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Sympathy for the devil.
An animated feature set in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan that unfolds with vivid simplicity
A spectral documentary that gives old events new force
Daniel McCabe’s documentary tells the story of a troubled country through multiple portraits
Argentine director Lucrecia Martel’s movie is a lacklustre depiction of festering colonialism
Sheila Hancock stars in this winsome film about a widow and a Scottish mountain
Frank Castorf intriguing, chaotic staging of Janáček’s opera threatens to overwhelm the music’s subtlety
The choreographer’s first American Ballet Theatre commission is the latest attempt to stage ‘The Rite of Spring’
Richard Jones’s revived production of Strauss’s opera is best enjoyed with eyes closed
One of America’s greatest novelists rose to fame with ‘Portnoy’s Complaint’
An ambitious adaptation of Heiner Müller’s avant-garde plays
Nothing was shirked in the tenor’s performance of Strauss’s Four Last Songs
The region’s painters and sculptors are taking centre stage in the international art market
Annilese Miskimmon’s production sets the opera in the aftermath of the second world war
All the elments were in perfect balance in this joint performance
The young Lithuanian’s programme was met — for the most part — with boisterous enthusiasm
A quadruple bill that told an engaging story
The festival featured productions in German, English — and Swedish-based gobbledegook
Colourfully sketched characters assemble for a funeral in Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play
Half a century on, the Pink Floyd drummer goes back to the band’s psychedelic roots
Raphael Abraham reviews the best (and worst) movies competing for the coveted Palme d’Or at this year’s 71st edition of the cinema showcase
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s unsettling family drama takes the top prize in a difficult year for Cannes
Flagship auctions beat estimates even as bidding thins out at top end of market
A series about a human space-simulation experiment that breaks boundaries
Film censors allow plots that reflect Beijing’s more muscular foreign policy
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