Indy Arts Wrap Up: Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper breaks box office records

Monday 19 January 2015

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Films Oscars News Features Reviews American Sniper takes just under $100m in record first weekend box office sales News The biopic, staring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller and directed by Clint Eastwood, is up for an Oscar for Best Picture London Critics' Circle awards 2015: Boyhood named biggest winner Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan will not appear in X-Men: Apocalypse TV and film's top eight portrayals of King Henry VIII Anton Corbijn: The photographer and film director on working with Philip Seymour Hoffman and the distortion of trailers Martin Freeman interview: The actor on hobbits, Cumbermania and his Nazi-hounding role in The Eichmann Show Wild, film review: Audiences will be cheering on Reese Witherspoon in this fantastic journey A teen movie manifesto: 10 lessons that all future efforts should heed 'All-white Oscar nominee shortlists compel us to be more diverse,' says first black film president American Sniper: Watch an exclusive clip of Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film Comedy News Features Reviews Al Murray: The Pub Landlord on Muslim 'ghettos', breastfeeding – and overseeing the acquisition of Greece by Kent County Council People An exclusive interview with Nigel Farage’s most serious political challenger Dapper Laughs signals a revival with tweet Bill Cosby 'receives standing ovation' from audience in Canada despite protesters and fresh allegations Comedy writer Dan Swimer: 'I'm in awe of Jack Whitehall and Sacha Baron Cohen' Bill Cosby calls for fans to remain 'calm' ahead of protests against Canadian shows Books News Reviews Features George Orwell, James Joyce and short fiction's place in the world of literature Features When rewards are so negligible and publishers so unenthusiastic, why do authors even bother to write short stories at all? The Offering by Grace McCleen, book review: Tale of a troubled past is full of emotional power In Real Life by Chris Killen, book review: Funny and poignant look at bad internet disconnections The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - book review: Suburban thriller goes native If This is a Woman: Inside Ravensbrück: Hitler’s Concentration Camp For Women by Sarah Helm, book review: Survivors tell chilling story The Secret Sister by Fotini Tsalikoglou, book review: Journey into a nightmare Art News Features Reviews Artes Mundi: Why can't the Turner Prize be more like this? Features The Cardiff-based art prize is teaching the more famous award a lesson Photographer Norma I Quintana celebrates the eccentricities of circus performers in America Cotton to Gold: The riveting new show that mines the art riches of industrialists PJ Harvey’s recording at Somerset House: The viewers are bathed in an eerie half-light Sotheby's Caravaggio case: Former owner of 'The Cardsharps' loses legal bid after Sotheby's claimed work – later valued at £10m - was fake Elisa Sighicelli, photographer: 'There is no narrative in my work... I am not interested in attaching a story' 'Earlier Mona Lisa' goes on tour in Asia as owners try to prove it is a real Leonardo da Vinci Meet Lee Hadwin the ‘sleepwalking artist’ who can't draw when he's awake Theatre & Dance News Features Reviews The Fever, May Fair Hotel, review: Guilty pleasures in a long dark night of the soul Reviews More reminiscent of 'King Lear' than a Marxist sermon Michael Pennington & Dame Judi Dench: 'Once he ate a lot of garlic before a love scene; I think I punched him for that' Amelia Bullmore: How I wrote my latest play with a little help from my friends Tom Stoppard: The modern Shakespeare returns to the National for a long-awaited comeback Bull, Young Vic, theatre review: 'Short and shocking' Je suis... un playwright: In the wake of Charlie Hebdo attack plays by Neil LaBute, Caryl Churchill and Mark Ravenhill explore censorship and freedom of speech Othello, Lyric Hammersmith, review: Physical theatre at its most pulsating and potent From ballet to breakdance: Darcey Bussell to front BBC search for nation's best young dancer TV & Radio News Features Reviews Live Billy Crystal: 'Stop shoving gay sex scenes in my face' People Despite having filmed gay sex scenes himself, Crystal believes homosexuality on TV is 'too much' for him. This subtle Friends Easter egg 'solves' the show's biggest plot-hole The X Files set to make TV comeback after Fox executives said to be 'hopeful' for revival Louie season 5 gets release date, Louis CK says it will be more 'goofy and playful' Last Tango in Halifax series 3 -review: A thankful return to form as we're hit with some believable drama Call the Midwife, BBC1 - review: Cosy sister act with dose of realism makes welcome return Classical News Features Reviews Gould Trio, Wigmore Hall, review: Gould premieres are right on the money Reviews Dizzy ride revives classical music business's crowdfunding tradition Orfeo, Roundhouse, review: The Royal Opera House makes many firsts in temple to rock Andras Schiff, Wigmore Hall, classical review: A revelatory fortepiano recital Ian Bostridge and Thomas Ades, Barbican, classical review: A triumph Matthews, Padmore, LSO and Chorus/Rattle at the Barbican, London: A first-class line-up Music News Features Reviews Brit Awards 2015: Take That join performers Taylor Swift, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran News The group will perform for the sixth time at the awards in February Blue Monday: The only thing you need to hear Mark Ronson scores fifth week at number one with 'Uptown Funk' Field Day 2015 line-up: FKA twigs joins Patti Smith and Ride Die Antwoord, Glasgow Academy, review: Gleeful mix of bad taste and great beats Drake, Azealia Banks and the ASAP Mob pay tribute to ASAP Yams following news of his death ASAP Yams dead: ASAP Mob founder dies, aged 26, label confirms Sonisphere Festival will not take place in the UK this year Architecture High and Over for sale: Amersham's modernist gem where architecture students pay homage goes on the market for £2.8m Architecture It has long attracted building design aficionados. Now it could be theirs - for a price Prince Charles discovers 10 ways to antagonise architects with list of 'geometric principles' Hitler’s holiday paradise is reinvented as condos, hotels and a spa Garden Bridge: St Paul’s adds to £175m project’s troubled waters Bulldozers move in on Earls Court leaving legacy of weird and wonderful exhibitions