Film
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
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?
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
Cowboy quartet
A new screen Western is always welcome
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
