BBC Cultureflipped into All StoriesNowFrenzy at 50: The most violent film Hitchcock ever madeverified_publisherBBC Culture - Mark Allison1972's Frenzy was a serial-killer thriller more graphic and shocking than anything Hitchcock had directed before. Was it the movie he had always wanted to make, asks Mark Allison. A child of the Victorian age, Alfred Hitchcock was always fascinated by stories of the elusive Jack the Ripper and other …
BBC Cultureflipped into All Stories1 day ago8 of the best TV shows to watch this Julyverified_publisherBBC Culture - Amy CharlesFrom a Resident Evil series to new sitcom Uncoupled, with Neil Patrick Harris as a suddenly-single gay man in his 40s, Amy Charles lists this month's best shows to watch and stream. 1. Black Bird Sentenced to 10 years in a minimum-security prison for drug dealing without the chance of parole, Jimmy …
BBC Cultureflipped into All Stories4 days ago11 of the best films to watch this Julyverified_publisherBBC Culture - Nicholas BarberTaika Waititi's Thor is back, Jordan Peele is directing a new film with Daniel Kaluuya and Where the Crawdads Sing is adapted for the big screen – here are this July's unmissable releases. 1. Nope A politically-charged sci-fi horror mystery with a very short title? Yes, Nope is the third film from …
BBC Cultureflipped into All Stories5 days agoHow teapots were used to spread Russian propagandaverified_publisherBBC Culture - Deborah Nicholls-LeeIn 1917, pastoral scenes gave way to smoking chimneys and telegraph wires on porcelain manufactured by a factory in St Petersburg, writes Deborah Nicholls-Lee. It is 1917 and in Russia the Bolsheviks have seized power, de-throning the Tsar and declaring a revolutionary communist regime that would …
BBC Cultureflipped into All StoriesThe United States' first interracial love songverified_publisherBBC Culture - Diane BernardToday we take them for granted, but in the 1960s interracial duets were almost unheard of. Diane Bernard explores the forgotten story of Storybook Children, the taboo-busting song that became a hit. In May of 1968, just a few weeks after Martin Luther King Jr's assassination, singing duo Billy Vera …
BBC Cultureflipped into All StoriesFire Island: A gay paradise of sex and liberationverified_publisherBBC Culture - Jack ParlettAs portrayed by the hit Hulu rom-com, this iconic destination near New York is the ultimate queer party island. But there's more to it than sand, sea and sex, writes Jack Parlett. In the new rom-com Fire Island, written by comedian Joel Kim Booster and now streaming on Disney Plus and Hulu, the …
