Cinema
What does the Carey Mulligan controversy tell us about film criticism today?
How one misinterpreted film review may have set a dangerous precedent
Why can’t we have a good film of Noël Coward’s plays?
If one judged the playwright solely on the film versions of his work, one might be forgiven for believing that he had never been particularly accomplished
The history twisters
Nigel Jones warns that cinematic portrayals of historical events and figures could alter how we understand the past
The unkindest cut
Why can’t film directors let their work go?
The career of David Fincher – not so black and white?
David Fincher’s eleventh film is his most personal and revealing yet
His own best character
A new Netflix release has been trailed as a masterpiece, with myriad claims to Oscar recognition, says Christopher Silvester
A pair of Czech masterpieces
Two new Czech masterpieces
Tom Stoppard: A private man now on parade
This biography is a testament to detailed analysis and intelligent insight, says Alexander Larman
No Time for Cinema to Die
What does the postponement of the new James Bond film mean for the future of cinema?
Goodfellas at 30
‘As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster’.
It isn’t ageist to want Joe Biden to drop out
People are concerned about his condition, not his age
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Imagine there’s no Labour
It’s easy if you try
The ghosts of Tory past
The Conservatives are haunted by the spirits of the last two decades
Godfather of the Reformation
Cranach’s impact on the Reformation would have been impossible without his earlier success as a secular artist
Journeys in Genderland
The stories of people caught up in the madness of gender ideology are beyond belief
Athenian ambrosia
Savour a culinary renaissance in Greece
Keir: more than just a lucky general
Neither Left nor Right can accept that Starmer’s impressive focus and strategic sense is responsible for transforming Labour’s prospects
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
Children of the apocalypse
When you tell young people that the end of the world is coming, what do you expect them to do?
