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Stephen William’s Chevalier is a wasted opportunity

This biopic of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier, the first black European composer, is less interested in the past than in converting…

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Tina Satter’s verbatim treatment of the FBI’s questioning of a young NSA translator is deeply unsettling.

By Ryan Gilbey

Its black Ariel caused a racist backlash, but Bridgerton-style casting isn’t enough to give Disney's new version any cultural depth.

By Pravina Rudra

This story of an ex-white supremacist and a mixed-race woman tending to the grounds of a former plantation will make…

By David Sexton

The actor and writer on playing John Gielgud, the culture wars and a decade of Tory arts cuts.

By Rachel Cunliffe

Funny and at points very moving, this adaptation of the Judy Blume novel has a golden heart.

By Leaf Arbuthnot

Ari Aster’s black comedy about malign maternal influence is full of cod-psychology that makes Psycho look like a Mother’s Day…

By Ryan Gilbey

This moving film takes on a truly unusual subject: a durable, unstated, non-sexual relationship between two men.

By David Sexton