Film

Nomadland takes the hat-trick

From digital streaming to diversity, Christopher Silvester rounds up the longest ever awards season

Artillery Row
The finest actress of her generation

How Helen McCrory blazed through her life and career like a comet

Artillery Row
Hopkins and Oldman: The very best of British actors

Following the recent Oscar nod for Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman, Alexander Larman looks at other parallels between the two thespians

Artillery Row
Diversity at the BAFTAs

The BAFTA film awards have seen plenty of diversity in recent years, but have gone down in film history as the least diverse film awards ever. Why?

Artillery Row
Wilde encounters

The rambling and discursive nature of the writing lends Rupert Everett’s book an enjoyable appeal

Books
Gaslighting

The origins of the word

Dr Green's Dictionary
The blissful political incorrectness of Soviet comedies

Soviet cinema reveals to the West that life in the USSR was not all grey, unsmiling misery; instead, the Soviets were just like us

Artillery Row
Nollywood comes of age

Christopher Silvester explains how censorship has suppressed Nigerian films that have won international acclaim

On Cinema
It’s a Wonderful Life: the perfect Christmas film?

The 1946 classic is a timely reminder that affection and loyalty can surface in the most difficult of circumstances

Artillery Row
The death of the DVD commentary

How the rise of streaming platforms has killed home entertainment

Artillery Row