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Sweeping Lee Krasner retrospective

Sweeping Lee Krasner retrospective This is an amazing and long-overdue opportunity to see the work of Lee Krasner, a formidable American artist whose importance has often been forgotten.

Don Pasquale hits the road

Don Pasquale hits the road The story hinges on how private property—in this case a kebab van—creates inequality and distorts the relationships between individuals.

How system treats refugees with a bureaucratic cruelty

How system treats refugees with a bureaucratic cruelty A film about a family that flees to France from the violence of Central African Republic is a condemnation of the asylum system, writes?Charlie Kimber

Ulric Cross is brought to life in inspiring film Hero

Ulric Cross is brought to life in inspiring film Hero The imagined words of CLR James to his compatriot Ulric Cross, “You were born in 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution... you were born into freedom,” set the scene for Hero.

When art from streets raged at the silence over HIV and AIDS

When art from streets raged at the silence over HIV and AIDS Artist Keith Haring’s work came out of the New York graffiti and gay scenes. A new exhibition in Liverpool charts his too-brief career, writes Noel Halifax

Killing Eve is a show defined by its complex characters

Killing Eve is a show defined by its complex characters The new series of this high octane BBC thriller builds on the complex relationship between spook Eve and assassin Villanelle

Allegory for the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire


Budapest high society basked in a heatwave in the summer of 1913. In Hungarian language drama Sunset, its depravity, decadence—and destruction—lie in the shadows.

Untold voices from struggle for women’s suffrage in US


A new book about the fight by women to get the vote in the US focuses on voices which are too often left out of mainstream histories, writes?Jan Nielsen

Illegalised—brutal play about immigration detention


Illegalised will disturb you deeply, and that is a good thing.

A barnstorming, drug-filled trip to Scotland in the 1990s


Beats recounts the Scottish free party scene in this well judged slice of 1990s nostalgia which makes political points too, writes Brian Claffey

Class act feels a bit familiar


Working class parents square off against a middle class teacher in Class, a new play by Iseult Golden and David Horan.

Vox Lux is a bold vision, but loses its politics along way


A brutal school shooting in Statten Island, New York, is the start of a glittering pop career in Vox Lux.

Stanley Kubrick exhibition is one for the die-hard fans


Film exhibitions often amount to no more than memorabilia. This exhibition about film director Stanley Kubrick has higher ambitions.

Styx - showing up the brutality of borders


Styx centres around a woman on a solo sailing journey from Gibraltar to Ascension Island who comes across African refugees in a sinking fishing vessel.

Loro - an uncomfortable view of Silvio Berlusconi’s seedy world


A movie about former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi can be hard to watch—but it exposes a horrible and vulgar system, writes Simon Basketter

The Parisian is a challenging debut novel about identity


Isabella Hammad’s book is an ambituous examination of ideas of identity and colonialism without sacrificing its narrative, writes Gareth Jenkins

The Half-God of Rainfall is inspired by mythology—but it reflects a sexist reality


The Half-God of Rainfall is a contemporary tale of violence, trauma and taking back power

The End of the Myth argues racism in the US is tied up in its ‘frontier’ narrative


For historian Greg Grandin, the story of the frontier is more like Cormac McCarthy’s macabre anti-Western novel Blood Meridian

Dreams and prospects are broken in The Sisters Brothers


There’s bags of atmosphere and mercifully few cliches in this poignant, brutal and sometimes funny film, says?Alistair Farrow

At Eternity’s Gate tells a story of fragility and artistic genius


While this film about Van Gogh’s last years could have approached the writer’s life in more fruitful ways, it remains poignant, writes Ben Windsor
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