Hollywood
Missing a slam dunk
Cleopatra is not a terrible movie, but this failed Hollywood history is
The wild north
On screen savage battles, middle-aged villains, decline and disease are reviewed by Robert Hutton
Murders for April
Dark academia and classic hollywood horror
The sad state of British film
Why do we accept comfortable irrelevance?
Liar, crook and Hollywood great
For all Cimino’s flaws, there was still “the vision thing”
It’s grim up north
Is the Northman alt-right propaganda? Perhaps, but it’s not the only one
Drop your weapons
Knives Out deserves a reprieve from the dread of bad sequels
Richard Donner: an underrated director
Suggestions that Donner was a director-for-hire rather than a true auteur are harsh and inaccurate
Hollywood’s suicidal mission
How Aperture 2025, the Academy’s new set of equality and diversity regulations, will ultimately stifle creativity
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?