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Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum in ‘Side Effects’

Nigel Andrews from FILM & TELEVISION 6:16pm

Cinema reviews: Side Effects, Robot & Frank, Oz the Great and Powerful, and more

Steven Soderbergh’s thriller mixes paranoia and pharmaceuticals, Frank Langella forms an engaging double act with a robot, plus the prequel to a cinema classic

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The legacy of the ‘ace caff’

Today, the arts are, almost without exception, beautifully packaged, presented and promoted. But is the art any good?

And the best is silence

The experience of art is most intense during private, contemplative moments; there are better spaces for noise

Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Bach Collegium Japan and soloists

©Chris Lee MUSIC 6:09pm

The Bach Variations, Avery Fisher Hall, New York

Everyone worked hard to overcome adversity on the opening night of the New York Philharmonic’s month-long season

THEATRE & DANCE 6:07pm

Homage to Rudolf Nureyev, Palais Garnier, Paris

Nureyev’s spirit – the passion, the bravura, the fierce and uncompromising dedication to classical technique – was sadly lacking here

Paul Ritter as John Major and Helen Mirren as the Queen in ‘The Audience’

©Johan Persson THEATRE & DANCE Mar 6, 2013

The Audience, Gielgud Theatre, London

Helen Mirren as the Queen, directed by Stephen Daldry: this is not so much a drama, more a theatrical event

©De Munt/La Monnaie MUSIC Mar 6, 2013

La Dispute, La Monnaie, Brussels

Benoît Mernier’s new work is a charming, uplifting mix of music and theatre

Film

©Kobal

Nigel Andrews reviews the latest releases: Arbitrage, The Bay, Caesar Must Die, Broken City and Stoker

The Art Market

Detail from portrait of Dimitri Shostakovich (1987) by Tair Salakhov

The Art Market: Central Asia at Sotheby’s; Art Nouveau tops expectations

Brad Lubman conducts the London Sinfonietta

©Kevin Leighton MUSIC Mar 6, 2013

Radio Rewrite, Royal Festival Hall, London

Based on two Radiohead tracks, Steve Reich’s latest piece seems more concerned with building an atmosphere than his earlier work

Trevor White and Amelia Lowdell in 'Purple Heart'

©Hugo Glendinning THEATRE & DANCE Mar 6, 2013

Purple Heart, Gate Theatre, London

American playwright Bruce Norris’s unflinching play bubbles with anger at a society unable to learn from the Vietnam war

MUSIC Mar 6, 2013

Chick Corea & The Vigil, Ronnie Scott’s, London

The keyboardist was in storming form, but what really impressed were the contrasting styles of his musicians

Justin Bieber, O2 Arena, London

The fans offered adulation; their hubristic heartthrob gave them soulless pop, well-drilled moves and a two-hour wait

Watt, Barbican, London

Samuel Beckett’s difficult novel here becomes a brief one-man stage play full of humour and poetry

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The buzz business: listen to Peter Aspden on the branding of culture

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Highlights

Steven Soderbergh’s thriller mixes paranoia and pharmaceuticals, Frank Langella forms an engaging double act with a robot, plus the prequel to a cinema classic

Everyone worked hard to overcome adversity on the opening night of the New York Philharmonic’s month-long season

Nureyev’s spirit – the passion, the bravura, the fierce and uncompromising dedication to classical technique – was sadly lacking here

Helen Mirren as the Queen, directed by Stephen Daldry: this is not so much a drama, more a theatrical event

Benoît Mernier’s new work is a charming, uplifting mix of music and theatre

Based on two Radiohead tracks, Steve Reich’s latest piece seems more concerned with building an atmosphere than his earlier work

American playwright Bruce Norris’s unflinching play bubbles with anger at a society unable to learn from the Vietnam war

The keyboardist was in storming form, but what really impressed were the contrasting styles of his musicians

The fans offered adulation; their hubristic heartthrob gave them soulless pop, well-drilled moves and a two-hour wait

Samuel Beckett’s difficult novel here becomes a brief one-man stage play full of humour and poetry

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