As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh by Susan Sontag shows her a fractured being

The writer and critic Susan Sontag's second volume of journals show a more vulnerable side than her essays.

Nordic noir television crime drama The Bridge: The critics speak

Can the new Scandi-drama compete with the likes of Borgen, Wallander and The Killing?

Marvel’s Avengers Assemble: The best ever popcorn movie?

Marvel's Avengers Assemble is unapologetically aimed at the multiplexes but that doesn't mean the critics are being sniffy about the comic-book adaptation which stars Hollywood A-l…

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is too sweet by half, say critics

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen stars Ewan McGregor as a stuffy middle aged type who falls for Emily Blunt whilst on a mad escapade to bring salmon fishing to the Yemen. It's innocuous…

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard: Ancient Rome made exciting

Professor Mary Beard gets down and dirty with the Romans. Critics are amazed and amused.

Game of Thrones has won over viewers but can season two of the medieval fantasy win over critics?

The network has already commissioned season three.