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TV
If you only watch one, make it…
Cape Fear
Apple TV; available now
Included in the sentence Javier Bardem and Amy Adams star in a wild, wild remake of the Scorsese classic – which deserves to be seen as a definitive version.
What our reviewer said “Bardem is having the time of his life.” Lucy Manga
Another reading Cape Fear: Amy Adams is stunning in this twisty remake of the classic Scorsese thriller
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Emma Barnett: Fighting Endometriosis
BBC iPlayer; available now
Included in the sentence The Today presenter takes an unflinching look at the deadly disease that leaves one in 10 women in great pain – including her.
What our reviewer said “Barnett is determined to meet regular audiences that are at odds with her career and family life.” Rachel Aroesti
Fingers
Channel 4; available now
Included in the sentence Russell T Davies takes on homophobia, gay rights and Trump in a story about neighbors with excellent performances from Alan Cumming and David Morrissey.
What our reviewer said “Cumming keeps Leo’s bright, flamboyant side on the right side of the lovable and friendly and Morrissey does his best.” Lucy Manga
Another reading ‘I’m often called a sleeper on the internet it’s amazing’: inside Russell T Davies’ horror drama about the rise of hate
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American Classic
MGM+; available now
Included in the sentence A fun and comforting sitcom about a small playground starring Kevin Kline and Laura Linney.
What our reviewer said “The American Classic’s combination of charm, wit and compassion – especially the encouragement to forgive the foibles of ordinary people – reminds us of Ted Lasso and Schitt’s Creek.” Lucy Manga
Video
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Enzo
In theaters now
Included in the sentence A powerful performance from late Palme d’Or winner Laurent Cantet and longtime collaborator Robin Campillo, who directs, portrays the growing pains of a young man from a privileged family in a heartfelt story of youth and desire.
What our reviewer said “Campillo and Cantet show us that the pain of being young and rebellious is not deep and calm: it represents a state of mind that is very short-lived, like everything else about youth.” Peter Bradshaw
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Spirit in the Machine
In theaters now
Included in the sentence The roots of AI in rational thought are explored in Valerie Veatch’s fascinating essay that delves into the dark history of technology in racial politics and eugenics, and finds a place for diversity, which is often insane.
What our reviewer said “The plot of the film is very complex, which leads the audience to AI-doubt one persuasive sound at a time.” Leslie Felperin
Action
In theaters now
Included in the sentence A brilliant script from Sophie Fiennes that follows Cheek By Jowl’s Declan Donnellan as he helps the actors find their way through the lines of Macbeth.
What our reviewer said “There is something very refreshing about the quiet and efficient service that is being offered here.” Peter Bradshaw
The Misfits
In theaters now
Included in the sentence Marilyn Monroe is in her biggest and most dramatic role in John Huston’s desolate western, a dirty American pastoral by Arthur Miller, in which Monroe plays a clueless divorcee who meets three new lovers.
What our reviewer said “The most interesting thing about this theme is that no one on the screen is wrong: they connect well with the invisible environment and with each other in their loneliness, their dissatisfaction and longing for something or something.” Peter Bradshaw
Another reading A girl’s best friend: Marilyn Monroe is remembered by her best friends
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Love
Available here
Included in the sentence A forget-me-not thriller that benefits from terrific performances, especially a stunning turn from child actress Julianna Layne, in this twisted little horror flick from BT Meza.
What our reviewer said “This great film makes you think and when it shows its hand, there’s a lot of distance left in the characters.” Catherine Bray
Books
Once you read one, make it…
Tonight Music Looks Loud By Sathnam Sanghera
Reviewed by Alexis Petridis
Included in the sentence A love letter to the genius of George Michael.
What our reviewer said “Sanghera shows how Michael grew up from a corrupt, corrupt teenager, to a famous girl who gets yelled at, to a gay icon, and has a lot of history, great analysis and stories.”
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Land and Maggie O’Farrell
Reviewed by Melissa Harrison
Included in the sentence Multigenerational epic of Ireland and migration from author Hamnet.
What our reviewer said “Like a Land book it’s uncomfortable in its own skin, a myth or a history or a family history.”
Another reading Maggie O’Farrell: ‘Fiction comes from the unknown’
Wimmy Road Boyz and Sufian Salam
Reviewed by Sana Goyal
Included in the sentence Three British Pakistani friends have a night out on Manchester’s Curry Mile.
What our reviewer said “The most well-known artist of all time, this generation has met with international tears through British institutions to look at masculinity, culture and youth culture.”
The Children by Melissa Albert
Reviewed by Sam Leith
Included in the sentence The grown children of a best-selling children’s author recount their tragic pasts.
What our reviewer said “One of the fun things about The Children is that you’ve gone through it before you realize what it really is, really.
The Common Good Economy by Mariana Mazzucato
Reviewed by Heather Stewart
Included in the sentence A progressive economist on how to make development work for everyone.
What our reviewer said “He urges us to reject the idea of extolling ‘market failures’, or to see social and economic problems as negative but inevitable consequences of economic growth.”
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Heart Shaped Tin by Bee Wilson
Reviewed by Kathryn Hughes
Included in the sentence A psychological history of everyday things.
What our reviewer said “In this fascinating book, part memoir, part sociological study, food writer Wilson explores how kitchen objects have the power to move, silence and even mock us.”
Album
If you only listen to one, make it…
Zoh Amba: Full Eyes
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Included in the sentence The raw, twisted rock also has a real romance, as the singer – known as a free jazz saxophonist – describes the mysterious cards from his childhood home in Tennessee.
What our reviewer said “Eyes Full of Families sounds fierce and flutters with kindness: here-and-now, it’s a wild, beautiful thing.” Katie Hawthorne
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Lizzo: Boy
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Included in the sentence After scrapping the album and starting anew, the singer still sounds lost in the midst of this genre’s weak music.
What our reviewer said “Perhaps the zeitgeist has just left him behind – the time for bodybuilding has been displaced by the time of Ozempic and Mounjaro; a kind of post-pandemic, post-Trump optimism now sounds like a spread from a lost old age.” Alexis Petridis
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas Vol 1
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Included in the sentence Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien, on period instruments, offer zest-filled and beautiful readings of Beethoven’s four sonatas.
What our reviewer said “They play period instruments but nothing has been learned about the new daisy-like interpretation – in the middle of Op 12, the D major soonata is broken by a dull performance.” Clive Paget
Gintė Preisaitė: Forgotten Instruments and the Singing Bone
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Included in the sentence The Lithuanian singer – a graduate of Copenhagen’s Rhythmic Music Conservatory – mixes influences found in left-wing pop and contemporary music.
What our reviewer said “These moments showcase his skills as a songwriter and experimenter – in the imagination and shades of left-wing and contemporary pop.” Safi Bugel
On a trip
Mike D
26 Leake Street, London, 6 June
Included in the sentence Beastie Boy’s first UK gig in two decades, in a bingo hall in Tyneside, is a treat, and the release of the forthcoming album. What our reviewer said “With turntables on stage, hip-hop clobber in the audience, a six-piece band in matching costumes and bingo tables in the background, this unexpected show feels like a low-key event.” Dave Simpson
