Del Toro’s Frankenstein deserves the big screen
Still, it’s a relief that Netflix, for all its faults, is bankrolling work as individual and striking as this
Film
Wednesday
Tuesday
Unpacking Tucker Carlson’s 9/11 documentary
The documentary claims the Saudis were behind 9/11 – and the CIA then protected them
One Battle After Another may be the worst movie ever made
It is a grand, multifaceted masterpiece of badness
Tuesday
Spinal Tap II is an amusing, honorable successor to the original film
Above all, Reiner proves his vim and vigor by the very quality of the film
The devil over Washington
I turned to film to re-enchant myself with the city in which I live
Thursday
Will Trump’s tariffs trash the film industry?
The shock and awe is done – the details are not
Tuesday
AI is revolutionizing the film industry
‘It won’t be long,’ says Yonatan Dor, ‘before screen actors are a thing of the past’
The Phoenician Scheme is Wes Anderson at his most transparent
Everything is a dolly shot of dolled-up people in a doll’s house
Tuesday
Inside Texas’s bold takeover of the American film industry
The Lone Star State is coming for the big, bright jewel of cultural capital
The enduring appeal of Jaws, 50 years on
It’s easy to forget that there was nothing inevitable about the film’s long-lasting success
Monday
Are we at Peak Movie Theater?
The numbers don’t lie: they’re as popular as ever
Thursday
American cinema at its best
The Brutalist represents a Christopher Nolan-esque swing for the big leagues
Monday
Like Bob Dylan in the movies
There is much more to the cinematic treatment of the ‘song and dance man’ than A Complete Unknown
This month in culture: March 2025
What to watch this March
Friday
The luck of Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 picture was ridiculed on release. Fifty years later, it is considered a masterpiece
Why we dramatize history — and why we should stop
The melding of truth and fiction is both culturally limiting and the kind of dangerous terrain which breeds conspiracy theories and fake news
This month in culture: February 2025
What to watch this February
Thursday
This month in culture: January 2025
What to watch this month
Tuesday
Carry-On is a highly accomplished, if deeply silly, thrill ride
The appeal with a film like this is not in its plot twists, but in watching a piece of generic Christmas-themed schlock done very well
Thursday
Reassessing Jerzy Kosinski
Why did the Being There writer’s life come to resemble a fairground rollercoaster?
