Matthew d’Ancona
18 April 2026
Criminal Record has the makings of a classic
The cop drama is compelling, fiercely contemporary and underpinned by mighty performances by Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi
Read the full article14 April 2026
How to stop the next Trump
The president’s apocalyptic threats should spur major constitutional change
Read the full article11 April 2026
What everyone gets wrong about The Stranger
After years of misinterpretation, François Ozon’s blank and beautiful movie truly understands the Camus classic
Read the full article04 April 2026
Welcome back to Gilead: The Testaments is a triumph
Violence and cruelty lurk at the lavishly appointed finishing school for daughters of the patriarchal regime
Read the full article01 April 2026
How MAGA ate itself
Iran, Israel and insults have torn Trump’s alt right army apart
Read the full article28 March 2026
The Pitt: One hospital, one hour, one hell of a show
Noah Wyle is exceptional in the best medical drama for years
Read the full article23 March 2026
To Trump, Iran isn’t war – it’s showbiz
More than 1,300 dead, up to 3.2m Iranians displaced, shockwaves through the world economy - and the president is having the time of his life
Read the full article21 March 2026
The chaotic magic of Rebecca Lucy Taylor
The singer also known as Self Esteem is phenomenal as she follows revival in a revival of David Hare’s Teeth ’n’ Smiles
Read the full article17 March 2026
How Europe can win the war after the war
Reshaping our place in the post-Trump, post-Brexit, post-Iran world is about strength, not virtue
Read the full article14 March 2026
A Pale View of Hills is an exquisite ghost story with a twist
A haunting literary adaptation is laced with grief and guilt
Read the full article09 March 2026
Trump’s Iran war is a family business
The president’s attack on Iran is about building an American dynasty – and stuffing his family’s coffers yet further
Read the full article07 March 2026
Matthew d’Ancona’s culture: Tommy Shelby returns to wage a holy war
Cillian Murphy rides again in an Arthurian finale to the Peaky Blinders saga
Read the full article04 March 2026
What Ken Burns’s new documentary tells us about America
Ken Burns, the great documentary-maker, returns with a masterful study of the American revolution. The resonances for the present day are hard to miss
Read the full article28 February 2026
The enduring influence of Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin: A Second Life establishes beyond doubt her significance in British artistic history
Read the full article23 February 2026
A scandal that leads everywhere and infects everything
The Epstein revelations have provoked fury around the world. That anger could spell the end of the ‘Epstein class’. But it could also have much darker consequences
Read the full article21 February 2026
The Secret Agent's carnival of death
Wagner Moura is magnificent in a Brazilian thriller that’s a stone-cold masterpiece
Read the full article14 February 2026
“Wuthering Heights” is a camp triumph
Emerald Fennell’s third film is far from a well-behaved literary adaptation, but it's thoroughly enjoyable
Read the full article11 February 2026
The God delusions of Jeffrey Epstein’s secret brotherhood
The paedophile fixer’s depraved, narcissistic, super-rich circle have come to believe that they are beyond mortality and morals
Read the full article07 February 2026
Kristen Stewart’s brilliant directorial debut is a sophisticated gut-punch
The Chronology of Water is gruelling and honest – and Imogen Poots has never been better
Read the full article04 February 2026
Tucker Carlson, podcaster president?
The enormous span of the right wing pundit’s ambition is becoming increasingly clear
Read the full article31 January 2026
The enchanting power of Richard Linklater
Once again, the director’s Nouvelle Vague is a love letter to a cultural milieu and an enchantment in its own right
Read the full article28 January 2026
How to build a world after America
The task of the post-second world war architects was daunting; but the challenges facing us now are much more complex. Here are six recommendations for revitalising Europe in the new era
Read the full article24 January 2026
In No Other Choice, modern men are in crisis
At the heart of Park Chan-wook’s dark satire is the question of, when faced with the loss of status, how far will the modern man will go to restore it?
Read the full article19 January 2026
Trump’s supersized Suez moment
In 1956, Eisenhower humbled Britain. In 2026, Trump wants to humiliate the entire Western alliance
Read the full article17 January 2026
Is 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple our future?
Nia DaCosta takes the reins in this no-holds-barred exploration of cults, superstition and what happens to humanity when reason collapses
Read the full article14 January 2026
Trump’s dark age of spectacle and power
A president without decency or any interest in policy runs America like a TV show: gripping its audience with shocks, suspense and relentless action
Read the full article10 January 2026
Hamnet is powerful because it's unsentimental
There is not a shred of sentimentality in Chloé Zhao’s magnificent adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel. This is where its brilliance lies
Read the full article07 January 2026
The case for a new Britishness
The social contract must be revitalised or populists will replace it with something much worse. That means citizenship should involve allegiance to a shared way of life
Read the full article03 January 2026
The Night Manager returns - and it's what John le Carré would've wanted
Lifelong devotees of John le Carré need not worry, the saga of Jonathan Pine is in safe hands with screenwriter David Farr
Read the full article31 December 2025
The beginning of the end for Donald Trump?
As his poll ratings tank ahead of November’s midterms, splits are emerging in his MAGA movement. Can the Democrats unite and capitalise?
Read the full article27 December 2025
A euphoric Odyssey through 2026
Zendaya and Nolan return, Blade Runner expands and Peaky Blinders concludes. What our editor-at-large is most looking forward to in 2026
Read the full article17 December 2025
Citizen Trump and the battle for Hollywood
The president is moving beyond politics – and seeking to claim control of what Americans watch
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