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She wore soup-can bras, made an explicit film with Man Ray – and may have inspired Marcel Duchamp’s upturned urinal. We explore a thrilling show celebrating the pacy life of ‘The Baroness’
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When she was only 17, the Canadian singer’s debut album wowed the world. Now, as Let Go hits its 20th anniversary, its pop-punk anthems are finding new life thanks to TikTok
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WeekendEvery Saturday, Weekend will bring you the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, including celebrity interviews, lifestyle features and opinion.
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This documentary investigates the death of a property tycoon who was entangled with Russian money. Plus, patisserie week in Bake Off: The Professionals. Here’s what to watch this evening -
Imelda Staunton is outstanding in Mike Leigh’s incredibly timely drama, while Alicia Vikander is the perfect AI creation in Alex Garland’s directorial debut. Plus, Keanu Reeves is back with more Matrix -
Danny Boyle’s gurning, sneering Sex Pistols show finally lands, and Birgitte Nyborg is back! Plus: ace new mockumentary Abbott Elementary and more Floor is Lava
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More than 1,000 people sign petition after Museum of East Anglian Life changes name to Food Museum
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4 out of 5 stars.
With a strong cast including Bradley Daley, Paul Carey Jones’s Wotan and Julieth Lozano’s delightful Woodbird, any weaknesses in the staging were more than compensated for -
5 out of 5 stars.
Film Pickpocket – existential thrills in Robert Bresson’s study of a thief’s progress
5 out of 5 stars.Bresson’s 1959 film about a misfit who dreams of rising above conventional morals is a brilliant example of the cinema of ideas -
3 out of 5 stars.
Music Gayle – Texan TikTok teen with pop-punk attitude
3 out of 5 stars.The young musician best known for TikTok hit abcdefu has the vocal chutzpah to overcome a sense of safe rebellion
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3 out of 5 stars.
Real and imaginary marriage discontents bleed into each other when a director and his screenwriter spouse go on retreat to the great auteur’s island home -
4 out of 5 stars.
Classical music Leif Ove Andsnes/Marc-André Hamelin – duo bring uncompromising brilliance to Stravinsky
4 out of 5 stars.The pianists united to play Stravinsky’s overwhelming and savage two-piano version of the Rite of Spring, with Adams, Schumann and Debussy in the first half -
1 out of 5 stars.
It doesn’t help that there is more charisma in the shark’s cold dead eye than in the entire cast
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