Matthew d’Ancona
13 December 2025
Christmas would not be Christmas without a Mark Gatiss ghost tale
The Room in the Tower is his eighth festive special for the BBC: long may he continue
Read the full article09 December 2025
How the Tories will put Farage in No 10
Reform needs a pact to reach Downing Street – and the Conservatives are desperate enough to hand it to them
Read the full article06 December 2025
Is it time for Adam Sandler's Oscar?
In Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, it is Sandler who steals the show with his best performance since Uncut Gems (2019)
Read the full article03 December 2025
The year of American carnage
Martial law is on the way in the US - because violence and civil strife, real or imagined, are the dark core of Donald Trump’s aggressively authoritarian governing ethos
Read the full article29 November 2025
Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon is simply exquisite
Linklater’s film takes on thwarted love and the pain of looming obsolescence. It was easily my favourite from this year's London Film Festival
Read the full article25 November 2025
Nick Land, the dark magus of AI
The philosopher’s occult vision of artificial intelligence seemed like fringe raving – until it was taken up by tech billionaires and far right thinkers
Read the full article22 November 2025
Step inside Wes Anderson's world
Not all cinema has to be art. But this exhibition at the Design Museum proves Wes Anderson's most certainly is
Read the full article19 November 2025
Hey liberals! What you gonna do?
The right are undermining the institutions of liberal democracy. Progressives must change tack to stop them
Read the full article15 November 2025
The urgent and dramatic power of Nuremberg
It may lack the innovation of Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, but James Vanderbilt’s compelling film still makes for essential watching today
Read the full article12 November 2025
Nick Fuentes, American Nazi
Fuentes is a racist, a Holocaust denier and an admirer of Hitler – and he is now on the verge of the US political mainstream
Read the full article08 November 2025
Anemone is a seriously accomplished debut
This film is a fine addition to Daniel Day-Lewis’s body of work, one of the greatest in cinema
Read the full article05 November 2025
Reading is the new resistance
In this age of rage, books restore to us what algorithms have removed – the ability to think as others think
Read the full article01 November 2025
This Othello is a tour de force
At the heart of Tom Morris’s brilliant production is Toby Jones’s astonishing performance of Iago. It is, by far, the best I've ever seen
Read the full article30 October 2025
Are these the best horror films ever made?
From The Shining to Get Out, here's our editor-at-large's guide of what to watch this Halloween
Read the full article25 October 2025
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is music to your ears
Scott Cooper’s superior biopic is a nuanced and absorbing account of a very particular cultural and personal moment in time
Read the full article22 October 2025
Donald Trump’s very explosive peace
Trump has declared victory for himself – but without compromises and cash to rebuild Gaza, his hopes are built on sand
Read the full article18 October 2025
After the Hunt storms into the culture wars
Bold and unsettling, Luca Guadagnino’s latest project easily transcends its contemporary source material
Read the full article13 October 2025
It had to be Trump.. and that’s embarrassing
A bullying autocrat has succeeded where years of calm diplomacy failed. Progressives must ask why
Read the full article11 October 2025
The reliable joy of Andrew O’Hagan
Fact or fiction, O'Hagan's use of language always delivers on both wit and sheer beauty. His latest book, On Friendship, is no exception
Read the full article07 October 2025
The Jewish suitcase is back in the hall
After Manchester, many British Jews are asking why they should remain in a country where they feel despised
Read the full article04 October 2025
The Smashing Machine's Dwayne Johnson is nothing short of a revelation
The former professional wrestler has proved himself a screen performer to be taken very seriously indeed
Read the full article01 October 2025
The sick age of conspirituality
Egged on by Trump and RFK Jr, a deadly blend of conspiracy theory and wellness woo-woo is going mainstream
Read the full article27 September 2025
Why One Battle After Another must win Best Picture
Sensational and deeply cerebral, Paul Thomas Anderson’s 10th feature film is a stone-cold masterpiece
Read the full article22 September 2025
MAGA is now a holy war
The death of Charlie Kirk has resurrected Donald Trump’s movement as a vengeful crusade for America’s soul
Read the full article20 September 2025
Slow Horses, a metaphor for post-Brexit Britain
Mick Herron’s spy thriller series and Will Smith’s magnificent adaptation have become pitch-perfect accompaniments to the shabbiness and disillusionment of Britain today
Read the full article17 September 2025
Ian McEwan’s sinking feeling
In What We Can Know, our greatest living novelist sees the UK slip beneath the waves – and looks for light in a drowned world
Read the full article13 September 2025
David Bowie, the Great Curator
Major Tom may be gone, but the new David Bowie Centre at V&A East displays the extraordinary treasures he left behind
Read the full article11 September 2025
The civil legacy of Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk's politics were not my own. But the least he and America deserve, on this blood-stained morning, is a moment of civility
Read the full article10 September 2025
Dear liberals, don’t forget what free speech means
Too many progressives have forgotten the importance of free speech. It’s time to speak up
Read the full article06 September 2025
Tom Cox, one of our best authors
Every new book by Tom Cox is a treat and his third novel, Everything Will Swallow You, is no exception
Read the full article03 September 2025
Tommy Robinson’s long shadow
Easily dismissed as a diminutive thug, the unfortunate reality is that he understands perfectly the role he has to play in propagating hateful racist nationalism in a country increasingly receptive to his message
Read the full article30 August 2025
Caught Stealing, Darren Aronofsky's love letter to New York
Aronofsky can miss the mark when he over-conceptualises. But this very entertaining gangland caper is infectious
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