EPIC FILM & TELEVISION May 23, 2013

Cinema reviews: Epic, The Hangover Part III, The Big Wedding and more

Animated wars in a secret forest; the Hangover series staggers on; De Niro, Sarandon and Keaton get farcical

Culture columns

Curiosity didn’t really kill the cat
A new exhibition at Margate’s Turner Contemporary gallery celebrates the wonder of the wandering mind
Europe casts Hollywood as the bad-guy
Breathless (1959 France) aka À Bout de Souffle Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Shown: Jean-Paul Belmondo (as Michel Poiccard alias Laszlo Kovacs), Jean Seberg (as Patricia Franchini) ©Imperia/Photofest
European film-makers claim that the liberalisation of the industry would lead to the destruction of culture
Not I By Samuel Beckett ©Allan Titmuss THEATRE & DANCE May 23, 2013

Not I, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court, London

Beckett’s monologue lasts only nine minutes but its verbal hailstorm is abstract, visceral and hard to watch

Marco Polo - Bergen Opera Left to Right - Nina Warren as Scheherazade/Mahler/Queen Nancy Allen Lundy as Water Fredrika Brillembourg as Marco MUSIC May 23, 2013

Marco Polo, Grieghallen, Bergen, Noway

Magnificent musical performances and a visually seductive production cannot disguise Tan Dun’s opera’s flaws

'Rituel pour une métamorphose' ©Cosimo Micro Magliocca THEATRE & DANCE May 22, 2013

Rituel pour une métamorphose, Paris

Comédie’s first Arabic-language production plays to its strengths

A$AP Rocky at the Brixton Academy ©Wireimage MUSIC May 22, 2013

A$AP Rocky, Brixton Academy, London

The Harlem rapper’s show was a messy, poorly focused affair

Cinema

Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in 'The Great Gatsby' ©Warner Bros

Nigel Andrews on the latest films: The Great Gatsby, Beware of Mr Baker and The Liability

The Art Market

Paul McCarthy's giant 'Balloon Dog' (2013), which sold for $950,000 at Frieze New York

The Art Market: DiCaprio raises the roof for tigers; Newman’s chequered past; SplitArt kaput

Roberto Bolle and Julie Kent THEATRE & DANCE May 22, 2013

A Month in the Country, Met Opera, New York

Turgenev’s play, condensed by Ashton, was thrillingly danced

Joyce DiDonato in 'La donna del lago' ©Bill Cooper MUSIC May 22, 2013

La donna del lago, Royal Opera House, London

John Fulljames’ production does not set the pulse racing

Olivia Onyehara as Tanzi THEATRE & DANCE May 22, 2013

Tanzi Libre, Southwark Playhouse, London

Claire Luckham’s play tells its story through a wrestling match

'Like Father, Like Son' Nigel Andrews from FILM & TELEVISION May 21, 2013

Cannes Film Festival – first report

Films about families in crisis have dominated this year’s festival

'Bródno People' (2010) by Paweł Althamer and others VISUAL ARTS May 21, 2013

Expo 1: New York, MoMA PS1, New York

Fragments of this creative explosion are scattered across the city

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