‘Everyone knows the Centrelink song’: how we learned to love – and remix – hold music

It’s been called the ‘sound of purgatory’ but Opus 1 has enjoyed a new life in performance art, in a beer commercial and now on TikTok

The Guardian view on film awards: and the winner is…

Editorial: Getting rid of separate best actor and best actress categories is not the answer to lack of diversity in the industry

The Burden of Black Genius: documentary examines career of Sly Stone

Questlove’s probing new film looks at the incredible life and works of the one-of-a-kind talent while also taking a broader look at the specific difficulties faced by Black artists

‘Comedy and art should push up against a line’: Rich Peppiatt on class, controversy and Kneecap

Ex-tabloid reporter shares how an encounter with Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led to his acclaimed film about an Irish-language rap trio

‘Delightfully absurd’: why Mamma Mia! is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers drawing attention to their go-to mood-lifting films is an ode to the hit Abba musical from 2008

Melodrive review – angsty indie singer-songwriter agonises over his infidelities

A gloomy musician messes a string of people around, but this earnest British drama doesn’t worry much about the women he betrays

‘The Köln Concert is the hit he wants to disown’: why Keith Jarrett shunned two new films about his unlikely masterpiece

His back hurt and his piano was substandard. But the musician’s improvised 1975 show entered jazz history. Now two films are celebrating that mesmerising night – and the sweary teen promoter who made it happen

Super Bowl: Kendrick Lamar, the ads, Taylor Swift and everything but the football – as it happened

While the game goes ahead, it’s a big night for culture with a much-anticipated half-time show, a string of big name ads and a returning role for Taylor Swift

On my radar: Sharon Van Etten’s cultural highlights

The US singer-songwriter on the Cure, The Bear, neighbourhood restaurants and spiritual solace

Chesney Hawkes: ‘As my dad once said, don’t believe the hype’

The singer, 54, talks about being back in leafy Surrey after years in LA, the secrets of a happy marriage and the hysteria of fame

From Dog Man to Cyndi Lauper: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment in the UK

There’s a new kids’ animation with distinctly Cronenbergian undertones, and the fun-having pop legend embark upon her farewell tour

Becoming Led Zeppelin review – enjoyable retrospective will be met with a Whole Lotta Love

It’s hard not to head-bang along to the first authorised documentary about the heavy rock legends, but stopping the story in 1969 ignores the band’s more colourful years

Take That and Jeff Goldblum to perform at Bafta awards

The boyband will sing their 2008 hit Greatest Day, which features in nominated drama Anora, while Wicked star Goldblum will play piano for the in memoriam section

‘Into the heart of the whirlwind’: how Led Zeppelin were sweet-talked into making a new film

They were quizzed endlessly and one wrong answer could have blown the lot. The makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin relive the tactics – and cups of tea – that got it green lit

A Complete Unknown: how charity shop and Etsy finds completed iconic Dylan look

Film’s costume designer explains how a scarf made from a blanket and some custom-made Levi’s formed key part of Timothée Chalamet’s wardrobe