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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
Kate Winslet brings her long-nurtured Lee Miller passion project to the screen
Virginia Gilbert's gripping drama stars Jared Harris and Juliet Stevenson
Writer-director Pascal Plante has a cult hit on his hands with this skilful cyber-thriller
new music
High energy techno and rave from the synth craftsman needs your best speakers
Struggling to find the good in this hugely successful band's lovelorn stadium plod
classical
Taste and grace from the Korean prize-winner
Outstanding Elgar and full orchestral throttle in Holst
A quick-change MacMillan premiere finds correspondences in singular Sibelius
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
Waleed Akhtar’s new play is about platonic love in a contemporary context
Timberlake Wertenbaker's updated version takes particular aim at colonialism
Marlow and Moss are back with deeply personal exploration of how lives are lived today
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
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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