TVIf you only watch one, make it \u2026Rivals<\/p>\n
Disney+<\/p>\n
Summed up in a sentence The preposterous adaptation of the late Jilly Cooper\u2019s 80s bonkbuster is back and everyone involved is clearly having the time of their life.
What our reviewer said \u201cRivals is beyond earthly praise. Let us insert a single rose between its bum cheeks and raise a glass of Cinzano to its naked audacity. Bottoms up!\u201d Sarah Dempster<\/p>\n
Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Danny Dyer on going from hardman to heart-throb in Rivals<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restChildren of the Blitz<\/p>\n BBC iPlayer<\/p>\n Children of the Blitz. Photograph: Jack Warrender\/BBC\/Minnow Films<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The last survivors of the blitz tell their shattering stories in this wonderful, moving and hugely important film. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading From the blitz to Ukraine: has sheltering underground changed? \u2013 in pictures<\/a><\/p>\n Off Campus<\/p>\n Prime Video<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A straight copy of smash-hit hockey romcom Heated Rivalry. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Wrestling With Trump<\/p>\n Channel 4<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Munya Chawawa delivers a smackdown to the US president. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading A fascinating look at how Trump\u2019s political style is inspired by WWE wrestling<\/a><\/p>\n Believe Me<\/p>\n ITVX<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A sensitive, compelling look at the fight for justice for the survivors of \u201cblack-cab rapist\u201d John Worboys \u2013 which rightly pushes the perpetrator into the background. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Violence against women is at \u2018breaking point\u2019, says writer of John Worboys drama<\/a><\/p>\n FilmIf you only watch one, make it \u2026The Christophers<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n The Christophers. Photograph: Claudette Barius\/Neon<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Ian McKellen plays an irascible painter and Michaela Coel his assistant, hired by his children in an attempt to locate and\/or forge a series of potentially valuable lost paintings of the artist\u2019s former lover. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Ian McKellen: \u2018Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restObsession<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n Obsession. Photograph: Focus Features<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Writer-director Curry Barker follows up $800 YouTube hit Milk & Serial with an effective and head-smashingly gory cautionary tale. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading \u2018I never thought people might feel threatened by us\u2019: YouTuber Curry Barker on his big horror ascent<\/a><\/p>\n Northern Soul: Still Burning<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Centred on the Wigan Casino and its amphetamine-fuelled all-nighters, this documentary is a passionate portrait of a unique cultural moment. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Top Gun<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Navy flyers\u2019 yarn that was Tom Cruise\u2019s entry into the A-list, as the brilliant, courageous rule-breaking pilot, frenemy of Val Kilmer and in love with Kelly McGillis. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Top Gun 3 officially confirmed with Tom Cruise returning<\/a><\/p>\n Now streamingThe Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo<\/p>\n Mubi<\/p>\n The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo. <\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A striking debut mixing magic realism and melodrama in a tale of an LGBTQ+ community facing fear and superstition in 1980s Chile. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n BooksIf you only read one, make it \u2026The Savage Landscape by Cal Flyn<\/p>\n Reviewed by Edward Posnett<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A fascinating exploration of wilderness and its meaning. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restJohn of John by Douglas Stuart<\/p>\n Reviewed by Yagnishsing Dawoor<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A father and son in the Hebrides keep secrets from each other, in a story of faith, isolation and gay love from the Booker winner. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading \u2018Your work changed the course of my entire life\u2019: novelist Douglas Stuart meets painter Jenny Saville<\/a><\/p>\n The Correspondent by Virginia Evans<\/p>\n Reviewed by Rebecca Wait<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence One woman\u2019s life in letters, now shortlisted for the Women\u2019s prize for fiction. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Uprising by Tahmima Anam<\/p>\n Reviewed by Sana Goyal<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A story of female rebellion, inspired by a \u201cbrothel island\u201d in Bangladesh. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Weimar by Katja Hoyer<\/p>\n Reviewed by Alex Faludy<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence How one small town voted for the Nazis and changed German history. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n AlbumsIf you only listen to one, make it \u2026Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Kevin Morby. Photograph: Chantal Anderson<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence With help from Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver and Lucinda Williams, the Americana artist shares his uncertainties around his roots and relationships in subtly melancholic songs. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restGenesis Owusu: Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Genesis Owusu. Photograph: Isaac Brown<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The Australian artist\u2019s genre-hopping but cohesive LP is seething with righteous anger and moshpit-ready tracks. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Genesis Owusu: \u2018We are not each other\u2019s enemies\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Marisa Anderson: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The US guitarist excavates the outer reaches of the famed record collector\u2019s work. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Ensemble Modern and HK Gruber: Dancing on a Volcano<\/p>\n Out now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence An eclectic snapshot of musical Germany between 1920 and 1933, from Schoenberg to Kurt Weill. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Now touringAngine de Poitrine<\/p>\n Touring Europe to 31 May, then the UK from 13 to 20 October<\/p>\n Angine de Poitrine. Photograph: Lorne Thomson\/Redferns<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence The polka-dotted phenomenon balance supremely complex musicianship with ridiculous good fun.
