How architect Paul Revere Williams fought racism and changed the face of Los Angeles
Creating homes for Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant and Lucille Ball made Williams a star. A trio of new exhibitions shows he…
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‘There was a certain hostility’: how Wet Hot American Summer went from miss to hit
Critics might have been sniffy back in 2001 but the silly summer camp comedy has endured and director David Wain has…
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Temi Wilkey: Lover Girl review – wildly intimate comedy goes to infinity and beyond
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Both outrageous and tender, this stellar follow-up to Main Character Energy gives new…
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‘We are defying the laws of physics!’ How pole dancing exploded into the Edinburgh fringe
With abs like Olympians and skin like hide, pole dancers are besieging the festival. We meet four high-flying,…
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Buried With Michael Sheen review – this vital look at a toxic waste scandal is deeply enraging TV
The actor does a brilliant job of probing the alleged dumping of ‘forever chemicals’ in Wales. After grilling a…
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Hayden Panettiere: an actor so magnetic that entire shows were rewritten for her
She starred in her first soap opera at 4 – then the hit show Heroes was totally reworked to allow her character, Claire…
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Sam Eley Is Basil Crumbwick review – cantankerous cult hit brings laugh after laugh
Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh There are shades of Vic and Bob as well as Frank Sidebottom when this embittered git with…
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Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon review – a brave glimpse inside the mind of the Scottish artist
Director Finlay Pretsell captures Gordon setting things alight with a miniature blowtorch, smearing himself with silver…
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Lanterns review – Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre’s alien-hunting superhero caper is a bust
Sure, it’s got evil extraterrestrials trying to detonate whole towns … but not even the almighty Green Lantern and his…
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The Ego Trip by Kimon de Greef review – a bizarre tale of psychedelic toads and hair-raising treatments
A journalist investigates the unsettling world of a charismatic shaman and the people who trusted him Which, in your…
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A Rimbaud review – legendary poet’s unlikely transformation into entrepreneur is as odd as ever
Australian actor Blake Draper delivers a committed one-man performance tracking the writer as he morphs from enfant…
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Skintown review – Northern Irish scamps rave their Troubles away
Catholics and Protestants find E-fuelled common ground at a hallowed Portrush club in Ciarán McMenamin’s adaptation of…
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Taiwan Season: The Wall review – close encounters in a city that never sleeps
Summerhall, Edinburgh Seed Dance Company deliver a show that builds in intensity as it riffs on imprisonment and…
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I Made You a Mixtape review – frothy fringe fun as dorm mates party like it’s 1999
TheSpace Triplex, Edinburgh Nine college students fall out and make up as they dance to punk-pop and alt-rock in this…
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An Agatha Christie classic with an impressive cast: best podcasts of the week
Toni Collette heads a list of familiar voices playing out the village murder-mystery. Plus, Guz Khan and Kiell…
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25 Years in Afghanistan review – the extraordinary life of an optimist
Mir Hussain has been followed by TV cameras since he was a child, and managed to deliver love and laughter alongside…
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Angels in America review – Tony Kushner’s five-hour fever dream predicts and reflects the US at 250
King’s theatre, Edinburgh People, ideas and scenes wash over each other in Ivo van Hove’s masterly staging at the…
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Jonno: Here Comes Mr Funny review – Sheeps comic leaves flock for revelatory solo
Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh The Saturday Night Live UK writer, who is one-third of the sketch troupe Sheeps, balances…
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‘Have I tried having sex to my own music? God, no!’: Natalie Imbruglia’s honest playlist
The singer was wooed with some knocked-off Joni Mitchell and might even be persuaded to sing Torn at karaoke. But what…
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Christopher Berry-Dee is the UK’s all-time bestselling true crime author. Is he also a violent abuser of women and children?
The British writer is known for his unique ability to get inside the heads of serial killers. But a Guardian…
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Vile statues, writhing liquorice and kids marooned online: Edinburgh art festival review
Various venues, Edinburgh From queer narratives to secret histories, this year celebrates the underground and the…
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Add to playlist: the heartbreak post-mortems of Cape Town’s Rowlene and the week’s best new tracks
The South African singer has been a memorable guest artist, but the unhurried, emotional tracks on new album Some…
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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian; Claws Out! by Bella Mackie; Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang; Children of Wolves by Lawrence…
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Hillborg: Lost Landscapes album review – sonic imagination and luminous colours
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Kuusisto/Lubman/Falk Winland (Alpha) Unconventional instrumentation adds to the filmic…
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‘I’ve never done anything like this in my life’: Marina Abramović on making art with balloons
The artist’s latest swerve sees her creating an alien inflatable landscape for New York’s Balloon Museum Oversized…
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How the mob took Hollywood: the story of organized crime and the movies
Hollywood Crime Story: The Mob Takes Over the Movies looks back at how criminals insinuated themselves in the film…
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Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto: Fifteen review – Pulitzer winner stirs gorgeous improv patterns
(Nonesuch) By turns gleeful, sensitive, urgent and ruminative, this is a brilliant set that plays to the trio’s…
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Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal: Doomed! review – caustic, crushing breakup album flirts with catharsis
(Backwoodz) The rapper-producer duo muster a breakup record with glistening beats and lovelorn lyrics that mull over…
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Bruckner Symphony No 3 album review – Anima Eterna’s period instruments bring visceral drama
Anima Eterna Brugge/Heras-Casado (Harmonia Mundi) There’s bone-crushing intensity in this striking recording of the…
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‘It was fun to get pushed around’: Andrew Rannells on ‘razzle dazzle’, kissing co-stars and being a better friend to Lena Dunham
The star of Girls and The Book of Mormon talks about coming out, turning a showmance into a romance, and going toe to…
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Billion-streamers, Beyoncé and heart-bruising beauty: Frank Ocean’s 20 best songs – ranked!
It’s a decade since the Los Angeles musician released the seminal album Blonde. To lessen the pain of his hiatus, we…
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We’re going to party like it’s 1629… the masques, the music and the mayhem of Banqueting House
What music soundtracked 17th-century England? Ahead of a DJ set in Banqueting House, Georgia Mann looks at the wild,…
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My Brilliant Career review – a joyous heroine lights up this rare and beautiful period drama
Phillipa Northeast is brilliant as a young woman rebelling against society’s expectations in 1890s Australia. It is…
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‘I wanted to capture the range of British culture at the time’: the photographer who documented late nights on the 90s London tube
In the 1990s, Mark McEvoy took portraits of punks, partiers and late-night lovers on the underground. His images show…
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Don’t Say Good Luck review – high-school musical weepie puts Sunny Sandler in the spotlight
A mother’s illness threatens to overshadow a stagestruck teen’s big break in a school production Do you, like me, have…
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LA Phil/Dudamel; Fantasia Orchestra / Fetherstonhaugh/Glennie reviews – high-contrast programming
Royal Albert Hall, London The first of two evening proms began with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s polished but polite…
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