Art that shocks, offends, and amuses has a purpose beyond aesthetic: its existence is a testament to freedom of expression

Christopher Silvester on two extraordinary films from Eastern Europe shown at the London Film Festival

The transgressive, transmedial and transnational nature of the Gothic genre

British musical theatre has nothing on the American slickness

Lisa Hilton enjoys a Thai feast that shows that fiery and exotic has now become mainstream

The Critic Narrated: Episode Four, with Lisa Hilton, Henry Hill and our Secret Author

Hannah Betts artfully curates the perfect neckmess

Why must breakfast be a meal bereft of imagination? Felipe Fernández-Armesto offers an alternative

The formidably long run-time of Dune leaves viewers with little world-building and a lack of colour

These two volumes are a solid starting point for understanding the British and Commonwealth air war