Going out: Cinema<\/p>\n
Wuthering Heights
Out now
Out on the wily, windy moors, writer-director Emerald Fennell has constructed a new interpretation of the Emily Bront\u00eb classic. Margot Robbie is Cathy while Jacob Elordi takes on Heathcliff, and as you might expect from the film-maker behind Saltburn, the passionate pair are set to\u00a0leave no height unwuthered.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Out now
Very few musicians have the impact that Jeff Buckley had during such a short space of time. This documentary from Amy Berg explores the success of his only album, Grace, and his death at a young age by accidental drowning, through previously unseen archive materials and the perspectives of the people in his life.<\/p>\n
Whistle
Out now
Whistling is easy \u2013 as Lauren Bacall advised Humphrey Bogart: just put your lips together and blow \u2026 or maybe don\u2019t, if the whistle in question is an ancient Aztec death whistle that has the power to summon dark and deadly forces to your local high school. Teen horror from the director of The Nun.<\/p>\n
The President\u2019s Cake
Out now
In 1990s Iraq, it is mandatory to bake a cake to celebrate Saddam Hussain\u2019s birthday. Economic sanctions by the West are ruining the economy and ingredients are scarce, particularly for Lamia, a nine-year old living in poverty with her grandmother. Hasan Hadi\u2019s acclaimed drama was this year\u2019s international Oscar submission from Iraq. Catherine Bray<\/p>\n
Going out: GigsStretch goals \u2026 Tei Shi. Photograph: Danica Robinson<\/p>\n
Tei Shi
London, 18 February; Manchester, 19 February; Dublin, 20 February
Tei Shi\u2019s fourth album, Make Believe I Make Believe, continues her ability to soften electropop\u2019s edges, anchored by her captivating, featherlight vocal. Like her regular collaborator, Blood Orange, Shi conjures up beautiful atmospherics on record and on stage. Michael Cragg<\/p>\n
Wavves
14 to 20 February; tour starts Dublin
Formed in 2008, these California lo-fi pop-rockers were briefly lumped in with the unfortunately monikered \u201cshitgaze\u201d scene. Nine albums later and their hook-laden powerpop is still as potent as ever, as showcased on last year\u2019s Spun. Michael Cragg<\/p>\n
Matana Roberts
Cafe Oto, London, 20\u00a0to\u00a022\u00a0February
The fiery alto saxophonist Matana Roberts \u2013 a childhood convert to the impassioned sound of short-lived 60s jazz revolutionary Albert Ayler \u2013 opens a three-night season at Cafe Oto, in the compatible company of the UK bass\/drums pairing of Neil Charles and Mark Sanders. John Fordham<\/p>\n
London Handel festival
Smith Square Hall, London, 18 February to 28 March
The London Handel festival has been a major force in baroque music since the late 1970s. The 2026 edition launches with Handel\u2019s oratorio Saul, performed by LHF principal ensemble in residence Arcangelo. Jonathan Cohen conducts a stellar cast. Flora Wilson<\/p>\n
Going out: ArtTurning over a new leaf \u2026 Yinka Shonibare\u2019s African Flower Magic I. Photograph: Sam Roberts Photography\/Yinka Shonibare<\/p>\n
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
The Arc, Winchester, 14 February to 13 June
History leaves its traces as colour and pattern in Shonibare\u2019s expansive, thought-provoking vision. Since the 1990s \u2013 when he told the story of a Victorian dandy in a brilliantly ironic pictorial narrative, through sculptures from a ship in a bottle to reclaimed imperial statues \u2013 he has been one of our wittiest artists.<\/p>\n
Sean Scully
Lisson Gallery, London, 18 February to\u00a09 May
The outstanding abstract painter reveals his deep relationship with landscape, specifically the landscapes of Ireland. In his 81st year, Scully is keen to show the web of reality behind his paintings of intensely coloured rectangles. Here, his monochrome photographs of the drystone walls of\u00a0Aran uncover one source.<\/p>\n
Lynda Benglis\/Giacometti
Barbican, Level 2, London, to 31 May
In the 1960s, revolutionary American sculptor Benglis metaphorically melted the cool, straight lines of the fashionable (male) minimalists of the day by replacing their neatness with a sloppy mess. Her early works look like huge melted ice-creams dripping over the gallery floor. Here she encounters another surrealist in Giacometti.<\/p>\n