2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (298+ words) New season is fun but lacks the energy that fizzed through the director’s early work Guy Ritchie made his name in the 1990s with films set in cartoonish criminal underworlds; but he is himself of posh stock, and owns a shooting…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (310+ words) Willem Dafoe plays a poet rediscovered late in life “There’s a marvellous tenderness and generosity to this elegant tale of autumnal regret; an intimate movie acted with effortless grace by Willem Dafoe,” said Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian. Dafoe plays…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (246+ words) Barbara Cartland, like most successful writers, was a creature of routine. Every day, between 1.15pm and 4pm, she would recline on a chaise longue, “clad in brilliant pink, hair a platinum helmet”, and dictate around 7,000 words to a secretary while “fondling a…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (340+ words) Tracy-Ann Oberman has form when it comes to bold theatrical reboots, said Dominic Cavendish in The Telegraph. In 2023, the actress “memorably reclaimed” “The Merchant of Venice”, turning Shylock into an East End matriarch in the 1930s. Now, she takes on “Present…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (532+ words) Will Barker joined The Week team as a staff writer in 2025, covering UK and global news and politics. He previously worked at the Financial Times and The Sun, contributing to the arts and world news desks, respectively. Before that, he…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (332+ words) ‘Absorbing and informative’ biography reveals another side to Stephen Hawking “What a challenge”, said Liz Else in New Scientist. Penning the “first major biography” of Stephen Hawking with the theoretical physicist’s estate and the “whole scientific world” all “watching closely…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (417+ words) Long-lost children, axe-murderers and the hilarious and harsh realities of middle age in this month’s TV offerings The proliferation of streaming options complicates the logistics of watching television, but it also means that each month brings a cornucopia of new…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (605+ words) A look at how tech evangelists are trying to stifle democracy and the rise and fall of a toad smoking enthusiast...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (723+ words) Justin Klawans has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022. He began his career covering local news before joining Newsweek as a breaking news reporter, where he wrote about politics, national and global affairs, business, crime, sports, film,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (331+ words) The Aussie ‘mood piece’ about old friends in their 60s is ‘witty’ and ‘surprising’ A “tangled web of 60-somethings” juggle “friendship, divorce, bust-ups, romance”, and the “decades of baggage” they “quietly carry on their backs” in this Australian six-parter, said Phoebe…...