Blogs can be sloppy and vitriolic, admits Owen Hatherley. But they are also a breeding ground for original voices
Fred Rowson is fascinated and frustrated by Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut
Stephen Howe on a monumental, snarling study of post-apartheid South Africa
Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum – Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the perverse
Cultural relativism and Western chauvinism share one basic principle, claims Kenan Malik: a loss of faith in universal values
Santu Mofokeng is one of South Africa’s most celebrated photographers, recognised for his work with the Afrapix collective and on the newspaper New Nation. In these photographs he records a country struggling to come to terms with its past and future
Free websites like Pornhub mean that explicit sex films are only a click away. But are they any good? Michael Bywater offers a classical critique
Sad, funny and frightening – this Swedish horror is not to be missed, says Fred Rowson
For over six years our cartoonist, Martin Rowson, has been drawing cartoons for Laurie Taylor's regular column. For the first time we've brought these all together, hoping the shocking nature of the images will alert you to the perils of living the life of a dedicated heathen. You have been warned.
Debunking faith on screen is a confused business, finds Fred Rowson