Cinema
The man who made us melt
Robert Redford was a charismatic actor and a masterful storyteller
Sci-fi satire Mickey 17 misses the mark
There is a good short film here, inside a long bad one
Serious silliness
Five decades of Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Save the Prince Charles cinema!
It’s shabby, but we should embrace that
Anatomy of a British screen classic
The influential gold standard for perfect script and directing
Can Mel Gibson rescue Hollywood from AI?
Tinseltown needs a concentrated dose of the human spirit
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
Most Read
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Slim down the university system to save it
It has become too bloated and too expensive
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree