Wild Horse Nine review: Martin McDonagh plays the hits in crime caper Life&Style Wild Horse Nine | Dir Martin McDonagh | ★★★★☆ ‘Two bumbling hitmen contemplate life and death on an ill-fated holiday’ could be the synopsis of Martin McDonagh’s near-perfect 2008 debut In Bruges, but in this instance it is in fact a synopsis of his new film Wild Horse Nine. It’s fitting that his latest film [...]
Inherit film review: Thai horror explores society’s Faustian pact Life&Style Thai horror Inherit skewers youth obsession with slick scares, Buddhist exorcism and a vampish demon grandma; read why its satire endures.
Into the Woods, London review: Magical, overwhelming meta musical Life&Style Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim review and star rating: ★★★ Musical theatre can be self-referential, didn’t you know? Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine certainly do. Their Into The Woods maxes out on meta gameplay in this technically brilliant but at times baseless musical that can be terribly proud of itself. A baker and his [...]
Rent musical review: This dated show is admittedly full of bangers October 9, 2026 Rent musical review and star rating: ★★★ It’s pertinently ironic that Rent’s press night coincided with the London Film Festival premiere of Elsinore, Andrew Scott’s remarkably tender AIDS drama. Perhaps in the late-eighties when this musical was conceived, even talking about the epidemic on a stage was politically powerful, even if it were sprinkled as [...]
Rogue Trooper review: Duncan Jones’ best film in decades October 8, 2026 Duncan Jones returns to form with a brisk, earnest Rogue Trooper, powered by strong voice work and pulp sci-fi zeal—see why it wins over.
Elsinore: meet Ian Charleson’s real Hamlet director Richard Eyre October 8, 2026 The director of Ian Charleson’s 1989 National Theatre Hamlet production speaks to City AM about a long career in showbusiness, and how often national treasures have a dark side. Richard Eyre has worked as a director of stage and film since the 1960s, with his most famous movies including Iris and Notes On A Scandal. [...]
Elsinore review: I wept through Andrew Scott’s devastating AIDS epic October 8, 2026 Elsinore at London Film Festival review: astonishing, devastating AIDS drama ★★★★★ Despite the rise of stories depicting the epidemic, the horrors of AIDS are still underrepresented in film and TV. Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin brought freshness by focusing on fleeting moments of joy, and Simon Stone’s Elsinore borrows from that playbook with this [...]
Are buffets back? The rise, fall and rise again of the all-you-can-eat October 8, 2026 From Covid to GLP-1s, the all-you-can-eat buffet has suffered blow after blow. But Anna Moloney finds a breed of chefs refusing to let go.
Gillian Anderson is magnetic in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? October 6, 2026 Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup electrify Albee’s caustic marital battleground at @sohoplace; book now for a bruising West End night.
Robert De Niro on $1.3billion hospitality empire: ‘I’m very protective of Nobu’ October 6, 2026 Goodfellas and Taxi Driver legend Robert De Niro talks exclusively to City AM The Magazine about his hospitality empire, which quietly occupies the 83-year-old New York-born actor in-between his film-making. Over the last 40 years, De Niro has been launching Nobu restaurants around the world, a Japanese brand he is fiercely protective of. He speaks [...]