Top Gun

Film

F1 is forgettable, but a lot of fun

Be prepared to forget virtually everything apart from the sheer sensation of being in an F1 race car traveling very, very fast indeed

Alexander Larman

Val Kilmer should be more appreciated in death than he was in life

He had a remarkable career in American film, and one that can be seen more clearly now

Alexander Larman

Why was Tom Cruise’s Olympics appearance so weird?

It may not have helped that, in France, Scientology is not regarded as a religion, but as a cult

Alexander Larman

The indelible mark of Mad Men, fifteen years later

It was so much more than well-cut suits and deliciously drinkable martinis

Alexander Larman

Film

America has lost her Top Gun spirit

And no well-intentioned sequel can pretend otherwise

Peter Van Buren