Film
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
A sharp satire perfect for Critic readers
We should be giving copies of this magazine away at every screening
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
Row, row, row your boat
“The Boys On The Boat” is wholesome but unconvincing
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
Napoleon sold short
On Ridley Scott’s Napoleon and the challenge of biopics
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Idiot voters
Badenoch’s team aren’t idiots. Not like the voters
Release the hounds
The best university sport? Beagling
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
Eighteen questions for Kim Leadbeater
Questions that all MPs should be asking
A Boxing Day treat
It’s Boxing Day — and that means it’s the King George VI Chase at Kempton
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Charli’s carefree bratitude
This is music for people who are tired of being careful
