The Enormous Crocodile review – Roald Dahl’s dastardly reptile stalks the stage
Choc horror: will Wonka turn the tide on sickly movie chocolate?
Wonka review – Timothée Chalamet’s Chocolate Factory prequel is a superbly sweet treat
November 2023
The Guardian picture essay
Motorised mice and hideous death masks: bringing The Witches to life on stage
The Witches review – frights played for fun in rollicking musical
October 2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar review – Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl are a perfect fit
Ralph Fiennes and Benedict Cumberbatch star in the director’s lovingly detailed short film based on Dahl’s tale of a man who can see through objects
September 2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar review – Wes Anderson’s star-stuffed Roald Dahl yarn
At just 37 minutes, Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ben Kingsley, Dev Patel and Richard Ayoade never get beyond the two-dimensional
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar review – Wes Anderson’s short and sweet Roald Dahl tale
Anderson’s second Dahl adaptation is a droll 40 minutes of beautifully composed nested stories, with Benedict Cumberbatch as a gambler who learns how to beat the house
Roald Dahl’s works shouldn’t be edited, says Wes Anderson
Director says he feels that when a piece of art is finished, ‘it’s done’, amid row over editing of language
August 2023
Brief letters
Michael Parkinson was on the right side of history
Brief letters: Celebrating Parkinson | Technology predictions | Benefits or bank holiday? | Dead nice delicacies | A-level jumping
‘Times change’: what authors think about rewriting older books
Jacqueline Wilson is latest writer to wade into debate over changing dated and offensive language
Brief letters
Britain is indeed in political purgatory
Brief letters: Undead government | French sunbathers and swimmers | Roald Dahl’s AI prescience | Barbie product placement | Election fibs
July 2023
Roald Dahl museum acknowledges author’s antisemitism
Wonka: first trailer for Timothée Chalamet’s chocolatey prequel
June 2023
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Streaming: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical and the best adaptations of classic children’s books
The latest all-singing version of Matilda, now on Netflix, joins an impressive library of thoughtful film versions of seminal kids’ books, from Paddington to Kes