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Rachel Aroesti

Rachel Aroesti is a writer specialising in pop culture

October 2024

  • Richard E Grant in Marvel satire, The Franchise.

    ‘It’s like Trump – how do you satirise something so ridiculous?’: Armando Iannucci’s hilarious superhero spoof

    Foul-mouthed farce The Franchise is deliciously ironic, star-packed TV with more than a hint of Succession. Its stellar team talk about why making Marvel look ludicrous is actually an act of love
  • Ideas coming out of her ears … Charli XCX performing at Madison Square Garden, New York City, 23 September 2024.

    Charli xcx: Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat review – her lime-green imperial phase is unstoppable

    (Atlantic)
    Big-name guests abound on a thrilling remix album that takes a glimpse into celebrity’s heart of darkness but makes it transcendently fun and cool

    • TV review
      Alma’s Not Normal series two review – pretty much the perfect comedy

    • ‘I can’t do gore and I’m not a gamer’: Ella Purnell on being an unlikely scream queen

    • TV review
      Where’s Wanda? review – this knotty crime thriller has all the dark humour of Bad Sisters

September 2024

  • a DJ plays while rockets fall at the Nova music festival, 7 October 2023.

    TV review
    Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again review – an unflinching, moving account of Hamas’ attack

    This visceral film about the massacre at the Israeli Nova music festival is a nightmarish look at what the victims went through. At points it’s like a disaster movie
  • Kelsey Grammer in Frasier

    TV review
    Frasier season two review – so old-fashioned at points it makes you dizzy

    The humour is basic, the laugh track extremely dated and the dialogue creaky. But Kelsey Grammer and co’s fantastic performances lift it until it just about gets away with it all
  • Clad in PVC raincoat and 60s hat, she looks at a huge old camera

    TV review
    Funny Woman series two review – Gemma Arterton is tediously perfect

    The actor’s character is flawless to the point of being dull in this second outing based on Nick Hornby’s novel. It’s an invitingly warm and gentle watch, but it feels like a soap

August 2024

  • Autumn Preview Film

    Autumn arts preview 2024
    From Charli XCX and Van Gogh to Gladiator 2: the best culture to go out and see this autumn

  • Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short in Only Murders in the Building

    TV review
    Only Murders in the Building season four review – by far the funniest thing on TV

  • Charli XCX.

    The Guide newsletter
    The Guide #153: Brat summer’s been fun – but it’s time for something more mature

  • In-song disturbances … Spirit of the Beehive.

    Spirit of the Beehive: You’ll Have to Lose Something review – like an arthouse horror movie in sound

  • TV review
    Faye review – where are all the hair-raising stories of Dunaway’s nightmare behaviour?

  • TV review
    The Body Next Door review – a jaw-droppingly addictive true-crime tale

  • Broad City’s Ilana Glazer on her new pregnancy comedy: ‘I had no idea how effortful having children is’

  • TV review
    Titanic In Colour review – a gripping history, once you’ve made it through three minutes of staring at a carpet

  • Best podcasts of the week
    The brains behind QI bring you an Olympic-sized quiz show

July 2024

  • Force to be reckoned with … Women in Blue (Las Azules).

    TV review
    Women in Blue review – calling this a real-life story is nothing but a misleading PR exercise

    This supposedly ‘inspired by true events’ drama following Mexico City’s first female police unit – and its hunt for a serial killer – takes serious liberties with the facts
  • Arts commentator Melvyn Bragg

    TV review
    Art Matters With Melvyn Bragg review – a shallow, unenlightening waste of time and money

    This chummy, ineffective look at the arts crisis offers no solutions. And by featuring only one contributor aged under 50, it is itself part of the problem
  • The future is bright … Soft Play.

    Soft Play: Heavy Jelly review – songs of love, loss and leaking bin bags

    The punk-metal duo formerly known as Slaves offer sandpaper vocals, spine-tingling lyrics and sharp satire on their fiery fourth album
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