Books & arts
29 September 2025
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest feature, and the story of an orchestral work said to be performed somewhere in the world every fifteen minutes
Books & arts
9 September 2025
Spike Lee’s new movie, now streaming, is a drama about music, mayhem and moral dilemmas
Books & arts
8 July 2025
In The Shrouds, David Cronenberg meditates on grief, death, technology and the erotic allure of conspiracy
Books & arts
1 July 2025
A sharp, grim, exhilarating novel engages with the real-life story of a filmmaker’s return to Nazi Germany
Books & arts
20 June 2025
Have the rules of attraction changed much since Pride and Prejudice?
Books & arts
30 May 2025
The familiar and the imaginary come together in two new films
Books & arts
16 May 2025
With an eighth instalment, The Final Reckoning, has Tom Cruise really embarked on his last Mission: Impossible?
Books & arts
2 May 2025
A deep dive into the archives of controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl has some startling moments
Books & arts
10 April 2025
A new film rises to the challenge of adapting a heartbreaking Irish novella
Books & arts
27 March 2025
Writer-director Paul Schrader is reunited with his American Gigolo star, Richard Gere, in a tale of mortality, morality and deception
Books & arts
20 February 2025
Three striking new films rub the real against the fictional in different ways
Books & arts
30 January 2025
Nicole Kidman is well-matched by Harris Dickinson in an exploration of pleasure, power and control
Books & arts
20 November 2024
Two powerful films, a documentary and a feature, offer urgent perspectives on people, place and power
Books & arts
2 October 2024
The Joker’s journey becomes a jukebox musical