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From Flux Gourmet to Björk: the complete guide to this week’s entertainment | Culture

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go out: Movie

Scream/Nightmare on Elm Street marathon
Prince Charles Cinema, London, 1st October only
Fans of Wes Craven came together for an all-night screening of 635 minutes of The Scream, from the film that began in 1996 (above) to last year’s “sequel.” Like Craven’s Nightmare from the Elm Street franchise? Buckle up: They’re showing those tonight too: All Seven.

Flux Gourmet
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Peter Strickland’s new film starring Gwendoline Christie and Asa Butterfield about an unusual artist’s retreat , as we’ve come to expect from the man who gave us BDSM butterfly collectors in The Duke of Burgundy and The Haunted, as unique and weird as we’ve come to expect. Red dress in fabric.

girl girl girl
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Winner of the World Cinema Theater Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, director Alli Haapasalo’s captivating Finnish drama follows three ordinary teenage girls (Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, and Linnea Leino) as they explore their newly awakened desires and their love for each other. first love.

Mrs Harris goes go to paris
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Previously filmed by Angela Lansbury in 1992, this incarnation of Paul Gallico’s novel stars Lesley Manville, a widow cleaner, she decides to go to Paris at all costs to pursue her great dream: owning a Dior couture dress. It’s literal and figurative escapism, brought to life by a charming cast that also includes Isabel Huppert, Jason Isaacs and Anna Chancellor. Katherine Bray


go out: show

Five members of the Canadian band Alvvays.
Forever and… Alvvays. Photo: Eleanor Petrie

Alves
1-7 October; tour begins Glasgow
Canada’s indie pop quintet arrives in the UK to support next week’s Blue Rev, a delayed follow-up to 2017’s Sociopath. Its release was hampered by theft (recordings of earlier demos were stolen), flooding in their studios, and finally a pandemic, so expect a happy sense of relief. MC

make me like
Various venues, London, 1 October
The new multi-venue, one-day festival in east London features a host of newcomers including pop star L Devine, decadent indie pop thug Walt Disco and post-punk experimentalist Idle. Elsewhere, gems can be found in Greta Isaac’s DIY alt-pop and Olly Bailey’s rock catharsis, AKA Jaws the Shark. Michael Cragg

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Lighthouse, Poole, 5 October; Portsmouth Town Hall, 6 October
During his 14 seasons as chief conductor of the BSO, Kirill Karabits has dedicated himself to supporting the work of his fellow Ukrainian. The latest is Fedir Akimenko’s Cello Concerto, which was not performed when the composer died in 1945. Karabits built it with Stravinsky and Mahler. Andrew Clements

mischievous puppy
O2 Academy, Glasgow, 4th October -; O2 Academy, Bristol, 5th October, then tour; O2 Apollo, Manchester, 6th October; OVO Arena, Wembley, London, 7th October
One of the most popular live bands spanning jazz, funk, global music and R&B, the American collective has released a new album Empire Central – a tribute to their own stories and heroes of American music. John Fordham


go out: Art

Man with thistle (self-portrait).
Man with thistle (self-portrait). Photo: / Lucian Freud Archives / Tate

Lucian Freud
National Gallery, London, 1 October to 22 January
In his later years, the dazzling meat painter was often referred to as the “living master”. But how does he stack up at the National Gallery against the historical artists who inspired him, from Holbein and Corot to his beloved Titian? This centennial exhibition promises to take high art to its limits.

Cezanne
Tate Modern, London, 5 October to 12 March
The godfather of modern art comes to the home of modern art – but is there a connection? This most conceptual post-impressionist pixelated image conveys the randomness and uncertainty of modern life. They echo in video art. Cezanne is always modern and profound.

Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian
Whitehaven Lighthouse Museum, through January 8
Rembrandt’s painting of his wife as the goddess of spring is on tour at the National Gallery. The pathos and power of this portrait lies in Rembrandt’s glorification of Saskia as a golden, blossoming goddess, while also letting us know she’s posing in his studio: dream and reality touchingly collide.

Walter Price
Glasgow Osborne Street Modern Academy, until 12 November
Until recently, novelty in art means video or readymade, but identity and injustice are more pressing than the medium you use, so painting comes alive again. Brooklyn-based artist Price is radicalized by tradition. His sensitive paintings with nocturnal melancholy are reminiscent of Matisse and even Duffy. Tip but gentle. Jonathan Jones


go out: stage

Dancer Joseph Toonga, halftime show.
A born dancer…Joseph Tunga. Photo: Karen Jonkers/Theater Festival Boulevard

Joseph Tonga: Born to be
Oxford Playhouse, 4 October; concert tour until 26 November
Joseph Toonga moved to east London from Cameroon as a child. As an artist, he moved from hip hop to contemporary dance training to working with the Royal Ballet. Born to Exist is the final installment in his trilogy on black masculinity, an autobiographical work about being raised entirely by black women. Lindsay Winship

