Is a Kevin Spacey comeback possible?
The actor is not going to disappear into the shadows quietly
Alexander Larman
Alexander Larman is an author and the US books editor of The Spectator.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’s peculiar apology
From our UK edition
Not since the then-couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard released a pained, hostage-style video in 2016 apologising for bringing their dogs into Australia illegally has there been such an awkward public statement by A-list stars. Now is the turn of actors Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher over the weekend. In the minute-long video, they half-apologise
Has the Taika Waititi backlash finally arrived?
Time for the very talented by increasingly one-note figure to take a sabbatical
Friday
When will Elizabeth II get the memorial she deserves?
From our UK edition
After the public grief that greeted the death of our longest-serving monarch Elizabeth II a year ago today, it might be expected that there would be a similar display of commemoration to mark the first anniversary of her passing. Instead, the Royal Family have let it be known that there will be no public event
Monday
Wednesday
Heart of Invictus shows Prince Harry at his best
From our UK edition
After a year that would have exhausted any normal human being – with the past 12 months including, but not limited to, the death of his grandmother, the coronation of his father, the publication of a much-ridiculed memoir, several court cases and a succession of increasingly embarrassing tell-all interviews – Prince Harry could hardly be
Tuesday
With The Killer, will David Fincher return to his former greatness?
The keepers of the Fincher flame have been disappointed in recent decades
Monday
What does Dune: Part Two’s postponement mean for the movies?
Audiences want to go and see films, but the writers’ strikes are denying them the chance
Monday
The rise of the comic murder mystery
The perfect comfort viewing in these rather more treacherous times
Friday
Maureen Ryan exposes the Hollywood horror show
At the end of Burn it Down , it’s hard not to wish that the industry could simply be shut down and rebooted all over again
Monday
Is the Musk-Zuckerberg cage match off?
The debacle played up to caricatures of both men
Monday
Why didn’t William Friedkin get much credit when he was alive?
There’s more to the late director than The Exorcist and The French Connection
Tuesday
Paul Reubens lived life on his own terms
His strange talent was one that Hollywood could never quite handle
Monday
Oppenheimer and the triumph of Christopher Nolan
The director has made a lot of people a lot of money, so he is allowed to do what he likes
Wednesday
Can Oppenheimer take on Barbie?
From our UK edition
This week, two films are released simultaneously that could not be more different. In the pink corner is Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, a 114-minute long exercise in postmodern irony and camp revolving around the exploits of the much-beloved Mattel doll, given life and dragged into the real world. From the first trailer onwards, its mission has been
Why What We Do in the Shadows works
A vampire sitcom that doesn’t suck
Monday
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back
With a new Netflix documentary and series, the actor is ubiquitous once again
Friday
What’s happening with the SAG-WGA strike?
We may be seeing the death throes of cinema as we know it
Wednesday
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the action film of the year
From our UK edition
It is an unusual compliment to say of what will undoubtedly be the year’s best action film that the experience of watching it is rather like being punched in the face for the better part of three hours. But Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which arrived in UK cinemas on Monday, is a bruising,
Monday
Napoleon heralds the return of the man’s movie
The recreations of the battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo, among others, look peerless
