TVIf you only watch one, make it \u2026The Pitt<\/p>\n
HBO Max; available now<\/p>\n
Summed up in a sentence The much-anticipated medical drama is a gory, gripping treat that somehow manages to live up to the hype.
What our reviewer said \u201cNoah Wyle is the rock \u2013 the actor upon which showrunner John Wells must know he can build any story, as large or small, as dramatic or quiet, as he wants.\u201d Lucy Mangan<\/p>\n
Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Inside The Pitt: the stunning, smash-hit medical drama from the team behind ER<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restBoom Box: Beats and Betrayal<\/p>\n HBO Max; available now<\/p>\n Boom Box: Beats and Betrayal. Photograph: HBO<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence An astonishing tale of police entrapment in a north London recording studio that seemed too good to be true \u2013 and very much was. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Bait<\/p>\n Prime Video; available now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Riz Ahmed uses a James Bond audition to explore Muslim British identity, family values and the chaos of social media in this smart meta comedy. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading \u2018The dream is to be a standup, but everyone who knows me says: Please don\u2019t\u2019 \u2013 Riz Ahmed on chaos, comedy, and defying categorisation<\/a><\/p>\n Something Very Bad is Going to Happen<\/p>\n Netflix; available now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The Duffer Brothers are back with a hellish cabin-in-the-woods shocker whose underlying message is even more unsettling than the horror itself. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n You may have missed \u2026LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes<\/p>\n BBC iPlayer; available now<\/p>\n L.S. Lowry: The Unheard Tapes. Photograph: BBC\/Wall to Wall Media\/Connor Harris\/PA<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A young fan of the reclusive painter formed a bond with her hero \u2013 and this revelatory and beautiful dramatisation starring Sir Ian McKellen is the result. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n FilmIf you only watch one, make it \u2026Two Prosecutors<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n Anatoliy Beliy (left) and Alexander Kuznetsov in Two Prosecutors. Photograph: Andrejs Strokins\/Janus Films\/AP<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Drawn from a suppressed story by gulag survivor Georgy Demidov, Sergei Loznitsa\u2019s haunting portrait of Stalinist insurrection is a terrifying parable of bureaucratic evil. Pick of the restThe Magic Faraway Tree<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n The Magic Faraway Tree. Photograph: Entertainment Film Distributors<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Paddington 2 co-creator Simon Farnaby branches out with adaptation of Enid Blyton\u2019s children\u2019s classic boasting lively performances from Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield among others. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Redoubt<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Denis Lavant is intriguing as an oddball building a public shelter in John Skoog\u2019s black-and-white film based on an art installation. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n William Shakespeare\u2019s Romeo + Juliet<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Baz Luhrmann\u2019s 90s update on the Shakespeare classic, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the star-crossed lovers in a lurid, DayGlo \u201cVerona Beach\u201d. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Romeo + Juliet at 20: Baz Luhrmann\u2019s adaptation refuses to age<\/a><\/p>\n Now streaming \u2026Pompei: Below the Clouds<\/p>\n Available now<\/p>\n Pompei: Below the Clouds. Photograph: BFA\/Alamy<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Third in Gianfranco Rosi\u2019s trilogy of films is a distinctive documentary of war, violence, cynicism and the climate crisis in an uneasy city. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n BooksIf you only read one, make it \u2026The News from Dublin by Colm Toibin.The News from Dublin by Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn<\/p>\n Reviewed by Sarah Crown<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Powerful, globe-trotting short stories about being far from home. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading \u2018I\u2019ve learned first-hand how evil is tolerated\u2019: Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn on living in the US under Trump<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restWe Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland<\/p>\n Reviewed by Dorian Lynskey<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The bizarre new world of ransomware. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Enough Said by Alan Bennett<\/p>\n Reviewed by Kathryn Hughes<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Waspish observations from a literary national treasure. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading \u2018I feel I am not yet grown up\u2019: Alan Bennett\u2019s diary of his 90th year<\/a><\/p>\n Black Bag by Luke Kennard<\/p>\n Reviewed by Christopher Shrimpton<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Inspired by a real-life experiment, an out-of-work actor agrees to go through life covered in a black leather bag. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Permanence by Sophie Mackintosh<\/p>\n Reviewed by Sarah Moss<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Adulterous couples find themselves in an alternate world set up for romance. 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 How the last Shah of Iran sealed his own fate. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n AlbumsIf you only listen to one, make it \u2026Robyn: Sexistential<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Robyn: Sexistential. Photograph: AP<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Eight years after the sensual softness of her last album, Honey, the Swedish emo-pop superstar returns with a suite of idiosyncratic electro bangers. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further Reading Pop maverick Robyn on sleaze, snobbery and dating during IVF: \u2018When there isn\u2019t as much at stake, sex becomes more fun\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restRaye: This Music May Contain Hope<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The multi-Brit award winner\u2019s ambitious second album arrives stuffed full of ideas, forming an elegant creative statement from a one-off talent. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Miroslav Vitous: Mountain Call<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Seven years in the making, the Czech double bass virtuoso and composer channels his love of classical-influenced jazz into this breathtaking opus. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Fcukers: \u00d6<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The much-hyped New York duo (Harry Styles and Charli xcx are both fans) transform their promise into a riotous, gloriously escapist debut. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Now playingTeeth \u2019n\u2019 Smiles<\/p>\n Duke of York\u2019s theatre, London, to 6 June<\/p>\n David Hare\u2019s Teeth \u2019n\u2019 Smiles, starring Rebecca Lucy Taylor. Photograph: Dave Benett\/Grant Buchanan\/Getty<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem, stars in this timely revival of David Hare\u2019s play about the self-destructive side of fame.