What our reviewer said \u201cThis kind of access to the inner lives of children in wartime is priceless and it\u2019s impossible not to transpose these insights into emotional dislocation on to the modern-day kids of Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.\u201d Phil Harrison<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cSit back with your beverage of choice, turn off your brain and relax.\u201d Lucy Mangan<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIf the Democrats had done what comedian and satirist Munya Chawawa does in his punchy, passionate and weirdly uplifting documentary, it might be a slightly better world today.\u201d Lucy Mangan<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cA punchy, intelligent script makes it a compelling as well as nonexploitative drama that others would do well to learn from.\u201d Lucy Mangan<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cSteven Soderbergh\u2019s latest London-set movie is terrifically exhilarating and funny, as bracing as a large vodka and tonic before lunch: fast, literate and funny.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cObsession is satisfyingly slick proof that Barker knows just what to do when levelling up to a different platform.\u201d Benjamin Lee<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cThis is an absorbing docu-celebration of the northern soul scene that flourished from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s. It was a fascinating, vernacular youth movement and a kind of regional open secret: a club culture, a zine culture, a music-and-fashion culture.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIt\u2019s all very silly, though it\u2019s impossible not to feel some affection for this film: Cruise\u2019s pure, strenuous earnestness and the disconcerting laser focus of his stare.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cHere is a beautiful, raw debut from young Chilean director Diego C\u00e9spedes, a film that is part queer western, part beguiling fable, with some glorious scenes straight out of a Latin soap opera.\u201d Cath Clarke<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIt\u2019s a work of extraordinary physical and narrative movement that takes us from the depths of the ocean to volcanoes and icebergs, but is also a journey into our own psyches.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cWhile this book will not appeal to those with a low tolerance for excess, diehard romantics will find much to love.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIt\u2019s been one of those word-of-mouth sensations that puts a spring back into publishers\u2019 steps \u2013 and easy to see why, given that it\u2019s such an immensely enjoyable read.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cThrough her unwaveringly political and unflinchingly forthright novel, Anam shows the power of rage and radical hope.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cUnderstanding why people turned away from democracy in the past is essential to safeguarding freedom in the present.\u201d<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cThere are a couple of moments that leap out, but for the most part, Little Wide Open\u2019s main currency is subtle pleasures.\u201d Alexis Petridis<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cFor all its engagement with the unease of the present moment, the album is also a reminder that art \u2013 especially this raw and human \u2013 is itself a source of hope.\u201d Jack Tregoning<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cAnderson\u2019s album constantly and magically questions how porous far-flung musical cultures really are.\u201d Jude Rogers<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cIt\u2019s a perfect example of the kind of thing the Nazis couldn\u2019t abide. \u2018Too modern, too jazzy, too Jewish,\u2019 they cried. No surprise then that these composers ultimately wound up in the United States.\u201d Clive Paget<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cWonderfully, their music is every bit as outre as their clothing: a weirdly hypnotic, berserk hybrid of math rock, prog rock, punk, jerkily repetitive rhythms, microtonal loops and twiddly guitar bits\u201d. Dave Simpson<\/p>\n