Critic’s notebook

Sky Atlantic’s new drama about the Roman conquest of Britain is weird and spectacular in equal measure

The French director’s films are action-packed and hauntingly bleak

After insurers write off a damaged work of art, the Salvage Art Institute picks up the pieces

In a growing genre of video games exploring their characters’ inner lives, this one stands out

Its plot may be old-fashioned, but the way it extracts money from players is ultra-modern

It has been a year of transformative technology and big ideas

Roy Orbison is one of a growing number of dead musicians going back on tour

The city installs more public art than any other in the world, and it serves developers as well as artists 

“My Little Pony: The Movie” clings to the idea that you can’t entertain a pre-teen without emotionally scarring them

Compared to later films about banking, Oliver Stone’s movie from 1987 paints a surprisingly positive picture