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From a John Cusack 80s teen comedy to the other Frank Capra Christmas crowd-pleaser, here are some seasonal picks you might not have seenSomething that bugs me about a lot of contemporary Christmas movies is how insistently self-conscious they are about the whole production – the ostentatious decora...
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This precision-crafted Belfast police drama is a tense, thrilling watch that’s rich with detail. Has there ever been a more terrifying cliffhanger than it served up this season?• The 50 best TV shows of 2025• More on the best culture of 2025There haven’t been many police dramas quite like Blue Light...
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Focus / Culture - 22 hours ago
This story of a teenage druid whose body is discovered in a peat bog has memorable moments – but its evocation of time and place is unconvincingAnna North’s fourth book, Bog Queen, is a stranded or braided novel. First “a colony of moss” speaks – or rather, does not speak, but “if such a colony coul...
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In a spectacular return to form, the Dardenne brothers bring empathy and dignity to ill-equipped teen mums looking for a brighter future amid drug addiction and social hardship• The best films of 2025 in the UK• More on the best culture of 2025The Dardenne brothers, Luc and Jean-Pierre, have long fu...
A brilliant history of psychiatric ideas suggests we are on the cusp of a transformation in our understanding of severe mental illnessIn 1973, an American psychologist called David Rosenhan published the results of a bold experiment. He’d arranged for eight “pseudo-patients” to attend appointments a...
Big K-pop stars and a teen-skewed subtext aims this squarely at a particular audience but this fantasy never really levels upStarring the actor (Ahn Hyo-seop) who voiced the lead boy-band bad guy in KPop Demon Hunters, and one of the singers (Kim Ji-soo, also known mononymically as Jisoo) from real-...
In Kate Winslet’s Goodbye June, Timothy Spall, 68, plays the father of Toni Collette, who is 53 – and pregnant. But those liberties are nothing compared with North by Northwest, The Manchurian Candidate or ThanksgivingTo be able to enjoy Kate Winslet’s new Christmas movie, Goodbye June, you have to...
Moving from one avant garde movement to another during the 1920s, the American photographer’s work helps tell the story of the birth of modernism Continue reading...
Zoe Ball and Alison Steadman help the TV cook in the kitchen. Plus: what happened to Mozart’s musical prodigy sister Maria Anna? Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC One Mary Berry celebrated her 90th birthday this year but she shows no sign of slowing down in the kitchen this Christmas. Pigs i...
A meet-cute between Humanity and Earth, a mod ballet and Nick Mohammed’s career-best standup set – our critics pick the best stage shows of the year10. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FryStaging a bestselling book that has already been adapted into a film starring bona fide national treasures (Jim...
Members of Franz Ferdinand, Del Amitri and more call for pause to schedule shake-up aimed at foregrounding ‘mainstream, easy-listening tracks’Musicians including Eddi Reader, Nadine Shah, Hamish Hawk and members of Franz Ferninand, Del Amitri, Idlewild and more have voiced disapproval at planned cha...
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The video game-derived thriller series should be terrifying, but it’s often side-splitting. Its second outing adds excellent guest spots from Justin Theroux, Kumail Nanjiani and Macaulay CulkinThe west doesn’t get much wilder than in Fallout. The show takes place 200 years into a post-nuclear apocal...
The planned sale of the care homes has fallen through and families have been told the facilities will shut