The new Stranger Things is loopy and sweet
The fifth season is full of self-referential excess, but it’s also an example of great homage
Alexander Larman
Alexander Larman is an author and the US books editor of The Spectator.
Friday
Wednesday
When will the Beatles bandwagon end?
Anthology 4 makes the extraordinary band seem ordinary
Saturday
What if the Emerald Fennell Wuthering Heights is good?
Jacob Elordi might well be about to capture Heathcliff’s mixture of brutality and magnetism
Friday
Nuremberg and the overpowering greatness of Russell Crowe
He skillfully suggests what a fascinatingly complex character Herman Göring was
Tuesday
Is Martin Scorsese America’s greatest living director?
Apple’s new paean to the man certainly suggests as much
Franco Zeffirelli’s slice of paradise in Positano
Villa Treville retains the director’s sense of chutzpah and style
Friday
The Running Man runs out of steam
Glen Powell is great, but this movie feels distinctly dated
Thursday
Vince Gilligan wins again with Pluribus
Apple has finally got its act together when it comes to original content
Wednesday
Will the Andrew formerly known as prince appear before Congress?
Amidst all the ceremony and gravity of Britain’s Remembrance Day service on Sunday, one salient fact could not be ignored. The King has long talked of his desire for a “stripped-down monarchy,” and now he has his wish. The only male figures from the Firm who were out on show alongside him were the Prince
Sunday
On less famous presidential assassins
Death by Lighting is uproarious fun
Friday
Die My Love is Jennifer Lawrence at her best
If only the rest of the cast had showed up
Thursday
Is Meghan Markle making a thespian comeback?
As Britain’s royal family attempts to maintain a “business as usual” approach in the aftermath of the biggest scandal to have engulfed the institution in decades, the pair responsible for its last existential embarrassment have been notably silent. You might have expected, as Andrew was showily stripped of all his titles, some sanctimonious comment on
Wednesday
Woody Allen’s first novel takes on cancel culture
It’s unlikely to change your preconceived notion of the man
Uncovering Brian Wilson’s real genius
The long-unfinished Smile reveals the musician’s talent and madness
Tuesday
Florence and the Machine is back
The band’s new album, Everybody Scream, contains some of the best music released this year
Monday
Why Taylor Sheridan quit Paramount
Sheridan has been working at a rate of energy that would kill many lesser men
Wednesday
Del Toro’s Frankenstein deserves the big screen
Still, it’s a relief that Netflix, for all its faults, is bankrolling work as individual and striking as this
Tuesday
Why was Steven Soderbergh’s Star Wars film rejected?
That his film might be seen as a risk says a lot about how tainted the brand has become
Wednesday
Is Jeremy Strong our John Cazale?
The actor is the best part of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Friday
Have the Virginia Giuffre revelations got Prince Andrew sweating?
Excerpts from her new memoir are a mixture of the newsworthy and the unremarkable
