Review

Future James Bond Callum Turner can’t save a pointless family drama about unhappy rich people

The successes and flaws of The Walsh Sisters adaptation reveals a writer who truly understands women

Tracey Emin: A Second Life establishes beyond doubt her significance in British artistic history

If you don’t think that a comedy club is a place to find talented actors up on stage then sorry but you’re a snob

A film about the cost of standing up for what you believe in is a stark contrast with the festival’s mealy-mouthed treatment of Gaza

A new show in the west end examines the life of CS Lewis. But are most of the crowd simply there to see the Downton Abbey star in the flesh?

Should it really be necessary for all movie makers to issue Middle East position papers before attending an awards ceremony?

Her memoir, A Hymn to Life, details unimaginable abuse at the hands of the man she loved – and still manages to leave you with hope

The new Gorillaz album is a triumph. It also landed its chief creator with more accusations of cultural appropriation

Mackenzie Crook’s gentle comedy has a hard edge - and beneath the supernatural, it’s a show that actually understands real people and their struggles

The genre is big business - but Alice Evelyn Yang’s intoxicating debut novel has ambitions well beyond gore and fantasy

As Ramadan and Lent collide, so do old religion, modern body anxiety and the eternal quest for a reset

Wagner Moura is magnificent in a Brazilian thriller that’s a stone-cold masterpiece

Dominic Sandbrook’s new literary podcast struggles with forced chemistry

In Good Luck. Have Fun. Don’t Die, Sam Rockwell and Gore Verbinski poke fun at the young’s tech addiction - without realising that older generations are even worse

Taxi Driver is 50 years old but its main character’s sexless white supremacy makes it more relevant than ever.

By ducking tough questions about Gaza at its opening press conference, the Berlin Film Festival has enraged film-makers, signalled its own irrelevance… and put genocide in the headlines

A new documentary reminds us of what a consummate politician he was - and how much his achievements are tarnished by Iraq

The BBC documentary series shows that when the police fail, survivors become the last line of defence

Emerald Fennell’s third film is far from a well-behaved literary adaptation, but it's thoroughly enjoyable

Jack Thorne has followed Adolescence with another triumphant and troubling piece of work

Chronovisor, Bowels of Hell and Variations on a Theme stand out at the Rotterdam Film Festival

The Old Vic’s elegant new production of Arcadia understands the power of the late playwright’s words

The Saltburn director ropes in Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to give a bleak classic the Bridgerton treatment

The former iCarly actor’s debut novel, Half His Age, rewrites the story of an age-gap relationship in crude, embarrassing, brilliant style

What happens to real women when men get used to girlfriends they can design and silence?

The great Dane who ignored a teacher’s instructions to throw her paintbox into the sea

The Chronology of Water is gruelling and honest – and Imogen Poots has never been better

Oh, Mary!, the surprise West End hit about Mrs Abraham Lincoln, is a triumph of childish, profane pointlessness

A rebuilt concert hall delivers mid-century style with a dose of EU symbolism – but with big queues, and a heavy price

From Mariupol to Tehran, Cecilia Sala’s new book captures young people forced into extraordinary acts of resistance

Alessandro Mendini turned corkscrews into characters and armchairs into art. An exhibition of his work is on at the Estorick in London