedy rapper Lil Dicky has reached No 1, adding to successes such as Big Shaq and the Lonely Island. But as Honey G’s example shows, doing funny rhymes right takes sophistication
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Movies that have grossed more than $1bn – ranked!The most lucrative star-filled blockbusters of all time in order of merit, from goofy Dory to the Dark Knight, Bond to Potter and feminist fairytales to the doomed Titanic
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Times move pretty fast! Rewatching 80s favourites in the age of #MeTooMolly Ringwald’s reappraisal of The Breakfast Club has thrown an uneasy light on other 80s classics, with their casual treatment of rape and abuse, dodgy sexual politics and breezy paedophilia. We look at 10 of the worst with fresh eyes
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Screen Actors Guild calls for end to private meetings in hotel roomsUnion issues guideline urging film and TV industry to curb meetings in ‘high-risk locations’ in the wake of Harvey Weinstein allegations
The Start
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A new podcast about artistic beginnings, as told by great artists of our timeListen to episodeThe Start with
People
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Beyonce, The Weeknd and Eminem head to the desertMore than 200,000 people will attend one of the year’s biggest music festivals, with an all-star lineup and a $300,000 stage set from Cardi B
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Patrick Wolf on the car accident and his comeback: ‘It completely whacked me out for six’The London singer discusses his five-year absence and how he ‘took the bullet’ for queer musicians who came after him
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The big picture
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From Fife to Fitzrovia: portraits by Niall McDiarmidNiall McDiarmid has spent seven years travelling the length and breadth of the UK photographing people he crosses paths with. Town to Town, his new book, features more than 60 portraits of inhabitants of some of the 200 towns he’s visited
Reviews
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Truth or Dare – silly, spirited horror plays a fast-paced gameThe production company behind Get Out and Happy Death Day has another hit on its hands with this Final Destination-lite shocker
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Tinashe: Joyride – caught between sex and sterilityTinashe’s long-gestated second album is a mixed bag, best when her coolly focused sexuality is put to the fore
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Pictures & video
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The Portraits by John MyersA series of intimate black and white portraits chronicling middle-class life in the Midlands by renowned photographer John Myers is published by RRB PhotoBooks this month
Lost in Space review Netflix's sci-fi reboot takes a small step into the future