The Critics
Non-nose job
In a free reworking of “Cyrano”, it takes pizzazz to rewrite French alexandrines in the manner of Eminem
The toughest role
The most successful modern actor-director, Clint Eastwood, rejects “the auteur crap”
Right-on cue
As usual, the Academy flagellates itself over insufficient African American Oscar contenders
Charlie’s cardboard feminists fall flat
Bad jokes, no chemisty, lame action: the snoozathon that’s not woke enough
Manners maketh answers
Rudeness does not make for good television
High notes go wrong
Flying is a macho thing for musicians. It shows they are in demand and living the good life
Schlock of the new
Those in charge are in thrall to vain provocateur directors
Old Romeo’s Almanac
Our theater gossip columnist spills the beans on his fellow actors and gives us some predictions for the new year
To catch a thief
Is a super-rich collector having works stolen to order?
Populism on the march
As populism advances on both sides of the channel, we ask if it can make the shift from insurgent movement to governing project
Women have bad odds with Dodds
This appointment is an insult from Keir Starmer
When in Spain…
…gorge on Iberian delicacies
The Conservatives must repent and rebuild
The Tories have to put themselves in a position to exploit Labour weakness
The cinematic future is bright
“The End” is in sight for communal film-watching, right? Wrong
The Greens are worse than useless
Their reputation for being nice if a touch naive is far too generous
Yachts wrong with the world
Donald Trump, whiteness, superyachts and other evils
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
Rejecting Kant’s cant
Germany, cradle of the hate speech law
Making a miserable meal of mythbusting
The writing is laced with the sins of myth-making: boring, trite, incoherent, lazy and unfunny
Bad tradwife manifesto
From have it all feminism to tradwife influencers, women are being given impossible ideals and taught to refuse limitations
