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Audiences continued to defy the critics in 2025, with two widely panned films – A Minecraft Movie and the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch – dominating the box office. Here are some of the films the critics did like, a few of which were also commercial hits

The unconventional instrumentation favoured by Tortoise is an indicator of how many different lineups have always jostled for space under the jazz umbrella. The national treasure that is The Pete Alle

by Harriet Lane (£20, HB, Orion) What lies beneath the image we construct of ourselves? Ruth, newly divorced and drifting as her daughter leaves home, feels invisible – until Sookie, her dazzling form