A Way Home – immigration and Alzheimer’s in portrait of a disappearing past
Theatre
The Second Woman – Ruth Wilson’s spellbinding theatrical marathon
Over 24 hours, the star offers variations on the same scene with 100 different partners, including some famous faces – and the result is astonishing
Books
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing by Scott Shapiro – a gripping study of five extraordinary hacks
A professor of law who’s a computer geek carves an undaunted path through the conceptual and technical undergrowth in this illuminating tour of cyberspace’s dark side
Film
Unclenching the Fists – claustrophobic drama full of trauma and tenderness
TV
Ithaka: The Fight to Free Assange – there’s no better show about the WikiLeaks founder’s battle
TV
Depp v Heard – Amber and Johnny make for profoundly depressing television
Cannes 2023
Eureka – booze, bird souls and Viggo Mortensen in barmy yet rich experimental enigma
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Pictures & video
The big picture
Bud Lee captures the 1967 Newark riots
The American photographer’s stark images of the clashes in New Jersey and their aftermath kicked off a nationwide debate about police violence
The water’s lovely
Art that celebrates bathing – in pictures
Andy Rourke
His life in pictures
The 1967 Newark riots
Where there is oppression, there is resistance
Take it to church
Inside a dwindling service
‘What do we need to feel safe?’
Lives affected by homelessness
Shore thing
The unique landscape of Lake Erie
Wayne McGregor’s UniVerse
A Dark Crystal Odyssey
Human skulls and grass bums
Pioneering female photographers
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