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Tobias Menzies and Anthony Boyle go head to head in historical crime drama
Riotous assembly of toffs, gangsters, travellers, rogues and misfits
Christopher Nolan biopic wins big in a ceremony defined by a pink-clad Ryan Gosling and Donald Trump seeing red
film
Warwick Thornton's parable is too mysterious for its own good
Hirakazu Kore-eda, on top form in his native Japan, directs an intricate psychological drama
new music
Sixties psychedelic punks from Long Island whose sonic assault still resonates
classical
A youthful evening promises more than it delivers
UK premiere of 'Fiat Lux' alongside other works evoking transcendence and revelation
From watching Handel's 'Israel in Egypt' on TV to conducting it
opera
Sinéad Campbell Wallace's corrupted princess stuns in Bruno Ravella's production
Jennifer Davis and Susan Bullock pull out all the stops in Janáček's moving masterpiece
'Lohengrin' marks a remarkable singer's arrival on Planet Wagner
theatre
Billy Crudup essays multiple characters as a fake Englishman abroad
Trevor Nunn, age 84, makes a blinding return to form
Ryan Calais Cameron brilliantly uses storytelling, music and verse
dance
Liam Scarlett's fine refashioning returns for a third season, and looks better than ever
On the 10th anniversary of his death, memories of the prodigious musician who broadened the reach of flamenco into jazz and beyond
Ivan Putrov's latest gala was a satisfying mix of stars and young hopefuls
comedy
Full-throttle show from Irish comic
Finding the funny in medical emergency
Books
Reid brings to light a war the West has tried its best to forget
A compelling account of how we use technology – and how it uses us
Heti goes far beyond a gimmick in this work of surprising and moving insight
visual arts
Persistence and conviction in the works of the late English painter
London’s elite posing dressed up to the nines
An exhibition that begs the question 'What and where is home?'
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