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Early reviews of Russian drama ‘Tchaikovsky’s Wife’, French-Senegalese war movie ‘Father and Soldier’ and New York coming-of-age tale ‘Armageddon Time’
From a tombstone epiphany, the Alabama sculptor has explored the meaning of art for decades — and adds music to convey his raw surrealist and sociopolitical message
A misjudged take by Arnaud Desplechin on the novelist’s 1990 book stars Léa Seydoux
A last night of hedonism is disrupted in this astringent yet comic film
War is ever present in Terence Davies’s film of the poet’s life
Canny visual storyteller Eskil Vogt blurs horror with the Proustian stuff of everyday childhood
An all-Hispanic cast stars in this bilingual series about a murder among a group of college graduates
As new drama ‘Pistol’ reminds us, the late 1970s was a time of fashion anarchy. Four decades on, does punk still inform style?
One of the biggest names in pop reaches 183mn streams in a single day with his new album of dance jams and summer anthems
Jeet Thayil’s selection of poems written in English is a dazzling collection vast in ambition and scope
‘SimCity’ launched the genre, but newer titles such as ‘Terra Nil’ and ‘Lichenia’ are more environmentally minded
Second tranche of works sold by Sotheby’s indicates valuations remain high
Nick Payne’s play takes on theoretical physics, beekeeping and love in its Irish premiere
Brett Dean’s Shakespeare adaptation opens in New York with a formidable cast
Anthony Davis’s biographical work adroitly fuses elements of classical music and jazz
The singer’s 1969 track, at odds with his optimistic output, led to some remarkable cover versions
Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston star in ‘The Essex Serpent’; Sally Rooney’s ‘Conversation with Friends’; a TV version of ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’; Amy Schumer writes and stars in ‘Life & Beth’; hard-hitting French drama ‘Oussekine’ follows the aftermath of a murder; war correspondent Fergal Keane opens up about PTSD — reviews by Fiona Sturges and Dan Einav
The comedian exchanges her brashly confessional brand of humour for an introspective approach.
The pair review television as well as films in their new series for Sony
From the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia to Tristan und Isolde in New Mexico
For Nicola Tassie and Rowena Morgan-Cox, it’s all about blurring the boundaries of the fine and decorative arts
Those behind the camera often have the most interesting style
Broadway actor Michael Patrick Thornton on how Shakespeare helped him recover from a stroke. Plus, Britain’s top forensic artist
A TV bio-series and upcoming auction may upset punk purists, but the group themselves made a mockery of the concept of ‘selling out’
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