Review

The World and All That It Holds review: Aleksandar Hemon's novel spans decades and continents
The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon
historical fiction

The World and All That It Holds review: Aleksandar Hemon's novel spans decades and continents

A love letter to Gerard Butler, flawed but resolute dude
Gerard Butler in Plane
Film

A love letter to Gerard Butler, flawed but resolute dude

Really Good, Actually review: 'A much-needed breath of fresh air'
Really Good Actually
unromantic comedy

Really Good, Actually review: 'A much-needed breath of fresh air'

Kick the Latch review: A unique insight into the secret world of equestrian sport
Kick the Latch book cover
novel

Kick the Latch review: A unique insight into the secret world of equestrian sport

Love, Leda review: a glimpse into pre-legalisation gay life in 1960s London
Love, Leda by Mark Hyatt
LGBTQ+

Love, Leda review: a glimpse into pre-legalisation gay life in 1960s London

The Shards review: Bret Easton Ellis's return to form
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
Fiction

The Shards review: Bret Easton Ellis's return to form

The Creative Act review: Legendary music producer Rick Rubin has advice for us all
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Creativity

The Creative Act review: Legendary music producer Rick Rubin has advice for us all

Your Wish Is My Command review: Feminist debut of extraordinary skill
Your Wish Is My Command by Deena Mohamed
graphic novel

Your Wish Is My Command review: Feminist debut of extraordinary skill

We spent a day streaming bad Christmas movies and this is what it did to our brain
Christmas movies
festive film

We spent a day streaming bad Christmas movies and this is what it did to our brain

Christmas albums 2022: Who's a shooting star and who delivered a turkey?
Christmas album contenders: Alicia Keys, Debbie Gibson, Cliff Richard and Chris Isaak
Festive tunes

Christmas albums 2022: Who's a shooting star and who delivered a turkey?

Shifty's Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir
Appalachian Mountains
black humour

Shifty's Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling
The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuomainen
review

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham: Utterly alive
Brooklyn Bridge sign
Books

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham: Utterly alive

Christmas adverts seem like a cry for help this year
Kevin the Carrot
Festive

Christmas adverts seem like a cry for help this year

1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?
Berlin television tower
Books

1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes
Goddess Kali
review

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages
A face and a hand obscured by a curtain
short stories

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages

Aftersun: Charlotte Wells captures the fragmentation of memory and loss
Corio and Mescal as Sophie and Callum. Photo: Sarah Makharine
Interview

Aftersun: Charlotte Wells captures the fragmentation of memory and loss

Wednesday review: Can the Addams Family free Tim Burton?
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday
Gothic

Wednesday review: Can the Addams Family free Tim Burton?

Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
novel

Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man