As usual, the Academy flagellates itself over insufficient African American Oscar contenders

Bad jokes, no chemisty, lame action: the snoozathon that’s not woke enough

Rudeness does not make for good television

Flying is a macho thing for musicians. It shows they are in demand and living the good life

Those in charge are in thrall to vain provocateur directors

Our theater gossip columnist spills the beans on his fellow actors and gives us some predictions for the new year

Is a super-rich collector having works stolen to order?

An interesting new West End show about young millennials has echoes of far older classics

The radical East German playwright Heiner Müller and Michael Frayn have a lot in common

Some of the greatest movies ever made were incredibly long. But is a film lasting 13 hours just too much?