Film
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?
Wilde encounters
The rambling and discursive nature of the writing lends Rupert Everett’s book an enjoyable appeal
Gaslighting
The origins of the word
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
Nollywood comes of age
Christopher Silvester explains how censorship has suppressed Nigerian films that have won international acclaim
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
The death of the DVD commentary
How the rise of streaming platforms has killed home entertainment
Editors deserve more credit
Christopher Silvester on the essential, and undervalued, part editors play in film and documentary creation
Do mention the war
The Deer Hunter remains the most affecting of Vietnam movies, Christopher Silvester writes
The mobster and the Method
Al Capone’s relationship with the movies goes back a long way, writes Christopher Silvester
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
Addressing misogyny must include addressing trans activism
Against the wokewashing of sexual objectification
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Don’t forget Armenia
Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
