TVIf you only watch one, make it \u2026Rooster<\/p>\n
Now<\/p>\n
Summed up in a sentence Steve Carell stars in Scrubs\/Ted Lasso creator Bill Lawrence\u2019s charming, touching and very funny comedy about a dad helping his lecturer daughter navigate marital difficulties.
What our reviewer said \u201cThis is television for grownups.\u201d Lucy Mangan<\/p>\n
Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Rooster: Steve Carell is back to his best in this stellar delight of a comedy<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restDunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns<\/p>\n BBC iPlayer<\/p>\n Jack McConnell, former first minister of Scotland featured in Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns. Photograph: IWC Media\/BBC Scotland<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The moving story of the courageous parents who battled to get a UK handgun ban into law, following a tragic mass shooting at a primary school. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Twisted Yoga<\/p>\n Apple TV<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A troubling expos\u00e9 of an alleged Romanian sex cult. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Twisted Yoga: how a search for enlightenment turned into a dangerous cult<\/a><\/p>\n You may have missed \u2026Lover, Liar, Predator<\/p>\n BBC iPlayer<\/p>\n From left: Shannon, Robyn, Jenni and Natalie in Lover, Liar, Predator. Photograph: BBC Scotland<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The tale of four women, who were all abused by the same man as teenagers \u2013 and banded together to help jail him. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n FilmIf you only watch one, make it \u2026Resurrection<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n Chloe Maayan in Resurrection. Photograph: Trinity CineAsia<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Vision of alternate reality from Chinese director Bi Gan, where humans can live indefinitely and a reincarnating dissident dreamer travels through history in different guises. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restEverybody to Kenmure Street<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n Everybody to Kenmure Street. Photograph: Conic\/PA<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Inspiring retelling of 2021 Glasgow protest that shows local people standing their ground against heavy-handed immigration enforcement. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Fight the power \u2013 in your pyjamas: the film about the day Glasgow kicked out immigration enforcers<\/a><\/p>\n The Straight Story<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence David Lynch\u2019s gentle 1999 account of the real-life road trip undertaken by Alvin Straight (played by Richard Farnsworth), who travelled 300 miles on a motor mower to see his ill brother. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n The Revenant<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Anniversary rerelease of Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu\u2019s old west epic, which pitches Leonardo DiCaprio against nature, bears and Tom Hardy in a tale of revenge, retribution and primal violence. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Now streamingWar Machine<\/p>\n Netflix, from 6 March<\/p>\n Alan Ritchson in War Machine. Photograph: Ben King\/Netflix<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Gory militaristic action thriller starring Reacher\u2019s Alan Ritchson as a pill-popping wannabe ranger taking on alien robots. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n BooksIf you only read one, make it \u2026Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli<\/p>\n Reviewed by Fiona Sturges<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The Cabaret star and Hollywood legend tells all. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Ron Howard, Emma Rice, Neil Tennant and more on Liza Minnelli: \u2018She holidayed in my Cornish bungalow\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restWhy Populists Are Winning and How to Beat Them by Liam Byrne<\/p>\n Reviewed by Andy Beckett<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A Labour MP\u2019s prescription for fighting Reform. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester<\/p>\n Reviewed by Clare Clark<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A black comedy of infidelity and intergenerational tension from the author of Capital. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Did baby boomers eat all the pies? John Lanchester on the truth about the generation gap<\/a><\/p>\n Love Magic Power Danger Bliss by Paul Morley<\/p>\n Reviewed by Sukhdev Sandhu<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The story of Yoko Ono, without the Beatles. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n You may have missed \u2026King of Kings by Scott Anderson<\/p>\n Reviewed by John Simpson<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The story of the last Shah of Iran and his downfall. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n AlbumsIf you only listen to one, make it \u2026The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Chris and Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes. Photograph: Black Crowes\/Ross Halfin<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Resurgent brothers Chris and Rich Robinson\u200b resurrect\u200b the rocker lifestyle of eras past. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restJames Blake: Trying Times<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence With fresh yet familiar samples, Blake delivers an addictive set of tunes on his seventh solo record \u2013 though he should lay off the preachy lyrics. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Joseph Nolan: The Complete Alkan Organ Works, Vol 1<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence From operatic frenzy in one moment to pianissimo whisper the next, Nolan does exhilarating justice to an extraordinary but little known repertoire. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Diagonale des Yeux: Madeleine<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Music boxes, miaows and curious melodies pepper the whimsical and charmingly lo-fi post-punk of Laur\u00e8ne Exposito and Th\u00e9o Delaunay. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Nemanja Radulovi\u0107: Prokofiev<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Radulovi\u0107 brings irresistible swagger to selections from Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella.
What our reviewer said \u201cThe deaths of 16 children and one teacher remain exceptionally difficult to contemplate.\u201d Rachel Aroesti<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cWhile the finer details of Twisted Yoga\u2019s tale may be intriguingly wild, the broader picture is infuriating and sad.\u201d Rachel Aroesti<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cNever mind Adolescence \u2013 I would put a package of films like this together and send one to every school in the country.\u201d Lucy Mangan<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIt is bold and ambitious, visually amazing, trippy and woozy in its embrace of hallucination and the heightened meaning of the unreal and the dreamlike.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIn the age of ICE and Maga, and the Trump-inspired nationalist movements in the UK, it\u2019s an amazing story of a community triumph, showing how the nasty little habits of domineering policing can be countered by stubbornly British \u2013 and in this case, specifically Scottish \u2013 insistence on justice.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIt\u2019s a film that presents us with the midwest decency, the picket fences and the open road that are all familiar enough from other Lynch films but without the roilingly surreal, subterranean weirdness beneath.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cWhat is so distinctive about this I\u00f1\u00e1rritu picture is its unitary control and its fluency: no matter how extended, the film\u2019s tense story is under the director\u2019s complete control and he unspools great meandering, bravura travelling shots to tell it.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cThis makes for a slicker-than-usual streaming premiere, an easy, drink-your-way-through-it Friday night option for those who wish to remain entirely unchallenged.\u201d Benjamin Lee<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cBeneath the classic arc of fame and success turned sour is a more unusual tale of a woman battling the trauma of her childhood and struggling to step out of the shadow of her unpredictable mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cBooks by former New Labour ministers are usually ponderous and defensive \u2013 Byrne seems more liberated.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cLanchester\u2019s satirical chops are on full display in his latest book, but this time his focus is more personal than political.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cTo celebrate Ono is to celebrate \u2018one of the last witnesses, one of the last survivors of a strange, innocent, elaborate fight for freedom\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cAnderson has interviewed some of the key people, including the genuinely tragic figure of the former Queen, who understood what was happening in Iran but failed to influence her husband. From the Middle East to the war in Ukraine, the world is still experiencing the aftershocks of the fall of the shah, and it\u2019s not over yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cNo other band since has played the past with such authority, such joy, such full-blooded commitment to the bit.\u201d Stevie Chick<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cUnconvincing lyrics aside, it\u2019s a consistently excellent album.\u201d Rachel Aroesti<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cNolan\u2019s playing exhibits a death-defying virtuosity.\u201d
Clive Paget<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cThese 12 tracks are charmingly lo-fi, built around rudimentary synth and guitar melodies that often careen into strange directions.\u201d
Safi Bugel<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cThere\u2019s a daredevil freshness about Nemanja Radulovi\u0107<\/a>\u2019s playing that makes this generously filled disc of Prokofiev particularly rewarding.\u201d Clive Paget<\/p>\n