Plus Andrea Levy's The Long Song on screen

Plus Fanang: Dead Man Running

Plus Julia Roberts in Amazon Prime Video Series Homecoming

Plus: House of Cards' creator Beau Willimon's The First

250 years since Laurence Sterne's death, Tristam Shandy is as puzzling and entertaining as ever—and not only for its rude jokes

Plus Maniac the new Neflix series with Emma Stone and Jonah Hill


Calment’s extraordinary longevity proves the trick to long life is a relaxed attitude towards the rules

The new Benedict Cumberbatch drama directly confronts the problem without glamorising it. This is sadly all too rare

The recent rise of foreign language dramas proves that it is now a medium for concentration rather than distraction

The comedy writer hasn’t changed—but the world around him has. Does the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm come off?