The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Along Came Love, The Ballad of Wallis Island, The Ritual, and Karate Kid: Legends


MARIA DUARTE recommends the powerful dramatisation of the true story of a husband and wife made homeless

ANGUS REID recommends a visit to an outstanding gathering of national and international folk musicians in the northern archipelago
by Helen McSherry

Heart Lamp by the Indian writer Banu Mushtaq and winner of the 2025 International Booker prize is a powerful collection of stories inspired by the real suffering of women, writes HELEN VASSALLO

Still Wakes The Deep deserves its three Baftas for superlative survival horror game thrills, argues THOMAS HAINEY

SIMON PARSONS is taken by a thought provoking and intelligent play performed with great sensitivity