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Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)In 1956, Royal Navy Commander "Buster" Crabb disappeared in murky circumstances during a visit to the UK by Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev. In 2006, the BBC's Michael Buchanan read the newly declassified files that detailed Crabb's unofficial...

Tyler Mitchell(Credit: Tyler Mitchell)This year's Costume Institute spring exhibition and Met Gala are honouring black "dandy" style, and the tradition of bold tailoring worn by black men that has made a statement.Black dandyism, the subject of the Costume Institute's much-anticipated...

ParamountThe return of Marvel, Final Destination and Mission: Impossible franchises are among this month's unmissable films to watch and stream.SonyKarate Kid: LegendsCobra Kai began life as a YouTube series which picked up from where the 40-year-old Karate Kid franchise left...

Serenity Strull/ BBCFrom Tina Fey's new relationship comedy to an action drama from the creator of Lost, and the return of Sarah Jessica Parker and co in the third season of the Sex and the City sequel.Netflix1. The Four SeasonsTine...

AlamyA new Apple TV+ series explores the life of the so-called "King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings" – shown as a wild enfant terrible in post-Revolutionary France who blazed a trail for future generations of cooks.It's described as...

DisneyThe latest in the superhero franchise "is scrappy, scruffy-looking, down-to-earth fun", with a "charismatic" Florence Pugh at its centre, writes Nicholas Barber.Ever since Avengers: Endgame came out in 2019, the subtitle has felt a lot more appropriate than the studio...

Warner BrosAfter great reviews and buzz, Ryan Coogler's vampire film had an extraordinary second weekend at the box office. It's a victory for a wholly original big-budget film in a cinema landscape dominated by familiar franchises.In less than a fortnight...

Getty ImagesAldrich Ames spent nearly a decade selling secret information to the Soviet Union, compromising more than 100 clandestine operations, and leading to the deaths of at least 10 Western intelligence assets. On 28 April 1994, the double agent was...

Nicholas Barber and Caryn JamesYun Sun Park/ BBC(Credit: Yun Sun Park/ BBC)BBC film critics Caryn James and Nicholas Barber pick their cinema highlights of the year so far, from a brutal war epic to an ambitious period vampire drama.Warner Bros...

Trustees of the De Morgan Foundation(Credit: Trustees of the De Morgan Foundation)Esoteric and pioneering, the paintings of a lesser-known Pre-Raphaelite, Evelyn De Morgan, explored the trauma and meaning of war – and prefigured current fantasy art.On a rocky beach that...