This film sees George Clooney playing an Irish-American former district attorney whose invaluable freelance fixing helps keep a big New York law firm on the rails.
This year has seen the often apolitical art scene in Britain burst into life with critiques of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan – most notably Mark Wallinger's Turner prize nominated State Britain installation.
The Bridge of the Golden Horn With Emine Sevgi Özdamar and John Berger. Bloomsbury Baptist Church, 235 Shaftsbury Avenue, London, 7pm, Friday 5 October. Tickets £4/£2 from Bookmarks – phone 020 7637 1848
Julien Temple’s film combines archive footage of Joe Strummer and interviews with his friends and colleagues to create an intimate portrait of The Clash’s frontman, who died in 2002.
The Edinburgh People’s Festival and Edinburgh May Day Committee are hosting this celebration concert to mark 90 years since the Russian Revolution.
This new six-part ITV drama series is the latest to put the issues thrown up by the "war on terror" on to the small screen.
A Disappearing Number is the latest production from Complicité, one of Britain’s most innovative and original theatre companies. It has drawn attention thanks to its unusual subject matter – mathematics and its relationship to reality, beauty and human creativity.
Square Dreams, a new exhibition by the French Algerian artist Kader Attia, opened at the Baltic gallery in Gateshead on Friday of last week.
Hip-hop is a multibillion dollar industry whose influence can be seen in fashion, advertising, TV, magazines – and even in everyday language itself.
War Art by Gerald Laing is an exhibition inspired by the war in Iraq and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal. It is to be shown for the first time at the StolenSpace gallery in Brick Lane, east London, between 28 September and 13 October.
La RadiolinaManu ChaoCD out now The incredibly popular musician Manu Chao returns with his third studio album, his first in six years.
Rastafarians Malcolm Willidon and John Mills stand outside the Metro Community Centre, Notting Hill, London, which, as the sign says, is "occupied by the youths until the ILEA Inner London Education Authority meets for talks with us".