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This month in culture: January 2025

What to watch this month

The Spectator

Hugh Grant is a fantastic villain

Though Heretic may not be as clever as it thinks it is, it builds tension nicely, and it’s enjoyable watching Grant have so much fun

Deborah Ross

Nothing is ever quite as it seems in Olga Tokarczuk’s latest novel

Though The Empusium describes itself as ‘a horror story,’ it’s more a salutation to the power of the natural world

Lee Langley

Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance is not for the squeamish

Demi Moore stuns in this gory, graphic presentation of the horror of aging

Zoe Strimpel

Book Review

Stephen King’s You Like it Darker shows a master at his peak

You Like It Darker inevitably harks back to Carrie, King’s debut novel, published fifty years ago this spring

Brice Stratford

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