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The legacy of the caricature

That the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the 2026 Academy Awards is going to be a serious tear-jerker was solidified by the passing of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry over two consecutive days.
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The problem with Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

Nolan had all the tools for greatness. Instead, to my eternal frustration, his 'Odyssey' will always only be just alright.
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‘One Night Only’ (2026) and the death of romance

Romance movies are, on the whole, my favourite movie genre. But good romance movies, like good romantic relationships, are hard to find, and easy to mess up.
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Caught between grief and hope: ‘On Some Far Shore’ reviewed

Fresh off the back of 'Our House' and 'Macbeth', Cross Key Productions presents an original three-hander focused on the complexities of grief and young love.
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Writers on film

Ben Cooke discusses why so many films about writers seem silly

The Frank is for Turning…sort of.

Zoe Hare reviews Frank Turner's latest album: 'Positive songs for Negative People'

Into the ring: boxing and social mobility in cinema

Olivia Sung asks if boxing is cinema's greatest arena for exploring social mobility

The Proms: ‘Wouldn’t you simply die without Mahler?’

An impressed Sean Dunn sees Ludwig's finale for a fiver

Video and Theatre

Mark Barclay explores the possibility of a symbiosis of video and theatre - or an invasion of one by the other

Tramlines 2015: On the unbeat‘n’tracks

From headliners to sideliners - a review of Sheffield's 7th Urban Festival run

Drake’s ghostwriter: does it really matter?

Doubt over the authorship of Drake's lyrics are a small price to pay for more material from the artist, writes Tom Barrie

Review: Tame Impala – Currents

Catherine Kelly dives into Tame Impala's Currents.

Review: Man and Superman

Comedy and philosophy at the National Theatre

Review: Ratatat – Magnifique

Tom Waterhouse reviews Ratatat's latest album, and is left wanting.

Review: Around The World in 80 Days

Harrison Edmonds is charmed by the OUDS national tour production

The Art of the 140 Character Breakdown

Sam Joyce went down the rabbit hole of 'Existential Twitter,' and needs to give his therapist a call

Review: Still The Water

Naomi Kawase's latest meditative, mystical, edifying romance proves a bewitching proposition

Teenage flicks right through the night

Marc Barclay questions how exactly adolescent audiences are keeping cinemas open in the dark days of piracy and Netflix

Review: Years and Years – Communion

Sam Joyce is inebriated but not quite intoxicated on Years and Years' debut

Glastonbury 2015. The Verdict

I struck gold in the frantic game of ‘mash-the-refresh-button’ on October 5th last year. Seeing as 135,000 tickets sold out in just 25 minutes, I can’t help feeling Apollo was looking down kindly on me that day. My prize: a ticket to Glastonbury festival.

Why I’ve never been to a festival…

Reindeer burgers in the rain? Rachael Griffith knows where she'd rather be

Review: Jurassic World

Anthony Maskell finds Jurassic World an adrenaline-pumping thrill ride, but it doesn't quite live up to the original

Game of Thrones cares more about boners than storytelling

Sam Joyce would rather Game of Thrones dial back on the exploitative nudity, thank you very much

Review: Force Majeure

Sam Joyce gets swept up in the terrifying rhythms of this Swedish dark family comedy
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