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tv
Liev Schreiber steals the show in adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand's novel
Compelling story of a rapist who hid in plain sight for 30 years
A rainbow of acting talent, but too many ideas thrown into the labyrinth
film
A 70-year-old widow liberates herself in authoritarian Iran
Ian McKellen's vicious scribe terrorises the 1930s West End
Kate Winslet brings her long-nurtured Lee Miller passion project to the screen
new music
Night after night: Sony's latest gargantuan release from the vaults
A deep, delicious dive into the many facets of love by the master songwriter
classical
The special chemistry of two-piano duet, with virtuosity, humour and depth
Full-strength fun on an evening of spectacle and swagger
From the official first to the toughest – quite a launch for a series this pianist knows well
opera
Strong cast and top orchestra project as best they can in a fine company's first Proms visit
Richard Eyre's classic production looks great but lacks fizz
No loss of vivid focus as the Albert Hall becomes Bar Lillas Pastia
theatre
Slender new play about political and gender prejudice in 1950s American science
The second album is still tough, even if you never recorded the first
The play that inspired a Netflix series is heartwarming, but needs more spice to bite
dance
Kate Prince's hip hop take on Lewis Carroll is energetic, charming and moving by turns
Gala enterprise, 12 months on, will be a stayer if it keeps up this level of excitement
Bolshoi superstar who made her name in London returns with a new generation
comedy
The comic and director Josh Sadie have fun with the form
Always watchable, occasionally hysterical collection of silent shorts
Books
A violent history finds a home in this impressionistic blend of literary criticism and memoir
A brutally honest and epic narrative follows a family doomed to wander the earth
Busting myths in this sensitive appraisal of a jazz legend
visual arts
Turmoil made manifest
Fifty years of political protest by a master craftsman
Dunked in the sea to give them a patina of age, sculptures that feel timeless
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