Review

The divisive filmmaker's latest shows how modern-day Russia was formed out of the ashes of empire

This adaptation of a Japanese children’s fantasy suggests the RSC will do whatever is necessary to get its finances back in order after the pandemic

This is an important play, beautifully acted and performed

She Said stands out and a French drama also shines at the London Film Festival

The Swedish star surely claims the crown as the most uninhibited woman in pop

A new exhibition explores the relationship between the artist and the photographer

Netflix's retelling of a French tragedy depicts the humanity of events with a beautiful rawness

Juliet Stevenson is on spellbinding form in the title role of this long-awaited West End transfer

It’s a pleasure to see David Tennant back on stage, even if it has turned out Nazi again

As opposition to Putin grows inside Russia, a timely photographic exhibition revisits sites of protest against the old Soviet Union

A new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum raises a question about the limits of art

A new historical drama brings to life the story of a German duchess turned Austrian empress

Pearl Cleage’s homage to the steamy plays of Tennessee Williams seems awfully contrived

The home secretary would benefit from seeing this story of a family fleeing their native Afghanistan

Denmark’s biggest literary celebrity returns to the remote peninsula where she grew up

A new Spanish Netflix dramedy reimagines cancer storytelling with style, wit and grace

There’s a lot about determinedly right-on people that invites ridicule, but Jonathan Spector's play misses the mark

At a time when British theatre is curiously apathetic, this sumptuous revival reminds us what it should be doing: rallying for decency

The Velvet Underground are the ultimate New York band. Yet in their brief lifespan and their afterlife as one of music’s enduring cults, they had a European heart

Michael Winterbottom's telling of Boris Johnson's pandemic begs the question: when is the general public ready to consume recent real-life events on screen?

A hit almost a decade ago, this production now feels like a joke in very poor taste

Waleed Akhtar is a writer prepared to address issues head-on and with enormous clarity and courage

This production challenges politics, our values and the dystopia we are beginning to call normal with style and intelligence

It's a show filled with obvious and patronising themes. In trying to take on too much, it feels almost punitively long

Witty, cathartic and darkly funny, Sharon Horgan’s Irish revenge comedy proves hell hath no fury like a sister scorned

Kid Kapichi's new album is smart, fearless and reflects a broken and rudderless Brexit Britain

This production misses the opportunity for laughs and instead its themes verge on patronising

This well-intentioned production, sadly, lacks any real drama

Broad Peak explores the life story of Maciej Berbeka, the Polish mountaineer who returned to the summit of his obsession and, sadly, never left

The big presence at the Venice Film Festival's 90th birthday party was the streaming giant

This new French Netflix sitcom sets out to make profound and amusing statements about younger generations’ relationship with technology. It fails on both accounts

In normal circumstances this musical is the sort of thing that would have found a stage quickly enough and held on to it for months. These are not, however, normal circumstances