Critic’s notebook

An exhibition in London shows how much of science fiction is fuelled by nostalgia

For anyone not obsessed with low-resolution blocks, “Minecraft: The Island” is like an alien artefact

Edgar Wright has borrowed Tarantino’s use of retro hits in his new film. Unfortunately he’s forgotten the whip-smart writing

Netflix’s new film is so wild that it would never have been made by a conventional Hollywood studio. Backward-looking producers should take note

Netflix may have overestimated the public’s appetite for interactive storytelling

Games are getting ever more expansive. But there is magic to be found in confinement

From Man Ray to forensics, dust provides an unlikely route through 20th-century photography at London’s Whitechapel Gallery

A new biopic can’t decide whether he’s a doddering old buffer or a titan

The search for a Syrian representative at Mr Gay World powers a moving documentary about love, homophobia and migration

An unmissable new trilogy of documentaries, “American Epic”, uncovers the origins of popular music