Reviews Archive

Still from A Complete Unknown featuring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan.

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Bob Dylan, the last of the best

No other living artist has so successfully and for so long lit up the vastness of the American experiment as Bob Dylan, as an ambitious, knowing biopic reveals.

Alastair Benn January 22, 2025

Kaiser Wilhelm II and his six sons parading in Berlin for the New Year's Address of 1914.

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The Kaiser and the Nazis

A landmark study, recently translated into English, exposes the House of Hohenzollern's complicity in the rise of Hitler's Germany, and reveals how the family helped to make nation..

Samuel Rubinstein January 21, 2025

Beneath the Croatian flag members of the guard are lined up during a ceremony in front of the Croatian parliament building in Zagreb, 1991.

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The quest for Croatia

A comprehensive history tells the story of Croat national aspirations, and provides a detailed account of Croatia’s long road to independence.

Jack Dickens January 15, 2025

Still from Maria, starring Angelina Jolie.

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Maria Callas made her own myths

Pablo Larraín’s biopic of the great diva Maria Callas asks whether the famous and the great get to write their own scripts.

Alexandra Wilson January 15, 2025

A detail from the frieze, the Siege of Malta.

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The Great Siege of Malta through Ottoman eyes

A new study makes a considerable contribution to our understanding of the events of 1565 by emphasising Ottoman testimonies and deploying a global perspective.

Roger Crowley January 13, 2025