A secret agent spoof starring Melissa McCarthy as a Moneypenny who has to stop an evil Rose Byrne shows 007 how it’s done, critic Nicholas Barber writes.
From the Kelly Gang to Crocodile Dundee, Australian cinema has defined cultural identity down under for more than a century. Luke Buckmaster picks the best.
Featured Video
Rock music in China was linked with protest against the government in the 1980s, forcing it underground. What does it sound like today?
From Al Pacino as a depressed locksmith to Melissa McCarthy as an undercover spy, BBC Culture picks eight movies to watch this month.
Over 30 years after she published her masterpiece, The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer discusses the book, feminism – and newts – with Martha Kearney.
An exhibition of 20th Century beachwear reveals how social, sexual and cultural attitudes to bodies have evolved – through swimwear. Libby Banks finds out more.
Cultural Calendar
Explore the best film, art and music events around the globe.
Novelist Will Self takes an unofficial tour of the nation’s paradoxical, strangely beautiful, hinterland – and discovers what Britishness really means.
In an ambitious new project, one photographer is documenting London’s multicultural families – and the city’s changing identity. Tom Seymour finds out more.
A new book looks at ‘treasures’ that fooled the world’s experts. Noah Charney reveals who created them – including one who became a giant of the Renaissance.
Hidden art
Great works out of view
From a version of The Stranger written from the perspective of its Arab characters to a film essay collection, Jane Ciabattari picks the month’s best reads.
