Performative readers could only dream of the reaction War and Peace got on the Belfast train
The internet would have us believe public transport is full of men ostentatiously reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. Is this a joke?
Four new films to see this week: Rental Family, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Megadeth: Behind the Mask
Brendan Fraser, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell and Dave Mustaine feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of January 16th, 2026
Brendan Fraser: ‘My great-grandad escaped the Famine. He came across the Atlantic by himself aged 11’
The Oscar-winning actor’s peripatetic life makes him a perfect fit for his new film, Rental Family
The Movie Quiz: Where will the Sundance Film Festival be from next year?
Plus: Which Grease song was not in the original 1971 stage musical?
Rental Family review: Brendan Fraser helps sell this odd but charming American-in-Tokyo comedy
Fraser plays a struggling actor hired to pose as the estranged father of a young mixed-race girl
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review – a trivial but entertaining series diversion
This fourth episode strays into torture porn and is the most gratuitously nasty of the series so far
Jessie Buckley’s Golden Globes win sees odds shorten on best actress Oscar victory
Kerrywoman will walk into nominations, barring a meteor strike, while Paul Mescal might face a tougher battle to take top prize
‘This is not a normal feeling or situation to be in’: Jessie Buckley wins Golden Globe for Hamnet
Paul Mescal loses out to Stellan Skarsgård in best supporting actor category
Are The Beatles too big to fade into obscurity? The rise of Geese suggests they are
Even now, Sam Mendes is preparing a tetralogy of films, each focusing on an individual Beatle. They will resonate forever, right?
Four new films to see this week: Hamnet, Giant, Oh, Canada and People We Meet on Vacation
Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Pierce Brosnan, Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of January 9th, 2026
The Movie Quiz: What is now the highest grossing Disney animation ever?
Plus: What is the only film to have won the best picture Oscar with no other nominations?
Giant review: Pierce Brosnan shines as Irish hero behind a prince of the boxing ring
Prince Naseem Hamed’s Dublin-born coach Brendan Ingle became a Sheffield legend
Four new films to see this week: Saipan, Menu-Plaisir: Les Troisgros, Peter Hujar’s Day and Song Sung Blue
Steve Coogan, Éanna Hardwicke, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of January 2nd, 2026
As the US prepares for its 250th, cinema is going through its greatest nervous breakdown yet
The US believed itself to be in a very different place 50 years ago
50 people to watch in 2026: From film and music to arts, activism, sport and more
The artists, entrepreneurs, activists and musicians set to shake things up in the new year