The Clash legend to be quizzed for future Uncut feature

Oscar winning star of El-Cid and Ben Hur was 84

This morning's edition of Radio 4's Broadcasting House chose to mark the death of Charlton Heston with a montage of scenes from his three most iconic films: The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959) and Planet Of The Apes (1967). These were huge films in every sense, made during the golden age of Hollywood and Charlton Heston was a monolithic presence at their centre -- competing in chariot races, or parting the Red Sea, or cursing humanity in front of what's left of the Statue of Liberty.

Annual ticket rush for the June music and arts bash

Excuse me for hijacking my own film blog to write about TV, but the first episode of Series 4 of the rebooted Doctor Who, "Partners In Crime", has just aired on BBC1.

Mick and Keith post a video on Youtube inviting questions

A tremendous amount of proofreading this afternoon, and we haven't had much time to go through new releases, or write proper blogs. So here are the 36 songs that have just been played on John Robinson's bulging iPod. One of those shuffle sessions that turn out to work rather well, I reckon...

Great soundtrack for the emergence of sunshine at Uncut towers

Plus new Buscemi and Uncut's recommended films round-up

At last! Scorsese's stunning live concert film of The Rolling Stones