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The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
November 14, 2024
Can a TV show survive the loss of its star?
The final few episodes of Yellowstone may offer an experience akin to watching King Lear without the king
November 4, 2024
The late Quincy Jones, a man of many talents
He delighted and occasionally shocked the world throughout his seventy-five-year career
October 31, 2024
Is Rivals the most outrageous show on television?
Come for the outrageousness and scandal, stay for the surprisingly sweet heart at its center
October 21, 2024
Disclaimer is the best show on TV — and the most underrated
Sex, death and wealthy people being vile to one another — what’s not to like?
How controversial is The Apprentice?
Books and ArtsAbbasi’s heady weaving of the antic and the deadly serious may explain some of the criticism that’s been leveled at the film
Twenty-five years of Fight Club and American Beauty
Books and ArtsWhat the notorious films have to say about masculinity in crisis?
War, one artwork at a time
Books and ArtsUkrainian nationals and their allies have been working tirelessly to promote the voices of a people under siege
A classic monument for World War One
Books and ArtsSabin Howard brings classicism back to the Mall
October 18, 2024
Where has the erotic film gone?
Depictions of sex in cinema have collapsed
October 15, 2024
Are politician films really such a good idea, after all?
Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump drama The Apprentice has flopped
October 8, 2024
Saturday Night Live is helping Trump
The show has done more to link Harris to Biden in two episodes than the weak-kneed GOP establishment has done since she became the Democratic candidate
October 7, 2024
Are we seeing the death of auteur cinema?
Joker: Folie à Deux has flopped, and then some
September 27, 2024
RIP, Dame Maggie Smith
Her death represents the passing of a generation
September 23, 2024
The Penguin, Agatha All Along and the perils of spin-offs of spin-offs
There is a chronic lack of imagination
September 20, 2024
A Very Royal Scandal — a very controversial series?
If you’ve seen Scoop , you may feel that this is inessential and unrevelatory
September 16, 2024
Emmys 2024: Shōgun, shocks and surprises
The Japan-set drama won virtually everything this year
September 12, 2024
Caligula’s second wind
Books and ArtsThe notorious film may be the most expensive, most unpleasant adult movie ever made
The world needs more Lars von Triers
Books and ArtsThe director has spent his time pushing the boundaries of cinema to the extreme
Bud Powell should be a household name
Books and ArtsHe cherished the few joys in his life and celebrated them through his innovative approach to the piano
Böcklin brings out the dead
Books and ArtsA Swiss Symbolist haunted by the beyond
September 11, 2024
Azealia Banks flames Milo Yiannopoulos as they sever professional ties
‘LMAO now shut up before i call ICE On you and get you deported you filthy migrant’
September 10, 2024
RIP James Earl Jones
He, and his remarkable voice, will both be sorely missed
September 9, 2024
The decline of Tim Burton
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a dismally confused hotchpotch that aims for a curious mixture of comedy
September 2, 2024
The welcome return of Slow Horses
Mick Herron and Will Smith have a rug-pulling conceit that makes for high-octane viewing
August 26, 2024
Should we cheer the return of Ted Lasso?
Apple needs a guaranteed hit and audiences need a laugh
August 21, 2024
Megalopolis and the strange art of negative marketing
Marketeers have made up bad reviews for major works and used them to promote a new film
August 19, 2024
In the studio with Merche Gaspar
Books and Arts‘People seek me out because I do things in a certain way’
The life of David Sylvester
Books and ArtsThe art critic was the master of being in the right place at the right time and with the right people