South Africa’s Brave New World by RW Johnson
Stephen Howe on a monumental, snarling study of post-apartheid South Africa
Culture
Gothic revival
Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum – Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the perverse
Shadow boxing
Cultural relativism and Western chauvinism share one basic principle, claims Kenan Malik: a loss of faith in universal values
Chasing shadows
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…
The art of phwoar
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
Film review: Let The Right One In
Sad, funny and frightening – this Swedish horror is not to be missed, says Fred Rowson
Laurie Taylor – a life in cartoons
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…
Film review: Religulous
Debunking faith on screen is a confused business, finds Fred Rowson
Film review: Knowing
Sci-fi action and apocalyptic religion just don't mix, says Fred Rowson
Film review: Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood's latest is grating and out of tune, in all the right ways finds Fred Rowson