Adam Driver thrills in the heart-in-throat biopic Ferrari
Michael Mann's portrait of the egotistical race car pioneer takes a fascinating approach to a complex life story
Mog always got her turkey before me: Christmas with my mother, Judith Kerr
The children's author's famous feline was inspired by her family's first cat. Her son Matthew Kneale remembers the festive season with the real-life Mog
Interviews
Bella Ramsey: 'I'm neurodiverse. By masking, I've been acting my whole life'
The actor talks to i about anxiety, losing their anonymity after a star turn in The Last of Us and the long-awaited sequel to Chicken Run
Ken Loach: 'Keir Starmer is a man of no principles'
The voice of socially conscious cinema talks to Shaun Curran about the ‘gross inequality’ at the base of his latest film, ‘The Old Oak’, his tussle with Keir Starmer and accusations of antisemitism
The Winter King is a moody and magnificent take on the legend of Arthur
Iain de Caestecker leads this grimly rollicking adaptation of Bernard Cornwall’s bestselling Warlord trilogy
Exhibitions
Michael Morpurgo: The first time I saw my father, it was on TV at Christmas
Author Michael Morpurgo had never met his real father – until he and his family gather round the television one Christmas, and his life changed
The Christmas tradition I miss? Bickering over films with my late husband
The writer and clergyman Rev Richard Coles recalls the giddy pleasure of watching a ridiculous film at Christmas with his husband David
How 'Carol of the Bells' went from nationalist anthem to Christmas classic
The much-loved carol, which features in Home Alone and The Muppets, started life as a Ukrainian folk song - and has a rich political history
Heartstopper Volume 5 is the best in Alice Oseman's series yet
This quietly radical book shows young people that you can be queer and happy
The 10 best plays of 2023
As theatre shakes off the long shadow of Covid, it is established regimes like Rupert Goold's that have fared best this year
Hansel und Gretel strikes a balance between slapstick realism and crazy stylization
The inhabitants of the enchanted wood became airborne and fantastical in this dreamy retelling of the classic tale
