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Tried and Tested
Cinema
Final Portrait, about the experience of sitting for a Giacometti painting, is a good likeness artfully composed
In the Know
Theatre
Have your cake and eat it too as four of our favourite improv stars collaborate on a spontaneous show featuring baked goods
Must See
Here's our pick of the best films out now in London's cinemas
Features
A Ghost Story, starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck with a sheet over his head, comes from a long line of paranormal romances... some more successful than others
Features
In The Emoji Movie, talented thespian Patrick Stewart debases himself by playing a sentient ideogram of some poo. Some actors just can't get enough of trashing their reputations
Features
The Big Sick, arriving in cinemas this weekend, is a romantic comedy film that manages to feel interesting and new. Fortunately, it's not the only one of its kind...
Must See
The best films out in August include the new Kathryn Bigelow movie starring John Boyega, and a story of war to rival Dunkirk
Essential
Cinema
The Big Sick feels like a perfect balance between sincerity and snarkiness, a very contemporary rom-com along the lines of Man Down and In a World
Interview
The Big Sick is the 2017's funniest film so far. We chatted to BAFTA-winning actor Adeel Akhtar
Tried and Tested
Theatre
Mime, manga and monochrome animation: we recommend Mr Potsunen’s Peculiar Slice of Life
Tried and Tested
Cinema
The Baby Driver cast is impressive – Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Ansel Elgort, Lily James and Jon Hamm – but Edgar Wright's passion project lacks his usual humour
Essential
TV
Big hair, big biceps and even bigger attitudes. Mad Men star Alison Brie is talk of the town in this Netflix comedy about female wrestlers: GLOW
Essential
Cinema
The gross-out movie gets its long due shake-up in the trailer to Rough Night
Preview
Cinema
Buckle up: the Huffleys are going on a road trip in the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Tried and Tested
Cinema
A Dog's Purpose asks the important questions. What is the meaning of existence? How can one achieve happiness? And WHO'S A GOOD BOY?
Tried and Tested
Cinema
You can't stop this feeling: the Guardians of the Galaxy are back
Must See
From Anne Hathaway's drunken Godzilla to surreal Finnish comedy, the best films out in May are a varied bunch
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Rules Don't Apply is a sharper, smarter film than it first appears, and Warren Beatty steals the show as Howard Hughes
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Their Finest might be just feel-good fun, but when it makes you feel this good – and is this fun – that's something to appreciate
Features
Sex, hammers, and octopi – the most exciting films by the best Korean directors
Tried and Tested
Cinema
French film Raw is a darkly funny horror that might just put you off your steak tartare
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Free Fire is Ben Wheatley's high-octane cartoon for adults, an effervescent feature-length gun battle as enjoyable as it is disposable
In the Know
Theatre
West End transfer to Apollo Theatre: directed by Trevor Nunn, Terence Rattigan's Love in Idleness explores the clash of values in pre- and post-war Britain
Tried and Tested
Cinema
New Terence Davies film A Quiet Passion – an Emily Dickinson biopic starring Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) – is an unusual marvel
Tried and Tested
Theatre
Even Hollywood heavyweights cannot energise this stale update of Molière’s satire on greed and guile
Book Now
Theatre
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth team up for a feel-good feminist musical: The Girls brings the spirit of Knapely WI to London
Tried and Tested
Cinema
The new Michael Keaton movie about McDonald's founder Ray Kroc is true story about a beef over beef burgers
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monáe, Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner face racial bigotry in the 1960s while working to put a man into space
Features
Ahead of the Razzie Awards, here are the worst films of the last 12 months. Enjoy!
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Trainspotting 2 sees the return of Renton (Ewan McGregor) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle) for Danny Boyle's much-anticipated sequel
Tried and Tested
Cinema
The Young Offenders is a promising debut comedy about Irish eejits on the trail of treasure
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Directed with tenderness by Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann is an off-beat comedy with its eye on embarrassing parents