In Paris, in May ’68, he looks down at the street, sees students throwing stones at the police and has a sudden realisation: whatever they may believe, he is on the other side

Daniele Rielli’s “Lo Stregone” recounts an evening spent in one of those grand temples of cuisine with names reminiscent of yoga centres and at least two Michelin stars. The kitchen, however, is used as an allegory: the moment you turn food into a sanctuary of authenticity, you transform it into a spectacle, and authenticity slips out the back
door.

Iñárritu’s film is a scathing satire that turns the audience’s expectations on their head. Thus, Warner Bros’ latest production becomes a cheeky tribute to a century of Hollywood and its unforgettable villains

Social media, love and ChatGPT. A new series on young people and the fear of being left out of what others are doing

Climate change, AI genocide, doomsday fascism. No sooner have you pulled that jumper out of the wardrobe than the Silicon Valley exiles are travelling the world to explain that the Big Thing is going to wipe us all out

Weidel, her Sri Lankan partner and her PhD in Bayreuth; the TikToker, the ‘Prussian Muslim’, the Putin nostalgist. The AfD defies old categories: perhaps simply labelling it ‘far right’ is not enough to understand its success

Over the years, he has built up a public persona that also acts as a guardian of his own films. A Morettian ‘moral police’ whereby, ultimately, it is no longer the critics who judge the director, but he who judges the critics.