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FT critics review the latest and best shows in the West End, across the capital and the UK
A film adapted from Angie Thomas’s novel and a biopic about the rock band Queen
The tale of three brothers adopted by different families as part of a social experiment is both remarkable and disturbing
Twenty-three compelling pieces inspired by Brian Eno and Erik Satie blur the distinction between ambient and new age sounds
The instrumental group’s fifth album is full of cinematic associations and features producer Erol Alkan
The Australian singer keeps the theme of failed romance fresh by switching perspectives in sharp, economical writing
The LA quartet’s second album twists and turns, foregoing the straightforward tactics of noisy complaint
The tracks in the multi-instrumentalist’s new album recall the sound of his old Underground quartet
Incomplete and long assumed not worth performing, the opera has now been reborn in a rich new version by David Trippett
For John Paul Rathbone, the Oscar-nominated film about a Mexico City maid evokes a familiar and complex world
Karl Blossfeldt’s botanical photography will soon be shown alongside the work of Jim Dine, who uses photogravure
Niccolò Ammaniti’s series about a weeping Virgin Mary adds an existential dimension to the critique of Italian society
As tales based on real life dominate the nominations, is journalism finding a new home in Hollywood?
An overdue project is under way in Italy’s design capital
Stephen Adly Guirgis’s drama of crime and redemption is revived in a powerful production
Conductor Adam Fischer brought an outstanding performance in London
FT critics review the latest shows on Broadway and beyond
An energetic staging tackles race and showbusiness at the Pershing Square Signature Center, New York
Nigel Andrews reviews Capernaum, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, A Private War, On the Basis of Sex, Alien and Cold Pursuit
A film that tries to blend suspense with black comedy — and fails
Story of a boy suing his parents is told with helter-skelter energy by director Nadine Labaki
The star turns likeable firebrand in the well-told story of Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The true story of an African teenager who makes a water-pumping windmill
Ridley Scott’s gothic sci-fi fully deserves its enduring cult status
Rosamund Pike is a near-flawless hero in this one-note hagiography
