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The classic torch song was inexplicably dropped from a film soundtrack before the singer picked it up
Jean-Christophe Maillot’s production for the Bolshoi Ballet is clumsy and disturbing
Photographer Ayesha Malik went to the Arabian Gulf in 2011 to document a place ‘where nothing is obvious’
At 80 this month, Vladimir Ashkenazy remains youthful, bright-eyed and quick of intelligence
The Canadian indie-rockers continued their last album’s dance music direction, but in a more vibrant fashion
The manic sound of a scribbling pencil at the end of the track suggests a more rewarding form of compulsive behaviour
A live recording of the greatest of the composer’s oratorios
The shifts in style are handled with lightness of touch and naturalness, not virtuosic showing off
A two-parter drama about two sets of male lovers pre- and post-decriminalisation of homosexuality
Based on a classic manga, Rupert Sanders’ film looks terrific in a ‘Blade Runner’-esque way
A vegetarian student acquires a taste for human flesh in Julia Ducournau’s grotesque and blackly comic debut
A raucous, retro action-comedy filled with shoot-outs and rapid-fire wisecracking
Several of this year’s most thoughtful movies aim to play a vital role in the war on climate change
Director Claus Guth arrived with a high reputation for his Mozart but the gods did not smile on this production
As the Belgian company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, Matt Trueman assesses its impact
She is one of the few females to lead a major orchestra but the idea of gender hindering her career ‘never even occurred’ to her
The director talks about risk-taking and being haunted by fears of making ‘a complete failure’
With songs by Bob Dylan, Conor McPherson’s show touches on the hardships of the Great Depression
Benjamin Lewis is phenomenal as the titular teenage hero
World premiere of Julian Anderson’s piano concerto was the centrepiece of the programme
Kumail Nanjiani stars in the best live-action comedy of the summer so far
A cracking tale of crime, drugs and gang warfare in Dublin
Rave, raunch and riot on an outing to New Orleans
A sniper and a soldier are engaged in a desert showdown in Doug Liman’s film
An exhibition of the photography collective’s work is celebratory, but also tinged with doubt
