‘The Moment’ will be directed by Scottish filmmaker Aidan Zamiri, in his feature-length directorial debut. It will also be scored by A.G. Cook, a longtime collaborator of Charli and the head of the now-closed PC Music label.

Now, XCX has eight projects on the big screen coming soon, including a role in ‘The Gallerist’. The film will follow a desperate gallerist who conspires to sell a dead man at Art Basel Miami. Other stars to appear include Jenna Ortega, Natalie Portman, Sterling K. Brown and Zach Galifanakis.

A24 have been lauded as an entertainment company for their genre-bending, innovative and artistic films, such as sci-fi comedy-action ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, folk-horror ‘Midsommar’ and coming-of-age drama ‘Moonlight’.

Other musicians to appear in their films include Kid Cudi, who starred as an adult film star in the slasher film ‘X’. Megan Thee Stallion also starred as a confident boss in raunchy musical comedy ‘Dicks: The Musical’.

It was reported in November that Tyler, the Creator will be making his feature film debut in a new movie titled ‘Marty Supreme’. The A24 film will be directed and co-written by Josh Safdie, who also directed ‘Uncut Gems’ for the company. Gwyneth Paltrow and Timothée Chalamet will also star. According to Variety, the movie was inspired by professional ping pong player Marty Reisman.

Alongside her film commitments, Charli XCX is set to have a busy 2025. She’s been confirmed as the first headliner for Manchester festival Parklife, and will do the same at LIDO Festival, where she’s also curated the line-up on the day she performs.

She’ll also be playing two huge outdoor shows in Ireland, perfoming at Coachella, and headlining Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Porto. She also has a US arena tour scheduled for April and May.

The ‘360’ hitmaker is also leading the nominations for this year’s BRIT Awards, gathering 5 nods including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Dance Act and Pop Act. You can read our coverage on the upcoming awards show here.

In March of 2023, film studio A24, known for the production of critically acclaimed films like Ari Aster’s Misommar, Daniel Kwan’s and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, acquired the distribution rights for Stop Making Sense. In September of 2023, the film was restored and re-released in public cinemas across the world. Alongside the film, a remastered track list from the feature was released both online and on physical formats. Financially, A24’s distribution deal was wildly successful. According to Variety, the re-release drew $5m (£3.9m) in sales, a figure that, admittedly by a small margin, outstripped the film’s original run in 1984. The film was not only successful at the box office, but it was also a hit with audiences, with viral footage from 2023 showing audiences leaping out of their seats to dance along to the 16-track setlist.

Given the popularity of the re-release, and the film’s 40th anniversary landing on this year, Stop Making Sense will return to cinemas once again. Seeing limited release across the US, Canada, and UK, cinemagoers will be able to catch the show starting January 27.  Tickets are currently available, but make sure to grab them fast, as there are only six screenings currently scheduled in the United Kingdom, five of which are at the Prince Charles Cinema in London.

As well as the film’s re-re-release, A24 has announced that they will sell a collection of limited-edition merchandise. The September 2023 release saw a range of clothing and a DVD/BluRay edition being sold. This year’s showing will bring with it a Zine, as well as a pre-sale for another round of home releases on January 27th.

Whether you are a long-standing Talking Heads fan or you were born over a decade after the band’s final studio album, Stop Making Sense proves the enduring appeal of David Byrne’s enigmatic band.

London’s King Charles Cinema will be hosting Stop Making Sense on the 27th of January, the 24th of February, the 30th of March, the 27th of April, and the 25th of May. Additionally, the Warwick University’s Student Cinema will feature the film on the 22nd of February.

The film, directed by Halina Reijn, seems to be based on a group of friends playing a game called (you guessed it) bodies bodies bodies, where someone is selected, at random, to become the ‘murderer’. But, as we have all presumably picked up at this point, the ‘murderer’ becomes a murderer and the group spends the night trying to figure out whodunit. Amandla Stenberg, Pete Davidson, Maria Bakalova, and a handful of other exciting names floating around Hollywood at the moment all appear in the ‘Scream’-Esque slasher that should be hitting the silver screens on August 5^th.

There have been several releases under A24’s umbrella in the last few years that I’m confident in saying have become cult classics; The Lighthouse, and Hereditary for example – and even a handful of films this year that have caused quite a splash; X, and Everything Everywhere All At Once – pretty much anything with this logo attached is destined for a specific kind of fanbase. Taking a look at the trailer, it’s clear to see why Charli was picked to back the clip – the semi-neon colour palette, the overtly ironic social awareness, even the slightly tongue in cheek humour of it all. It just makes sense.

Aside from the chopped-up rendition of the song we can piece together through the trailer, we have been given no other information on the song at all. With no sign of the track on her latest album, Crash, fans will just have to wait for Charli to make a move. But presumably, we’ll hear the full version at some point. If we continue to move at the rate we have over the last few months, or maybe even years, then we’ll have a brand-new-full-length LP probably on shelves in about a month. That being said, Crash was okay. After the lofty heights reached on her previous 2 albums (how i’m feeling now, and Charli) I’d be more than happy to wait a little longer to allow a little more care and attention that Crash seemed to be lacking.