Dirty laundryAn entertaining, if scattershot, look at the global economy“This Giant Beast That Is the Global Economy” has plenty of Adam McKay’s signature flair but is light on substanceFeb 22
Bard witless“All Is True” and the problem with depictions of ShakespeareHis works are well known, but the details of his life are not. That results in unbalanced portrayalsFeb 21
20th-century history“Mr. Jones” tells the story of the man who exposed the Ukrainian famineThe film, starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby and Peter Sarsgaard, portrays journalism as a type of heroismFeb 20
Changing climate change“2040” paints an optimistic picture of the future of the environmentThe film focuses on technological and agricultural solutions that are already being implemented to help combat climate changeFeb 19
Of laundries and legislationPhotographs of a bygone ChinatownIn the 1980s Bud Glick took pictures of Chinese immigrants and workplaces, and captured a New York district in fluxFeb 18
Immersion therapyWhy do baths incubate ideas?Many writers, artists and philosophers have sought inspiration in the tubFeb 14
Need to knowThe same small Ladybird books, but mighty subjectsAs part of a new “Expert Series”, subjects such as Plato’s “Republic” have been condensed into 65 pagesFeb 13
Now you see meVija Celmins’s art is an antidote to image cultureHer drawings and paintings, often variations on the same picture, demand careful attentionFeb 12
Walking the line“Bro country” is out, “woke country” is inCountry music has long upheld conservative values and the joys of whiskey and fishing. Some musicians are starting to celebrate LGBT rights and gun control insteadFeb 11
Sliding scalesOne of Myanmar’s greatest musicians died this weekHsaya Tin, a slide guitarist, was 88 years oldFeb 9
World, hold onThe changing face of electronic musicCTM festival, a showcase of experimental club music in Berlin, drew attention to the industry’s shifting centre of gravityFeb 8
Time and spaceKatie Paterson’s celestial artThe complexities of the universe provide both the inspiration and the raw material for the artist’s workFeb 7
Action paintingA new film satirising the art world is gleefully grotesqueIn “Velvet Buzzsaw” art dealers, gallerists and critics are skewered (sometimes literally)Feb 6