Monkey Man proves fighting the gods is a bloody affair
The movie is a raw, stylish, aggressive action flick with a pulsing rage beneath it
Arts Reviews
The good, bad and ugly in arts and exhbitions
Monday
Saturday
Sugar offers sweet then rotten noir
Apple TV+’s latest is an incredible noir… until it tries to be more than that
Thursday
Ripley is not the edge-of-seat thriller you expect
If you don’t care for him, that’s because he doesn’t want you to
Monday
The Regime is bad eastern European pastiche
It was clearly inspired by satirical American and British shows about politics
Sunday
AI music is here and scarily easy to make
I made a Spectator album in minutes
Thursday
Peter Duchin makes us happy
He is the classiest of class acts
Friday
Road House is a triumph of awful filmmaking
There are hints of substance, but they go unexplored
Tuesday
Stormy depicts porn star heroism
The documentary is loaded with cameos from celebrities, commentary from liberal pundits… and scenes from Daniels’s striptease act
Sunday
The intriguing revival of the British gangster picture
It is unlikely that either Sexy Beast or The Gentlemen will have their legacies seriously challenged by the television series based on them
Reconsidering Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice
If the Thomas Pynchon novel adaptation has anything to say about the American dream, it is to mock its high-falutin’ nature
Finally, a version of Merrily We Roll Along that works
Director Maria Friedman has harnessed revelatory performances from her three leads to create a theatrical masterpiece
Friday
Masters of the Air is an old-fashioned TV masterpiece
It’s one of the best shows since Better Call Saul ended
Thursday
One-on-one with Broadway powerhouse Betsy Aidem
‘Things that upset you are fuel to take you through a story’
Monday
A Best Stunts Oscar is long overdue
After a century of amazing stunt filmmaking, stunt actors remain unsung
Oppenheimer and Poor Things clean up at the Oscars
Christopher Nolan, Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy all secured their first Academy Awards
Friday
Predictions for the 2024 Oscars
2023 was the best year for film in more than a decade
Monday
Why we hope something will go wrong at the Oscars
A look back at other snafus, which are richly celebrated
Sunday
Dune: Part Two and Paul’s struggle
The young Atreides is horrified by what becoming the Fremen messiah will mean
Thursday
Shōgun will be your new favorite show
It’s epic, exciting, hideously violent in places — and above all, it makes you want to carry on watching
Monday
Bob Marley: One Love and the surefire success of music biopics
They provide the unmissable opportunity for an up-and-coming actor to become a star
