Culture
Culture
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The film director, 81, on beauty in the eye of the audience, finishing with The Godfather and the family of humanity
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4 out of 5 stars.
Mank review David Fincher's sumptuous ode to old Hollywood
4 out of 5 stars.Gary Oldman plays Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J Mankiewicz in Fincher’s stagey, method-style drama -
The broadcaster on ‘terrible parenting’, Christmas pudding and dreaming of Glastonbury
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The Guide email
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Our countdown moves on to bring uplifting travellers’ tales, a space western, grubby thuggery, and an authentically bizarre news happening -
Our favourite movie list now brings Soviet shenanigans, intense social realism, a kindly neighbour and another Charlie Kaufman puzzle -
High-concept pop, gritty post-punk and a rapper’s return add their colour to our countdown – plus a masterclass from an ageing troubadour
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An irrepressible Iain Lauchlan leads a trip to Prickly Bottom, where songs, toilet humour and Joe Wicks gags abound -
Raised By Wolves tells the story of a pair of androids trying to start a new human race away from a war-torn earth. Plus: Marina Abramovic takes over Sky Arts. Here’s what to watch this evening
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4 out of 5 stars.
'A real Christmas bonus' English National Ballet digital season review
4 out of 5 stars.Five diversely enjoyable new dance works filmed to watch at home are a testament to artistic director Tamara Rojo’s ambitious guiding principles -
This year’s festive zingers take you from Berlin to Buckfast Abbey, from Mexico to Kaufmann in full-on crooner mode -
Pandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton bow out after four years hosting their hit show. Plus: fly-on-the-wall chats with Pharrell Williams, and an accessible look at the climate emergency -
Our pick of new music-making across the UK available to an online – and (in tier 2) live - audience.
News
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Blur frontman hits out at government and calls for music to be considered in official plans
Best music reviews
Reviews
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5 out of 5 stars.
Music The Sixteen: A Choral Odyssey – an inspired journey through music and history
5 out of 5 stars.The Sixteen excel in choral gems from Purcell to Pärt, with Simon Russell Beale the ideal guide -
3 out of 5 stars.
Tensions arise between a celebrated writer and her coterie aboard a transatlantic liner in Steven Soderbergh’s charming but unfocused drama -
3 out of 5 stars.
Music M Ward: Think of Spring – a spectral tribute to Billie Holiday
3 out of 5 stars.The ever-questing Matthew Ward turns his minimalist attentions to Holiday’s lush 1958 album Lady in Satin
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A fierce and clear-eyed debut that finds a fresh way to explore humankind’s role in environmental chaos -
4 out of 5 stars.
Film A Christmas Carol review – clever multimedia reworking of Dickens
4 out of 5 stars.With dance, silent cinema and collage, Jacqui and David Morris’s version of the classic story is never less than enthralling -
3 out of 5 stars.
Television & radio Stillwater review – panda pleasures, with a side order of mindfulness
3 out of 5 stars.Apple TV+ has hit the jackpot with a new children’s animation that delivers wholesome morals via dreamy visuals
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Pictures & video
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Portraits of presidents’ wives have evolved with the role, and although it remains highly gendered, a new exhibition aims to celebrate their contribution and to ‘rectify the absences of women in US history’
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Having recovered from coronavirus, the singers stuffed choirs and orchestras into a Christmas album to lift the spirits – and are now the most successful UK duo in chart history
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A new book explores Ibiza’s halcyon days. Photographer Dave Swindells talks us through the highs and highs ... -
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From winning an Oscar to starring opposite Rock Hudson – and coming out at 82, the theatre legend has done it all. But he came close to giving up acting to work on a hotdog stand
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