EPIC FILM & TELEVISION 7:56pm

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 7:56pm

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 7:56pm

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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