Let’s start another war to stop Antony Blinken singing
The secretary of state wants to change the world one song at a time
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
The secretary of state wants to change the world one song at a time
At first glance, this suggests that business as usual can resume, but the actors’ strike continues
The suspicion remains that the wokery at the show’s heart is being celebrated rather than satirized
Sam Lipman-Stern exposes the entire industry in his frenetic, rip-roaring investigative documentary
He has been given break after break and has done his best with them
CGI is no substitute for glue, tape and ketchup
Authorized by Spears herself, the show revamps the tale of Cinderella, weaving in Britney’s own repertoire of songs
Should you spot a binder full of explanatory word salad at the entrance to an art exhibition, take it as a red flag
The actor is not going to disappear into the shadows quietly
Time for the very talented by increasingly one-note figure to take a sabbatical
It’s viral because you don’t like him, not because its contents are all that bad
The Jamaican artist’s show continues to evolve as the plants do
His work won out over all the obstacles the world threw at him
A visiting artist with an allergy means that peanuts, hazelnuts and nut oils are personae non grata
The keepers of the Fincher flame have been disappointed in recent decades
Audiences want to go and see films, but the writers’ strikes are denying them the chance
A white rapper from South Florida is changing the game
Some part of it may live in my brain forever. That seems unjust
The perfect comfort viewing in these rather more treacherous times
Apple TV+ will not be the next Netflix, and that is the whole point
When I look at the Hitchcock movies, I don’t see icy detachment. Instead what strikes me is their intimacy, gentleness and passion
The musical is like the disco ball that spins above its audience: beautiful but fractured. And, at its core, hollow
How Hollywood killed the American hero
Artist Alberto Guerrero’s career has been driven by a desire to look for what is behind everything that we perceive at present
Over the last forty-five years he’s become a sort of human Rorschach test
The once-great magazine’s coverage of the viral country star is embarrassing
There’s more to the late director than The Exorcist and The French Connection
Reality TV stars have been Hollywood’s fallback option of late. During these writers’ and actors’ strikes, that could change