Hollywood
Is Hollywood bullying the next #MeToo?
New revelations about Hollywood producer Scott Rudin are a sad but unsurprising indictment on the entire industry and its practices
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
Moping about Muppets: Another humiliation for Disney
The Muppet Show’s widened appeal has become Disney’s Achilles’ heel as the puppet show becomes the latest victim of cancel culture
Why can Hollywood never get the King Arthur story right?
Like natural disasters, adaptations of the Arthurian legend seem to arrive about once a decade and leave devastation in their wake
Martin Scorsese vs Marvel: a tale of two different cinematic perspectives
At a time when studios are afraid of investing substantial amounts of money in films without a guaranteed audience, it’s time to ditch the snobbery towards popular films
Why are so many actors and filmmakers being cancelled?
From Kevin Spacey to Armie Hammer, why are those in Hollywood facing the axe of cancel culture more than ever before?
The remarkable career of Christopher Plummer
Cinema, theatre and the world will be poorer for no longer having Christopher Plummer as a part of them
What does the Carey Mulligan controversy tell us about film criticism today?
How one misinterpreted film review may have set a dangerous precedent
Hollywood whinge-fests undermine contemporary feminism
Hollywood is often a slimy, cynical business, but weaponizing feminism against a critic you don’t like is a new low
The unkindest cut
Why can’t film directors let their work go?
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
The end of Pevsner
The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
It is they who will surrender
We have all of tomorrow’s excuses today
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
Sunak stumbles
The Prime Minister spent half of the afternoon trying to extract his foot from his mouth
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
