Review

The Belfast-set hit show offers a comforting vision of a police force based on public service, decency and justice - but that is a fantasy

In his new book Signs from the Future, the great philosopher decodes today’s chaos and warns of worse to come

From Twin Peaks to Showgirls, Hollywood’s strangest leading man has turned cringe into an art form

Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole understood our addiction to lurid stories – and the damage it causes

Aaron Sorkin’s film is gripping and scary, yet the Facebook founder and his toxic legacy remain untouchable

Mike Flanagan updates Stephen King’s horror classic for an age of anti-choice politics and right wing misinformation

The former PM’s new book might have a point about cooperation, but it’s both turgid and naive

Podcast host Leonie Mellinger on courage, conformity and the consequences of silence

Daring and polarising, Alejandro G Iñárritu’s film reminds us of the important difference between culture wars and authentic argument about art

The rankings are parochial and boilerplate – they could easily be renamed ‘Dad’s DVD Collection’

The people-watching painter’s scenes of dancing and flirting captured a Paris on the brink of a social revolution

Despite swirling rumours, no charges had been filed against Sean Combs by mid-May 2024. Then a shocking video and a damning article changed everything

Ink is an advert for the old media that skirts over the damaging journalism Rupert Murodch’s tabloid unleashed

David Kynaston’s new book shows how the Beatles, Carnaby Street and Geoff Hurst obscured years of decline, racism and repression

The French eat three million jambon-beurre baguettes a day – and an affordable place in Paris might serve up the greatest

Min Jin Lee’s long-awaited book third book exposes the sacrifices and betrayals that drive family ambition

Åsne Seierstad’s extraordinary Never Say War exposes the violence and indifference at the heart of Russia

The people behind cinema’s unsung stars - from the German Shepherd star of Brad Pitt’s new movie to a black widow spider

Alex Gibney’s documentary Knife shows the ‘wounded happiness’ of a writer returning in triumph to the venue where he was nearly killed

A new biography reveals his mentor Roy Cohn as a man who turned corruption and cruelty into big business

Ronnie’s has been Britain’s premier jazz venue for decades. But as the cost of a night out in Soho escalates, can it and its new challenger both succeed?

In This F*cking Guy, Erin Ryan catalogues the worst people in the US, from Karoline Leavitt and Kash Patel to Alex Jones and Pete Hegseth

National anxiety and polarisation seem to be growing, but the show continues to offer a wholesome vision of unity and happiness

Nick Tyrone’s badly timed book The Rise Of Reform is full of verdicts that veer from the generous to the gullible

The Gary Oldman-led thriller’s sixth season kicks off a wave of espionage entertainment

The comedy series is not just hilarious – it understands the elaborate lies behind every supposedly authentic nonfiction film

The chilling documentary NAZA reveals how Gaza’s civilians are treated as collateral damage in the war against Hamas

Four hours is a long time to spend inside the mind of the world’s richest man – and that’s because his mind turns out to be a twisted, miserable nightmare

Inspiring long-lost footage of the indie pioneer shows how film-making can be political, passionate and daringly creative

The latest far right theory turns compassion into weakness and cruelty into common sense

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor's End Times Fascism explores the religious fanatics and tech billionaires who see catastrophe as an opportunity

James Marriott's new book warns about the dark consequences of a new, post-literate age