06/06/2022 - 1:02am

How we gave up on the future Hope has given way to an era of nostalgia

Dominic Sandbrook

09.05

Dr Strange and the perils of the multiverse Counterfactuals are rarely helpful in a political crisis

Dorian Lynskey

29.03

The myth of the black role model Will Smith's outburst was fetishised narcissism

David Matthews

19.03

How Hollywood destroyed Michael Cimino Talent alone couldn't keep the lights on

Bret Easton Ellis

01.03

Batman won’t save us Superheroes don't belong in the real world

Dorian Lynskey

07.01

Licorice Pizza: a forgettable nostalgia flick What's wrong with enjoying things one last time?

Ann Manov

20.12

How we destroyed The Matrix Incels and trans activists are both fooled by its myth

Dorian Lynskey

10.12

This is Tolkien’s world The Lord of the Rings is more than nostalgic medievalism

Dominic Sandbrook

06.12

Albert Speer’s egomania Who cares that Nazis can be charming?

Ann Manov

29.11

Oliver Stone’s seductive conspiracies The director's JFK obsession was initially enticing

Dorian Lynskey

29.10

Lord of the Rings is better than Dune Tolkien understood the corrupting effect of power

Peter Franklin

26.10

Why Wes Anderson loves the New Yorker The French Dispatch is an ode to the most fetishised magazine in the world

Dorian Lynskey