Culture

In the film adaptation of the 2021 book-length manifesto by academic Andreas Malm, the stylized aesthetic and surface-level backstory of the characters fall flat 

A new book by Ian Penman grapples with the filmmaker’s gargantuan appetites, impossible productivity and heartbreaking melancholy

In the author's newly translated novel, an unnamed protagonist faces the limits and freedoms granted through speech

From César Aira’s visions of ancient Rome to a posthumous collection of strange tales by Izumi Suzuki, the frieze team selects the books they’re reading this season

For the release of ’Showing Up’, Carlos Valladares speaks to the director and actor about how their new film reframes the idea of working artists

Polly Barton’s candid interviews question the interpersonal dynamics – shame, embarrassment, jealousy, ethics – of pornography

Ahead of the release of his new book Land Sickness, the author shares the books that have inspired him

In 'Topographies: Aerial Surveys of the American Landscape', the photographer uses drones to shift his perspective, capturing the country from the air

Set in 1960s New York, the author's debut novel looks at who is given a voice, as well as satirizing the concept of work as a cure for alienation 

In Damien Chazelle’s newest film, the altar of Hollywood crumbles under the weight of its own spectacle

Released in the UK this month, Caitlin Quinlan explores what Todd Field's TÁR (2022) reveals about the abuses of power and the possibilities of accountability 

From the science fiction of N.K. Jemisin to the final essays of Janet Malcolm, members of the frieze team select the books they’re most excited about this season

The former starlet’s return to the screen is just a reminder of how far she has fallen from favour

Eloise Hendy interrogates the complexities of merciless mother-daughter bonds in the author's latest book Is Mother Dead 

On her latest album, the musician tackles mourning and uses memory as a way to enrich life’s soil

Ahead of the UK premiere of ‘Triangle of Sadness’, the Swedish director talks to Rory O’Connor about his latest jab at the mega rich

In her new book, Animal Joy, poet and psychoanalyst Nuar Alsadir explores the role of the ‘inner clown’ in art and politics

Alastair Curtis reviews two memoirs by the French writer and looks at the lessons he learned from past relationships

The author's debut book, Which As You Know Means Violence, reveals the politics of self-injury in performance art and contemporary culture

A wry interrogation of 'The Twilight World' and the literary sequel to the Hollywood blockbuster 'Heat'