Eureka Day
The Old Vic Theatre, London, until 31 October
Helen Hunt stars in the European premiere of Jonathan Spector’s satirical comedy. Illness sweeps a progressive school – will the community stick together or turn against each other? Miriam Gillingson

Dublin Theatre Festival
Various locations, through October 16
This year’s festival refocuses on international, with 17 world premieres, based on Colm Tobin’s novel The Blackwater Lantern, and a playful and interactive work by Italian artist Romeo Castellucci. MG

Leo Richie
Soho Theatre, London, 4-15 October
The 24-year-old has cemented his status as a superstar alternate at this year’s Edinburgh fringe, bringing to his homeland a postmodern imitation of his camp, Gen Z solipsism and misery in the age of social media. Rachel Arosti


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Stay inside: stream media

Ralph and Katie's Leon Harap and Sarah Gordy.
Ralph and Katie’s Leon Harap and Sarah Gordy. Photography: Ben Blackall/BBC/ITV Studios

ralph and katie
5 October 9pm, BBC One and iPlayer
A Word breaks new ground by portraying parents in their son’s autism diagnosis in a sensitive and candid way. This equally groundbreaking spin-off follows newlyweds Ralph and Katie Wilson, who both suffer from Down syndrome and are led by a fully disabled writing team – a UK first.

Bear
October 5, Disney+
This series about a troubled gourmet chef (Jeremy Allen White) inherits his late brother’s struggling Chicago sandwich shop, thanks to its heartbreaking character studies and the uniqueness of its dazzling kitchen Combined, word-of-mouth drama in the United States.

Positive: Rugby, Dementia and Me
5 October 9pm, BBC Two and iPlayer
The once nebulous link between sports-related concussions and severe long-term brain damage has finally exploded into a global scandal in the past few years. In this one-off document, World Cup winner Steve Thompson, 44, movingly battles dementia caused by his stellar football career.

a friend of family
6th October, Peacock
White Lotus’ Jack Lacy becomes a uniquely terrifying predator in this fantastical true-crime drama directed by acclaimed indie filmmaker Eliza Hitman about a young Jan Boo Roberg, who was kidnapped not once but twice by his neighbors in Idaho in the 1970s. Colin Hanks and Anna Paquin co-star Broberg’s confused parents. Rheumatoid Arthritis


Stay inside: game

Game screen from Overwatch 2.
A real blast… Overwatch 2. Photo: Blizzard

Overwatch 2
October 4, all platforms
The sequel to the funniest team shooter ever, where a combination of outrageous special abilities and fan-art-worthy characters add energy to every match.

Alfred Hitchcock: dizzy
Now available, all platforms
A video game based on a 64-year-old movie? The cartoon style strays from Hitchcock, but the psychological thriller core of the story remains.

Likewise, McDonald’s


Stay inside: photo album

Pop artist Shygirl dressed in silver and purple.
Don’t look at me…Shygirl. Photo: Samuel Ibram

Shygirl – Fairy
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After positioning herself at the centre of the experimental pop scene through two acclaimed EPs and collaborations with the likes of Sophie and FKA twigs, south London-based Blane Muise (above) has released her debut LP. While Nike dabbled in haptics and was passionate about the main electronic sound, Arca-assisted Come for Me focused on disrupting R&B.

Craig David – 22
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What is your Flava? hitmaker’s eighth album and third since his professional revival in 2015, which includes collaborations with dance superstar Galantis (DNA), pop newcomer Gracey (Back to Basics), and ubiquitous lyrics on garage-style Who You Are Collaboration of author and singer MNEK et al. David’s sweet singing brings it all together.

yeah yeah yeah – calm down
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Nine years after their disappointing fourth album, Mosquito, the quintessential New York art rock band is back with a revival in this eight-track follow-up. Lead single Spitting Off the Edge of the World combines lyrics about an impending climate catastrophe with hurricane-sized rock swirls, while string-soaked Burning adds a touch of ’60s soul.

Bjork – excavator
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Billed as her “mushroom album”, Björk’s 10th track finds her digging into her roots. Inspired by her confinement in Iceland and the death of her mother, songs like dense, gabber-adjacent Atopos do well on the album’s “biotech” genre label, while the beloved Ovule makes it more subtle . MC


Stay inside: brain food

Shop window picture, circa 2001, from Trouble with Topshop.
Early closing… Trouble with Topshop. Photo: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Trouble with Topshop
3 October 9pm, BBC Two
This two-part series follows Topshop’s rise on the high street in the 1980s, before its well-documented decline in 2020. Next week’s finale investigates Philip Green’s turbulent tenure as owner through first-hand testimony from its employees.

echo archives
podcast
Somerset House opens the doors to its arts community in this fascinating four-part series. Host Weyland McKenzie-Witter investigates the ways in which artists interact with archives, from generating online records in virtual worlds to unearthing diaspora histories.

koala sampler
online
There are tons of music production apps out there, but this sampler from Elf Audio is one of the most intuitive and creative. Record sound through your phone’s microphone to create sequences that can be manipulated into complex soundtracks. Amar Kalia

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