20 Dec 2021 - 12:00am

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

24.09

The dark origins of the Sopranos The show revolutionised television — but now it has been squeezed into a film

Dorian Lynskey

17.08

Quentin Tarantino’s mummy issues He clings on to trauma — and turns it into art

Tanya Gold

01.02

What if we were always a little bit drunk? Glasses at the ready — a new film suggests we need alcohol more than we might think

09.12

Don’t demonise the ‘male gaze’ We risk erasing the erotic from film altogether

Ralph Leonard

31.10

What’s so unethical about my Jordan Peterson movie? Many people don't like seeing the human side of the polarising professor

Patricia Marcoccia

21.10

Finally, Cornwall tells its own story A film about a Cornish fishing village overrun by rich incomers is one of a new wave that puts neglected communities back in focus

Ryan Gilbey