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The 32-year-old director’s film ‘La La Land’ has scooped 14 Oscar nominations
The British artist’s collection is on display in an exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of his birth
The Californian singer co-produced songs with fluttering melodies, stuttering beats and fluent vocals
Songs range from taut, intense numbers to a glowering ballad, a well-judged blend of heaviness and tunefulness
Sonya Yoncheva’s voice is as luxurious as ever in disc that follows her Norma at the Royal Opera
The Danish composer/keyboardist’s layers of pianos and synths are a sounding board for a tight, interactive trio
The misty effect of the music is enhanced, with Maurizio Pollini’s playing emerging pensive
An exploration into the furthest reaches of a world where fragmentary symphonic ideas connect and part
The album includes a varied whirl of Manchester ballads, swaying funky compositions and Weimar oompah
The music has an easy pace and includes old-fashioned hip-hop beats but avoids smooth blandishments
Artist’s second eponymous album features his wild guitar-playing on songs recorded live without overdubs
The phrasing was thoughtful, the tone luminous, and every bow stroke dissolved into the next
Colm McCarthy’s film explores the dilemma between the search for scientific knowledge and morality
Mark Wahlberg stars in Peter Berg disaster movie that invokes a very modern kind of threat
The opener of this three-part weekly series takes in a huge range of what makes up Gallic culture and nationality, warts and all
A US diplomat is deployed to Versailles to cement peace while domestic conflict looms
Plus: African-American female artists, and an ancestor up for sale
The honeyed romance may exude comedy, but the ballet is genuinely openhearted
As a new staging of Beware of Pity comes to London, do his 1930s writings have a new resonance?
Rebecca Hall is spellbinding as the US TV reporter who broadcast her own suicide in 1974
Mel Gibson’s portrait of a pacifist at war is magnificent — in the second half at least
David Hare’s terrific script gives topical resonance to a Holocaust-denial court case
Danny Boyle’s sequel says less about its time and setting than the earlier film did
A veteran cinematographer chooses her favourite footage — but what does it amount to?
The company’s touring production is an interesting slice of ballet history
