Film
What is a woman?
Laura Dodsworth interviews Matt Walsh, the man behind the controversial new film on gender
Tanks a lot
“War is the original human state,” Russian directors seem to say
We have forgotten the titans of British cinema
It has fallen to Scorsese to rescue the reputation of Powell and Pressburger
Kino Kyiv
What to watch inform yourself about the rich Ukrainian cinematic tradition
Modern-day Ealing comedy
A quintessentially English spirit of wry rebellion lives on in two new films
The rise of meta-horror
In 2022, a new Scream film must face down more than monsters
Wolf in plod’s clothing
Why “Non Crime Hate Incidents” don’t seem to apply to the cops
Horrors of war
Christopher Silvester on two extraordinary films from Eastern Europe shown at the London Film Festival
Breathtaking… and empty
The formidably long run-time of Dune leaves viewers with little world-building and a lack of colour
Juke it out
It’s Wes Anderson vs Edgar Wright in the battle for the coolest ever soundtrack
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
Is university still worth it?
Rising fees raise questions about the value of some degrees
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
