Culture

‘People have been calling me Big Pussy for 20 years!’

The way Kondo does it is really quite inspirational. And relatively painless

The Mule reviewed

Dinosaurs like the comedian steadfastly refuse to acknowledge there are 689 genders now

Holmes & Watson reviewed

Vice reviewed

…apart from one song

‘We can say Merry Christmas again’ — and again, and again

Mary Queen of Scots reviewed

Godfrey Elfwick is deeply troubled by Konstantin Kisin’s reaction to a London university’s perfectly reasonable request

An exhibition in Washington explores the Bard’s influence on the British Prime Minister

Going after Trump is the least subversive act in comedy

Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes reviewed

Academy Awards viewers have dodged a bullet

It’s a mediocre vehicle that promotes Queen’s back catalog and some contemporary virtues

Education is now the most important thing to me, and I don’t want anyone thinking it has something to do with politics

The Favourite reviewed

Four legs good, two films bad?

Another Music In A Different Kitchen and Love Bites Deluxe LPs by Buzzcocks reviewed

His films were boring, too

The director Nicolas Roeg, who died on Friday aged 90, was a master of daring, dreamlike cinema — so daring and dreamlike, in fact, that the studios often didn’t know what to do with his films. Walkabout (1971) lost money on its release, but slowly became a cult classic. Bad Timing (1980) so alarmed the … Read more

The politics of dancing

My Brilliant Friend reviewed

Outlaw King reviewed

The Front Runner reviewed

The Marvel editor-in-chief turned the superhero world upside down by introducing ironic detachment and human foibles