Billions was brilliant. Then season 5 happened
Showtime’s Billions once made greed, revenge and awful people irresistible. Then Covid, cast upheaval and increasingly desperate plotting broke the spell.
Netflix’s Trust Me exposes the banal truth about cults
Netflix’s Trust Me: The False Prophet exposes the terrifying truth about cults: not charismatic leaders, but ordinary people surrendering conscience.
The dark secret hidden in Hockney’s most famous painting
David Hockney’s sunlit masterpiece looks like an image of beauty and freedom. But look beyond the dazzling colours and something much darker emerges.
Review – This Is Not About Me, soft play and harsh truths
Inventive staging and meta storytelling charm, but repetition and structural looseness occasionally blunt the emotional impact.
Review – ROI dissects tech ambition and moral cost
A slick Hampstead premiere probes venture capital, medical breakthroughs and the uneasy line between profit and purpose in a swift tale packed with ideas.