Nomadland review: Poignant and uplifting

Chloé Zhao’s study of a woman embarking on a nomadic life is a beautiful, poignant and uplifting tale of resilience and kindness.Read More

VOD film review: The Mitchells vs the Machines

This robo-dystopian-road-trip-comedy is a relentlessly funny and endlessly inventive ride for the whole family.Read More

VOD film review: Without Remorse

Michael B Jordan is on charismatic form in this grounded, understated Tom Clancy adaptation.Read More

BBC Four review: The Winter’s Tale

The Winter’s Tale is perhaps more famous for a stage direction involving a bear than its plot, but Shakespeare’s strange tragi-comedy is stylish and engaging in its own right in this production from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Originally called off … Read More

UK TV review: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (spoilers)

Warning: This review of all six episodes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier contains spoilers. Not caught up? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1 here.

“You of all people bought into that,” sighs Karli (Erin Kellyman) at the … Read More

VOD film review: Throne of Blood

Kurosawa’s jaw-dropping take on Macbeth is one of cinema’s best Shakespeare adaptations.Read More

VOD film review: Better Days

This noir-tinged tale of school bullying is a moving, superbly performed drama.Read More

VOD film review: Macbeth (2010)

Patrick Stewart is superb in this moving, chilling tale of a man losing his head tinged with nihilistic despair.Read More

VOD film review: Pinocchio (2019)

Matteo Garrone’s darkly faithful take on this family fable finds adult lessons in its childlike wonder.Read More

Streaming Shakespeare: 11 best modern movie adaptations

When it comes to the Bard, a little bit of iambic pentameter can go a long way for modern audiences. Over the decades, though, there has been no end of versions that have brought Shakespeare’s work into contemporary settings to … Read More