A Black mark on ‘Château Noir’
The Finnish painter of silent stillness is at her most compelling in early Paris works and chilling late portraits
‘Is This Thing On?’ casts Will Arnett and Laura Dern in a story of marital breakdown and stand-up comedy; ‘Nouvelle Vague’ looks back warmly to the making of Godard’s ‘Breathless’; Jason Statham returns in the Bourne-esque in ‘Shelter’; ‘Rabbit Trap’ ensnares Dev Patel in a rural sonic horror; ‘No Other Choice’ is a biting black comedy from Park Chan-wook; Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor play folklorist lovers in ‘The History of Sound’ — reviews by Danny Leigh & Jonathan Romney
‘Take That’ offers a heady dose of nostalgia; ‘Wonder Man’ is more indie buddy comedy than superhero story; there’s more forbidden love in ‘Bridgerton’ series 4; plus ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’; ‘Steal’; and a virus that makes you beautiful comes with an ugly cost in ‘The Beauty’
A music lover’s guide to Woodstock and the Hudson Valley
New collections include Sean O’Brien imagining Apollo in Newcastle, Michael Symmons Roberts observing decay in nature and two artful debuts
A five-storey multigenerational house takes a U-turn from a well-trodden path
The US first lady and backers Amazon have been criticised for being tone deaf with authorised documentary
And other ways to relax this weekend
The cynics are wrong about a film that will outlast our era
The quest for physical perfection has become a horror show
In the English-speaking world the art form is in a perennial battle for hearts and minds. Two contrasting books from either side of the Atlantic ask why
The Australian director on his latest staging — a video and live action version of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, with Cynthia Erivo playing all 23 parts
As Art Basel makes its debut in the country, the woman behind the emirate’s multibillion-dollar art strategy talks cultural diplomacy
An exuberant exhibition of late works at the Fondation Beyeler shows the painter at his most liberated
As the venerable fair arrives in Doha, we look at the Middle East’s art ecosystem. Plus: Sheikha Al-Mayassa on cultural diplomacy; Sophia Al-Maria revisits ‘gulf futurism’; and Christo’s desert masterpiece
Director Hasan Hadi on offering a slice of the absurd and the tragic in ‘The President’s Cake’
The renovation of the legendary upstairs lounge is both grassroots and glamorous
The Oscar winner on the liberating power of film, what Hollywood still has to offer — and realising his 20-year ambition to produce and star in his own ‘Hamlet’
Strong, clear singing and punchy playing make for a powerful third outing of Mussorgsky’s opera
The pioneering New York art dealer was a champion of modern European artists
The 42-year-old actor has spent his entire life in cinema. But the brooding nouvelle vague heir is happiest playing the comic underdog
Leading labels have signed deals with tech companies in the hope of creating new revenue streams and reducing the amount of slop. But artists are worried
The musician and designer talks taste
The Qatari-American artist on growing up in the Gulf, Bedouin trucks and stand-up comedy
