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Matthew d’Ancona

Donald Trump, the Vaudeville tyrant

Trump’s bizarre quips are made for a reason – to give his audience permission not to care about the struggles of others

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The Seagull is an evening of convention-busting Chekhov

The imaginative liberties on show here are the trademark of director Thomas Ostermeier

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The abominable showman

Michael Wolff’s new book on Trump and his court reveals a president whose elixir is a cocktail of conflict and confidence, and for whom everything is spectacle

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Toxic Town and the conscience of the nation

When it comes to delivering uncomfortable truths, incisive docudramas can trump conventional politics and Jack Thorne's Toxic Town is no exception

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After the death of Atlanticism

US support is gone forever. What kind of Europe will emerge from the wreckage?

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Zero Day, a loving homage to 1970s espionage classics

Robert De Niro, in his first regular television role, is extremely entertaining in Netflix's pacey riff on hypermodern cyberwarfare

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Why The White Lotus is murderously good

The third instalment of Mike White's acclaimed series is back with its usual love of mystery, lurking lust and dark humour

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Donald Trump, American Caesar

The president and his acolytes are creating a whole new way of running a country – and this is only the beginning

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How September 5 and the Munich Olympics changed the newsroom

Tim Fehlbaum takes a journalistic approach to his account of the terrorist massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics

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The brutality of truth

A new film about an architect who survives the Holocaust is a stunning achievement, and one with deep resonance for our own time

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The world is a better place with films like Hard Truths

Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mike Leigh’s comedy drama is an artistic masterclass in what cinema can do

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MAGA’s magic bullet

Conspiracy theories are the oxygen that keeps Trump’s tribe breathing fire. The JFK files might not reveal anything new, but they will fuel his supporters’ distrust of the state

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Why The Brutalist must win Best Picture

Brady Corbet’s all-consuming portrayal of László Tóth’s life and work is epic in form, theme and ambition

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We need to talk about immigration

Progressives’ cowed silence has let the toxic talk of Farage and Jenrick take hold. Now we must respond – and taking action on integration should be the start

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A Complete Unknown is the real deal

In this audacious biopic, Timothée Chalamet brilliantly captures the spirit of the original disruptor, Bob Dylan

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Donald Trump, the king of manifest destiny

Trump is back. And so are long-buried American fantasies of national exceptionalism and conquest

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Against the odds, A Real Pain is a triumph

As Jesse Eisenberg’s second outing as writer-director, this plangent reflection of the legacy of the Holocaust is a tremendous accomplishment

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How to wake up woke

The clamour for social justice got waylaid by too much virtue-signalling and too little action. Trump says it’s dead. But it is needed more than ever

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Nickel Boys is a stunning achievement

This adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel deserves – at minimum – an Oscar nomination for best picture

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Meet America’s new boss, Elon Musk

The US voted for Trump. But in just over two weeks’ time, they will be getting Musk

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Streaming shows to look forward to in 2025

These are the shows to hunker down with over the coming year

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Magdeburg, Manhattan and the age of rage

The suspects in two acts of violence are united by limitless narcissism posing as just rebellion

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We were always going to betray Ukraine

Zelensky has done all he can. But as the final sell-out approaches, the west has not done nearly enough

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The best streaming shows of 2024

From deeply unsettling drama to a superior superhero spin-off, here are the shows to stream over Christmas

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The best interpretation of The Tempest I've ever seen

Sigourney Weaver shines in her west end debut in Jamie Lloyd’s powerful new production of Shakespeare’s final solo-authored play

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Be afraid, Reform can win

Nigel Farage says his party can win the 2029 election. He is right

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Black Doves is festive fun at its most lethal

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s streaming, cinema, theatre and books

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The speech Starmer must give

Imagine what Sir Keir Starmer might say if he were to come out in favour of reversing the damage done to Britain by Brexit...

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All We Imagine as Light is one of the best films of the year

Our editor-at-large's rundown of the pick of the week’s streaming, cinema, theatre and books

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How Trump won the pop culture wars

The president-elect’s embrace of comedians, podcasters and combat sports stars is a lesson for hectoring liberals

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The Piano Lesson is majestic, courtesy of Denzel Washington’s family

Adapted from August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork and produced by Denzel Washington, this feature is a family affair

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All the president’s nodding dogs

Senate Republicans know that Matt Gaetz is unfit to run US law enforcement. But defying Donald Trump is bigger than defending democracy

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