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

Cannes Film Festival

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

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
'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

THEATRE & DANCE May 21, 2013

Relatively Speaking, Wyndham’s Theatre, London

Alan Ayckbourn’s breakthrough play is a tangle of cross-purposes

Laura Claycomb (centre) in Glyndebourne's ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ ©Alastair Muir MUSIC May 20, 2013

Glyndebourne Festival, East Sussex, UK

First a knotty ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’; then a scintillating ‘Falstaff’

Phillipa Soo as Natasha ©Chad Batka THEATRE & DANCE May 20, 2013

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Kazino, New York

Dave Malloy’s pop opera is a rollicking take on ‘War and Peace’

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

Lana Del Rey ©Getty MUSIC May 20, 2013

Lana Del Rey, Hammersmith Apollo, London

The singer’s femme fatale persona proved hard to bring to life

James Levine conducts the Met Orchestra ©Marty Sohl MUSIC May 20, 2013

Met Orchestra/Levine, Carnegie Hall, New York

The maestro’s return to the podium received a standing ovation

THEATRE & DANCE May 20, 2013

4000 Miles, The Print Room, London

Amy Herzog’s drama pays tribute to her admirable grandmother

Neeme Järvi ©Francois Wavre MUSIC May 19, 2013

Interview, Neeme Järvi, conductor

The music director known for his improvisatory approach is a ‘man of 100 projects’

Roy Haynes at Ronnie Scott's ©David Sinclair MUSIC May 19, 2013

Roy Haynes, Ronnie Scott’s, London

The veteran drummer is still refreshingly open to current trends

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