Cinema
Sequel opportunities
What does Amazon’s purchase of MGM mean for cinema?
A life in focus
Director Betrand Tavernier was able to admire both blacklisted directors and those who named names
Is Hollywood bullying the next #MeToo?
New revelations about Hollywood producer Scott Rudin are a sad but unsurprising indictment on the entire industry and its practices
Nomadland takes the hat-trick
From digital streaming to diversity, Christopher Silvester rounds up the longest ever awards season
The men with the megaphone
A new history of movie directors is full of insight, felicitous phrases and subtle put-downs
Letter to Brezhnev: a lesson for today?
The 1985 film directed by Frank Clarke is a homage not only to Liverpool, but to hope, risk, and love
Are overcomplicated back stories killing drama?
As Line of Duty now seems mired in the complexity of its own backstory, Alexander Larman asks if on-screen plots have become too complicated for us to enjoy
Dear and hateful
Christopher Silvester shows how Konchalovsky has one of the strangest careers in world cinema
Martin Scorsese vs Marvel: a tale of two different cinematic perspectives
At a time when studios are afraid of investing substantial amounts of money in films without a guaranteed audience, it’s time to ditch the snobbery towards popular films
What does the Carey Mulligan controversy tell us about film criticism today?
How one misinterpreted film review may have set a dangerous precedent
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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
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
How to reverse Britain’s nuclear decline
Regulatory reform alone is not enough — we need better governance
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense