Review

‘Michael’ avoids the claims of child abuse by the King of Pop – and falls into the same old cliches

The Estonian artist thought the French masters were ‘hideous’ and ‘boring’. How does his own work measure up?

A mesmerising set of drawings never exhibited during the artist’s life show his genius in its rawest form

A new crop of video games is educating players about cultural looting and the pain inflicted by western colonialism

Tayari Jones’s Kin builds a messy, funny, tragic world of female friendship and fate

The cop drama is compelling, fiercely contemporary and underpinned by mighty performances by Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi

Before Google Maps, travellers had to rely on guides and phrasebooks that mixed useful advice with imperial arrogance and surreal oddities

Stefan Golaszewski’s series about baby loss explores how couples can communicate what they need – and what can happen when they don’t

The ‘charming, cool’ winner of best male newcomer at France’s Grammys wants his eclectic style to cross the channel

Nonesuch brings magical realism to wartime London to dazzling and profound effect

After years of misinterpretation, François Ozon’s blank and beautiful movie truly understands the Camus classic

Hugh Bonneville’s World Cup W1A spin-off founders on flabby dialogue and grating new characters

Actor Benjamin Voisin, star of a new movie version of the French classic, believes there is ‘something admirable’ in murderous anti-hero Meursault

The hit mismatched buddy show with Sir Ben Kingsley swaps spectacle for messy, fragile lives

Violence and cruelty lurk at the lavishly appointed finishing school for daughters of the patriarchal regime

The Fab Four’s leading historian Mark Lewisohn is trying to finish his definitive trilogy – just as AI and algorithms start to rewrite their story

A new exhibition explores his radical transformation from law professor to abstract art rebel

The 1992 documentary series that captivated a nation and anticipated reality TV is finding a new audience

Dead Pioneers are ferocious – and furious about stolen lands and centuries of being erased

Noah Wyle is exceptional in the best medical drama for years

The Swedish pop queen is back with a taboo-smashing exploration of female desire during pregnancy – and you can dance to it

A new exhibition explores the terrifying beauty of work inspired by the epic poem Metamorphoses

The American writer and activist tells us not to despair – the monsters may be pushing back hard, but momentum remains with progressives

Now in his 90s, the national treasure fills his latest diaries with bristle and bite

The photography exhibition of undersea beauty that’s also an urgent warning about protecting our oceans

The original show might be American, but nonsensical sketch comedy is very British. Our version understands that brilliantly

Feuds over Gdańsk’s museums are the latest skirmish in a battle between progressives and the populist right

The singer also known as Self Esteem is phenomenal as she follows revival in a revival of David Hare’s Teeth ’n’ Smiles

The director on his stylistic shift in the acclaimed La Grazia - and his despair at modern politics

Four-letter words and modern slang are meant to make this revival accessible, but something has been lost as a result

A flawed play makes a timely point - we shouldn’t complain about refugees when we help to create them

The painter brought Jesus to Berkshire, found sensuality in Wangford and planned a church based on his own life