The comedian is to stand against Farage for South Thanet in the 2015 general election. But what are his guvnorment's policies? Guardian experts question him on welfare, freedom, immigration …
Theatre is pricey and divisive but can a livestream ever capture its flesh and blood thrills? Our film critic decided to find out " by legging it out of Kenneth Branagh's Romeo and Juliet at…
Unlike the democratic experience of the Potter movies, it seems only the smug rich can afford tickets for the stage playTickets are now on sale for the new London West End stage show Harry P…
Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee join Xan Brooks for our regular weekly look at the big film releases. Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee join Xan Brooks for our regular weekly look at the big f…
Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee join Xan Brooks for our regular weekly look at the big film releases. In this first edition of 2016, the team set their sights on Quentin Tarantino's new west…
This enthralling documentary reveals the extraordinary upheavals at the Bolshoi Ballet as the tip of Russia's rage icebergOne morning in 2013, Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin h…
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee review Bolshoi Babylon, the documentary about Russia's celebrated ballet company. Directed by Nick Read and Mark Franchetti, Bolshoi Babylon exami…
From Guillermo del Toro's gothic fantasy romance to Paul Mason's talk on what comes after capitalism, here are this week's future-facing cultural highlights FILMCrimson Peak Continue reading…
The star's understudy at the Barbican is Dwane Walcott, an excellent actor. He will deserve recognition for bravery if he has to step inThe theatre world, like the movie world, has loads of …
Anna Kendrick is extraordinary in this two-hander raking over the coals of a relationship: it's a lean, mean, musical machine
Hilla Medalia captures ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine as he uses fancy footwork to bring together Palestinian and Jewish children Continue reading...
Younger people don't get Sir Tom's new play, so he's had to rewrite The Hard Problem to make it Quite Easy. But some things just can't be changed Continue reading...
The comedian is to stand against Farage for South Thanet in the 2015 general election. But what are his guvnorment's policies? Guardian experts question him on welfare, freedom, immigration …
Austrian actor Klaus Maria Brandauer's portrayal convulses Krapp's face with shock and repressed despair Continue reading...
O2 Arena, LondonEveryone wants the Pythons to do the classic stuff and so they did in a staggeringly lucrative reunion show that is unlikely to make any convertsShare your own Monty Python s…
It is one of Woody Allen's finest films, a screwball thriller written and shot as he battled Mia Farrow in court and faced accusations of child abuse. As Bullets Over Broadway hits the stag…
The iconic French film-maker has died aged 91, a month after the premiere of his last film. Peter Bradshaw looks back over a career marked by intellectual engagement and impish humour, and w…
Nimble-footed stars such as Nick Frost, Chris O'Dowd and Olivia Colman step lively in a comedy that doesn't quite fill the floorThis comedy never quite relaxes or relaxes or convinces or com…
Beth B looks at something you might call Burlesque 2.0, building on the naughty showgirl personae with political satireThe noble mission of burlesque is to reclaim erotic cabaret from t…
Angelina Jolie takes on Sleeping Beauty while Terry Gilliam tackles Berlioz as the stars come out to confound our expectations in the coming yearFilmAngelina Jolie in MaleficentHollywood's m…
From Johnny Cash to Angela Lansbury, expect to see some familiar faces in the coming yearPopThe lost Johnny Cash gets releasedAccording to Cash's son John, the country legend was a prolific …
Members of the BalletBoyz dance company provide the choreography in this uneven film about danceHere is a lo-fi indie about dance that won the best UK feature award at last year's Raindance …
Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard and Peter Bradshaw review The Fifth Estate, Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? and Le Week-EndXan BrooksCatherine ShoardPeter BradshawHenry BarnesPhil Maynar…
Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan confront the state of their sagging marriage in this Hanif Kureishi-penned drama. But how depressed is it supposed to make us?It should in theory be pos…
There is some funny and highly incorrect material here but I could have done without the home-movie footageKevin Hart is the Philadelphia-born standup who might be vaguely familiar from movi…