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Wendy Ide

After the Hunt isn’t as clever as it thinks it is

Luca Guadagnino’s provocative cancel culture film, starring an impressively icy Julia Roberts, already feels dated

Fri 17 Oct 2025

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Sarah Crompton
Theme and Variations is a perfect embellishment of pure ballet

Sun 5 Oct 2025

Theme and Variations is a perfect embellishment of pure ballet
Miranda Sawyer
The British Podcast awards are now the Oscars of the medium

Fri 3 Oct 2025

The British Podcast awards are now the Oscars of the medium
Simon Parkin
A female samurai game in the cross-hairs of the culture wars

Thu 25 Sept 2025

A female samurai game in the cross-hairs of the culture wars
Xan Brooks
A misfire – then Cruise control at Cannes

Sun 18 May 2025

A misfire – then Cruise control at Cannes
Laura Cumming
Helen Chadwick: a rare radical

Sun 18 May 2025

Helen Chadwick: a rare radical
Wendy Ide
Good One: a ‘quietly devastating coming of age picture’

Sat 17 May 2025

Good One: a ‘quietly devastating coming of age picture’
Wendy Ide
Thunderbolts*: an unusually thoughtful Marvel movie

Sat 3 May 2025

Thunderbolts*: an unusually thoughtful Marvel movie
Kitty Empire
Music: Central Cee moves up a gear

Fri 25 Apr 2025

Music: Central Cee moves up a gear
Laura Cumming
Art: the National Gallery is reborn

Fri 25 Apr 2025

Art: the National Gallery is reborn
Rowan Moore
Architecture: return to the pleasure palace

Fri 25 Apr 2025

Architecture: return to the pleasure palace

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