‘Let’s Dance’: the worst decision David Bowie ever made
Dancing himself all the way into obsolescence.
1980s
The 1987 anthem Robert Smith crowned as the perfect song: “It’s just like a dream”
A rare moment of self-celebration.
The dark personal story behind Sting’s 1983 hit for The Police: “What poetry’s all about”
Sting at his most heartbroken.
“It’s really depressing”: the unmade 1987 movie that pulled the rug from under Gene Hackman
Nothing seemed to go according to plan.
10 hidden gem movies from 1986 that are begging to be rediscovered
A year filled with unheralded classics.