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Carrie at 50: Brian De Palma’s fiery masterpiece still has the power
The Oscar-nominated 1976 adaptation of Stephen King’s high school horror remains heartbreaking and horrifying...
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Alex Garland’s Elden Ring adaptation is on course to be Hollywood’s goriest ever fantasy movie
The expansive project has hype and money behind it – but how do you avoid it falling into the disappointment t...
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Pay Attention by Laura Kuenssberg review – a BBC reporter’s howl of frustration
After more than two decades of studied neutrality, the journalist delivers some home truths about modern polit...
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Are You With Me Now? by Hanif Kureishi review – back to basics
After his catastrophic accident, the rebel writer’s musings on everything from sex chatbots to film stars have...
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If British Library reading rooms become ‘co-working spaces’, what, exactly, is a national library for?
The plan to generate revenue from areas currently used by the public is causing bitter dispute, and raises fun...
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‘There is no inevitable dystopia’: Jeanette Winterson on AI and the future of humanity
The author believes we are at a turning point as a species – and even in the shadow of big tech it’s up to us...
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In One Brief Moment All Eternity by Elif Shafak review – what Madame Bovary thought of Flaubert
This audacious portrait of the French author through the eyes of his women is Shafak’s love letter to literatu...
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Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? by Judi Dench review – whatever you do, don’t call her a ‘national treasure’
The actor waxes lyrical on directors, dildos on why she hates being referred to as though she’s a dusty old re...
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Michael Gambon: the authorised biography review – a brilliant actor, and a master deceiver
From the National Theatre to Harry Potter, Gambon’s shapeshifting life leaves many questions still unanswered
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Time Being by Jude Cook review – a smart existential tale of midlife
A fatal mistake sparks this juicy melodrama, in which a philosophy professor navigates the guilt of being a su...
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Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li review – a virtuosic interrogation of the power of art
What does it cost, to live your life in the hope of immortality? Li examines the gulf between talent and geniu...
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‘Our third date was at Buckingham Palace’: Marlon James and Nicholas Boggs on life as a literary power couple
Shortlisted for the Booker and Baillie Gifford prizes respectively, the novelist and biographer talk about wor...