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Visages Villages (Faces Places)

Two generations of artist collaborate to startling effect in this amusing and heartening documentary. Screening out of competition,…

By Joseph Owen
Cannes

The Square

Ruben Östlund might not know how to end his movies, but he sure as hell knows how to…

By Sam Gray
Play

Othello at Wilton’s Music Hall

A stunningly powerful show in a powerfully stunning theatre. The intimate and beautiful Wilton's Music Hall plays host…

By Jim Compton-Hall
Live music

The Cribs at the Forum

Somewhat shockingly 2007 was ten years ago. It’s not shocking in terms of mathematics (2017-10=2007), but rather in…

By James Fisher
Play

Deposit at Hampstead Theatre

Following a run in 2015, Hampstead Theatre relaunches Matt Hartley’s Deposit, a play about the absurd struggles of…

By Mersa Auda
Cannes

Okja

With Okja, Bong Joon Ho has delivered a terrific vegan blockbuster, an empathetic monster movie that is a…

By Sam Gray
Cannes

The Dark of Night

Robin Wright directs this short noir pastiche, set in a diner, from a Denise Meyers script. It’s frankly…

By Joseph Owen
Cannes

Jupiter Holdja (Jupiter’s Moon)

This is a movie with grand ambitions that aren’t ultimately reached. Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó has produced something…

By Joseph Owen
Play

Life of Galileo at the Young Vic

Directed by Joe Wright, a compelling recreation of Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo is on at the Young…

By Catherine Sedgwick