By Tessa Nolan When Kenneth Branagh strode onto the stage of Wyndham’s Theatre on 21 October 2023, dressed in animal skins and wielding a dagger…
The Book of Elsewhere: How Keanu Reeves and China Miéville Turned a Comic Book Into a Literary Event
By Tessa Nolan When Keanu Reeves announced on Good Morning America in January 2024 that he was co-authoring a novel with China Miéville, the literary…
By Tessa Nolan Kathryn Bigelow does not think of herself as a filmmaker who happens to be a woman. She has always resisted that formulation,…
By Tessa Nolan When the first set photographs of Jude Law as Vladimir Putin emerged from the cobbled streets of Riga in March 2025, the…
By Tessa Nolan When Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre first read Agatha Christie’s Murder Is Easy, she did not reach for a highlighter or a reference library.…
By Tessa Nolan When this publication surveyed the evolving landscape of Hollywood movies in early 2024, the industry was bracing for disruption. The numbers that…
By Tessa Nolan The film industry entered 2024 wounded. The dual strikes by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA – the former lasting 148…
By Tessa Nolan When David Hockney’s Bigger Christmas Trees illuminated the twin north chimneys of Battersea Power Station on the evening of 1 December 2023,…
By Tessa Nolan Dame Helen Mirren, one of the most decorated actors in British cinema, has confessed to something that would stump most pub quiz…
By Tessa Nolan In December 2025, France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati made a declaration that would have seemed absurd to the Anglo-Saxon music press of…