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Cut loose with this big-haired, high-energy stage version of the hit 1980s film: Footloose – the Musical returns to London for a limited run at the Peacock Theatre

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A 25^th anniversary restoration of a dazzling 1992 adaptation of E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End comes to the BFI

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Chris Evans helps a pint-sized prodigy take on the patriarchy

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Cinema 

Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson's new stop-motion movie lands in cinemas at the end of March: here's a list of reasons fans should be cheerful about the Texan director

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Cinema 

Lady Macbeth is a cold, composed drama with a superb performance at its centre

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Cinema 

Deadly boring: Charlie Hunnam and Sienna Miller star in James Gray's latest film, the true story of a British explorer's quest for a lost Amazonian city

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Cinema 

Portrait of strength: Kleber Mendonça Filho's Aquarius casts Sônia Braga as undeterred heroine amidst life's setbacks in this slow-moving Brazilian-French drama

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Thanks, Warren Beatty – Oscars 2017 results will go down as the most memorable

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Oscar winner Denzel Washington discusses his latest film and directorial effort, Fences, with theatre director Paulette Randall at the National Theatre

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Talks 

5x15 invites a diverse cast of experts to speak on the power of film and moving image for a special, day-long event

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Theatre 

Hit 1990s musical Rent brings Bohemian romance and a rocking songbook to the London stage this winter

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Cinema 

A pop up sex cinema in Islington aims to confront stereotypes about the seedy soho 'raincoat bridgade'

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Talks 

Colin Firth and Emma Thompson head up an impressive list of speakers for a conversation on the refugee crisis in aid of the Helen Bamber Foundation

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A very rare public appearance from Edward Snowden: the whistleblower will discuss mass surveillance after a sceening of film Citizenfour

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Visual Arts 

Prepare to be entranced again by Bill Viola: St Paul's large-scale installation 'Mary' sees the video artist return to London's greatest Cathedral

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Ahead of the Absolutely Fabulous film release, pop the Bolli and find out how to enjoy London like Patsy and Eddy by Lucy Brooks

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Waiting up all night? Don't despair: Let London events distract you this evening whilst we wait for the morning referendum result

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Visual Arts 

Marina Abramović, Francis Alÿs, John Akomfrah and many more come together for this Lisson moving art exhibiton

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Visual Arts 

Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk, Doug Aitken and many more celebrate the genius of Stanley Kubrick: London exhibition comes to Somerset House this summer

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Talks 

John Crowley's film adaptation of Brooklyn is a shining romance, performed with poignance by Saoirse Ronan

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Cinema 

Oscar buzz already surrounding this new film about a transgender woman, The Danish Girl. Eddie Redmayne stars in the true story of Einar Wegener

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Cinema 

Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes are at their best in Luca Guadagnino's remake of La Piscine. A Bigger Splash movie comes to London cinemas in February.

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Cinema 

Following the multiple-Oscar-winning Birdman, Alejandro González Iñárritu's new film The Revenant is a bloody, immersive masterpiece that will leave audiences reeling

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Cinema 

Ron Howard's new blockbuster In the Heart of the Sea starring Chris Hemsworth came to UK cinemas this Christmas. Here's our review

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Cinema 

This Peggy Guggenheim film is a window into the highs and lows of the 20th Century avant-garde art world

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Cinema 

BOOK NOW: films to fall in love with, films to break your heart: the new BFI season is dedicated to Love, and all its joys and pitfalls

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Cinema 

Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are nothing short of hypnotising in Todd Hayne's electrifying period film Carol. Here's our review from London Film Festival 2015

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Cinema 

Read our They Will Have To Kill Us First review. New documentary about musicians from Mali: music in exile

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Cinema 

Patricio Guzmán's emotive documentary The Pearl Button is a beautiful and haunting new masterpiece. Here's our review from London Film Festival 2015

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Cinema 

Review: Crimson Peak. Cult director Guillermo del Toro is back with a new horror flick starring Mia Wasikowska and Tom Hiddleston

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Cinema 

Director Jake Gavin's Hector comes to cinemas this December: read our Hector film review.

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At London Film Festival, Saoirse Ronan, Oscar-nominated star of Atonement and The Lovely Bones discusses he work