A PRIVATE LIFE

Jodie Foster returns with considerable charm

A galaxy of stars

Paul wonders if it's too late to stop now...

Ambient dreams in rainbow arches

Paul says goodbye to Linda on a fine spring day

Tokyo Story

Paul gets his wings clipped in Japan

THE LAST VIKING

There’s something of Preston Sturges or the Coen Brothers to Jensen's screwball tale of sibling reconciliation

Ankle-deep in ducks

McCartney, McKellen, Rohrwacher and Barthelme star in our top 10 for 29 May 2026

To meet you in the falling rain...

Paul finds a new direction at the end of the world

Cathedral swoopings

The honeyed, potent swoon of the Cocteau Twins

Rich conceptual orrery

A review of the Magnetic Fields reissued 69 Love Songs, and a Q&A with Stephin Merritt

The last days of disco

Pet Shops Boys in the rock and roll years

Scary monsters

Dry Cleaning explain how art and humour are our best defence from techbro supercreeps

Losing in front of your home crowd

Heaven doesn’t seem to be your home