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Tymon Smith

Tymon Smith was the books editor of the Sunday Times from 2008 to 2014. Since 2014 he has worked as features writer, focused mainly on culture and arts. He is the film and series critic for the Sunday Times and the winner of the 2019 English Academy of South Africa Thomas Pringle Award for reviews.

Teyana Taylor as Perfidia in 'One Battle After Another'.
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TYMON SMITH | The best movies of 2025

Films that won’t let you laugh away the real world.

  • Tymon Smith
A still from Empire of the Sun (1987)
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Stoppard in motion

A celebration of Tom Stoppard’s screenwriting through three films that continue to resonate decades later.

  • Tymon Smith
Concerns about AI tools were first raised in 2021 when the film Roadrunner about TV globetrotter Anthony Bourdain courted controversy.

AI and the archive

Deepfake, AI-generated videos and photographs pose serious headaches for future archivists.

  • Tymon Smith