The Severance season two finale is of a quality rarely seen on TV
This season was more ambitious and explored its concept and drama far more deeply than the first
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
This season was more ambitious and explored its concept and drama far more deeply than the first
Plus, the showrunners clearly didn’t want the audience thinking about politics
She knows the difference between celebrity opining and matters of life and death
It was a critical turning point in his evolution as a visionary artist who pushed boundaries up and into the astral plane
It’s not funny, surprising, or particularly eventful
It remains to be seen whether Outrageous lives up to its billing
The Brutalist represents a Christopher Nolan-esque swing for the big leagues
The movie is facing a vicious and sustained assault on its credentials
By the show’s admittedly high standards, this first episode was definitely disappointing
He was an actor without sentiment, but with enormous amounts of fierce compassion
Further evidence that boomers can’t let go
It’s anyone’s guess which movie will win
There is much more to the cinematic treatment of the ‘song and dance man’ than A Complete Unknown
There’s growing appetite for original content centered on values and the artists who perform it
He once painted fakes to trick art galleries; now he paints them for wealthy customers
Graffiti in the old city is disappearing — in comes a host of new art treasures
If you don’t want to take in the big game, what else is on TV?
A promising Marvel movie?
This exhibition feels like the painting equivalent of a first album or novel — introspective and about his experience so far
The biggest awards were apologies for the previously snubbed
Unless something changes unexpectedly over the next few weeks, the Academy is likely to shun the film, or face existential ridicule
The Oscar-winning director’s name was nowhere to be seen on the movie’s trailer
Despite a three-year wait, the show picks up right from where we left off
Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 picture was ridiculed on release. Fifty years later, it is considered a masterpiece
The melding of truth and fiction is both culturally limiting and the kind of dangerous terrain which breeds conspiracy theories and fake news
Someone — I forget who — suggested the idea of my play as a joke, and I thought it was a good one
There are a few omissions that may raise eyebrows, some inclusions that are equally surprising
As soon as Michael Gracey’s bold decision was announced, it was met with both incomprehension and ridicule