Cinema
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Is it still a wonderful life?
The values Frank Capra celebrated seem to be fading in our times
Enjoyable destruction
Godzilla Minus One may not be especially profound but it is great fun
Michael Powell: an auteur who loved to work with others
In our age of the Saw torture-porn franchise, Peeping Tom still has the capacity to disturb
The beauty and the bomb
Barbenheimer is a true cinematic event
DPRKino
The wonderful world of North Korean cinema
Into thin Air
A pro-capitalist cinematic curiosity
Killer roles
The Dungeons & Dragons romp-com
Soon to be pulped non-fiction
Quentin Tarantino’s new book is a disappointment
Romcom revival
Making romcoms modern: plausible obstacles to happiness and a broadening of vision
Letters August-September
To paraphrase the Jeremy Corbyn defence, were the Tory Right present but not involved?
The riots and the social media blame game
Politicians blaming social media for the riots are hiding from state failings
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Vicarious pleasure
On the enduring allure of celebrity cast-offs
Israel’s forever war
Netanyahu risks dragging his country and his allies into an open-ended regional conflict
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
Killing with kindness
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. By Hugh Warwick
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
The cinematic future is bright
“The End” is in sight for communal film-watching, right? Wrong
Not everyone should be in therapy
Over-medicalisation hurts the healthy and the suffering alike
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