What our reviewer said \u201cThe ethics of what those officers did is questioned by those who feel they were ensnared at Boom Box, and manipulated to commit serious crimes they would never have thought about otherwise.\u201d Hannah J Davies<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cBait overcomes any viewer skepticism by rooting the silly fun of set-pieces such as the Bond fight send-up in an emotionally authentic family drama.\u201d Ellen E Jones<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cSomething Very Bad Is Going to Happen has me hysterical on the sofa and unable to sleep for four days.\u201d Lucy Mangan<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cI started to marvel at both masters: the artist and actor in perfect sync. McKellen\u2019s Lowry is a thing of bleak and beautiful northern wonder, all obfuscating harrumphs and carefully placed blows on his hankie.\u201d Chitra Ramaswamy<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cAn icy chill of fear and justified paranoia radiates from this starkly austere and gripping movie from Sergei Loznitsa, set in Stalin\u2019s Russia of the late 30s.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cA thoroughly likable and sweet-natured family fantasy film for the Easter holidays, with acres of innocent jollity and eccentric quirkiness.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cLavant\u2019s performance is utterly unique, and he demonstrates his skills on the accordion (which I remember from Leos Carax\u2019s Holy Motors) and what appears to be his ability to hypnotise a chicken.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIt is irreverent and questioning in just the right way, a sunburst of energy, but instinctively respectful to the story, with Luhrmann cutting the original but not changing or modernising it.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIt\u2019s another of Rosi\u2019s brilliantly composed docu-mosaic assemblages of scenes and tableaux, shot from fixed camera positions without any camera narration.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cT\u00f3ib\u00edn lulls the reader into a kind of complicit attentiveness, so that the full force of what has happened only lands after the sentence, or the story, has finished.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cAmbitious hackers build ransomware brands, sharing their top-of-the-range software with affiliates who do the dirty work of extortion. The major brands have salaried employees, help desks and even human resources departments.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cBennett greets the publication of Michael Palin\u2019s fourth volume of diaries with a rivalrous side-eye. He can only get through it, he explains, \u2018after much skipping\u2019 thanks to the overabundance of detail, which makes the volume \u2018something of an animated desk diary\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIt is a campus novel for our end times, packed with keen insights into the current state of art, masculinity and friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cThis is less plainly political than her earlier work, concerned more with allegories of desire than oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cFrom 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 \u201cSexistential \u2026 unravels the fixation on romantic love that fuelled her biggest songs.\u201d
Katie Hawthorne<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cYou simply don\u2019t get many albums like this in the 21st century, because the climate of the 21st century has led artists to be risk-averse. That\u2019s not a label you could pin on Raye.\u201d
Alexis Petridis<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cMountain Call could hardly be a more personal contemporary music chronicle from an unflinching one-off.\u201d
John Fordham<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201c\u00d6 is noticeably more polished than the singles with which they attracted so much attention but still summons an appealingly seamy mood.\u201d
Alexis Petridis<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cThe show comes alive with every song. Taylor becomes magnetic. The sound, by Ben and Max Ringham, moves though you.\u201d
Arifa Akbar<\/p>\n