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Album: Amber Arcades - Barefoot On Diamond Road
Moody Dutch singer-songwriter puts indie archetypes behind her
tv

Fourth time around, the human cost is becoming too much to bear

Passion, intrigue and heartbreak behind the front lines
film

A migrant child-killer's guilt proves elusive in Alice Diop's courtroom meditation

Computer-animated fun

Darren Aronofsky's stagey, sentimental portrait of a dying, obese man
new music

Moody Dutch singer-songwriter puts indie archetypes behind her
Celebration and tribute from the giants of the genre
classical

Finesse, not just ferocity, on Berlioz's journey to hell and back

No singing Salome, but this was still a firebrand of a concert

Brahms illuminated, Byrd rather more obliquely showcased
opera

A real ensemble effort in Janáček’s cartoon-based tale of nature and human nature

Lise Davidsen's fully-realised Elisabeth is no pallid virgin in this mixed revival

Though Arts Council England has partly reinstated English National Opera's grant, its cuts still have devastating consequences for the regions
theatre

New play about a gender-pioneering couple is provocative and engaging

The perils of navigating power relations when sexual tension is all but tangible

Tricksy staging distracts and disappoints
dance

The other Cunningham stakes out their territory in contemporary dance, and the non-binary debate

The corps de ballet take the laurels in Derek Deane's dependably fine production
comedy

How a Jewish standup found the funny side of a roomful of white nationalists
Books

The poet discusses her new book, mayflies, motherhood, and memory

At last, the translation of volume three in the Estonian master's great historical trilogy
visual arts

The French artist is inspired by the Matthias Grünewald altarpiece

Nan Goldin's fight against the makers of Oxycontin is as gutsy as her work

The refurbishment of New York's Hispanic Society provides a unique opportunity to see its treasures
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