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17/11/2012
Sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events.
24/11/2012
Jake Gyllenhaal's fast-paced new thriller End of Watch, and John Lithgow in The Magistrate
01/12/2012
Dark film comedy Sightseers, TV's 'Inside Claridges' and the V&A's new furniture gallery.
08/12/2012
Seven Psychopaths, Julius Caesar with a female cast, and Loving Miss Hatto.
The Hobbit; Quentin Blake exhibition; pantomime dames
The Hobbit, a new Quentin Blake exhibition, and the rich history of the Pantomime Dame.
Life of Pi, Dance of Death and Restless are all reviewed
Life of Pi and Strindberg's Dance of Death, plus Restless and The Girl on TV over Xmas.
05/01/2013
Tom Sutcliffe on the TV comedy highs of 2012: The Thick of It, Getting On and Fresh Meat.
The view from The Shard; Les Miserables; Utopia on C4
The view from the Shard, Les Miserables on the big screen and Utopia on Channel 4.
Django Unchained and new play No Quarter
A review of the week's cultural highlights with Tom Sutcliffe, including Django Unchained.
Spielberg's Lincoln; Zero Dark Thirty; and Manet
Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty and the new Manet exhibition at the Royal Academy.
Denzel Washington in Flight; Poliakoff's Dancing on the Edge
Oscar-nominated Denzel Washington in Flight, and Poliakoff's Dancing on the Edge.
Wreck-It Ralph, and Ice Age art at the British Museum
Disney film Wreck-It Ralph, ice age art at the British Museum, and Harvest by Jim Crace.
A Life of Galileo at Stratford; Maggie O'Farrell's latest novel
A Life of Galileo at Stratford and Maggie O'Farrell's latest novel.
Cloud Atlas, Lichtenstein at Tate Modern and A Chorus Line
Cloud Atlas, Lichtenstein at Tate Modern, A Chorus Line and new drama series Broadchurch.
Joe Wright's Trelawny of the Wells; JM Coetzee's The Childhood of Jesus; Richard Gere in Arbitrage
Joe Wright's Trelawny of the Wells; new novel from JM Coetzee; Richard Gere in Arbitrage.
Helen Mirren in new stage play The Audience; Steven Soderbergh's new film Side Effects
Helen Mirren plays the Queen again in play The Audience; Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects.
Nicole Kidman in The Paperboy
Nicole Kidman in The Paperboy and Kevin Maher's novel The Fields.
The Book Of Mormon, Craig Zobel's film Compliance and Mohsin Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
The Book of Mormon the musical, Craig Zobel's film Compliance and Mohsin Hamid's new novel
Judi Dench in Peter and Alice and Danny Boyle's film Trance
Judi Dench in Peter and Alice and Danny Boyle's film Trance.
Julian Barnes's new novel Levels of Life and A Late Quartet with Christopher Walken
Julian Barnes's novel Levels of Life; new film A Late Quartet with Christopher Walken.
The Rijksmuseum and Once on the London stage
The Rijksmuseum reopens, and Once on the London stage.
John le Carré's A Delicate Truth, and Matt Damon in Promised Land
Miranda Sawyer, Bidisha and Christopher Frayling join Tom Sutcliffe to talk culture.
Adrian Lester as Othello, and The Look of Love with Steve Coogan
Adrian Lester's Othello and Steve Coogan as Paul Raymond, as reviewed by Tom Sutcliffe.
I'm So Excited! and Lionel Shriver's Big Brother
Pedro Almodovar's new sky-high film I'm So Excited! and Lionel Shriver's Big Brother.
Pinter's The Hothouse and The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Pinter's The Hothouse and Mira Nair's film The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
The Great Gatsby and Propaganda at the British Library
Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby and Propaganda at the British Library.
All That Is by James Salter, and the Iraq War
James Salter's All That Is, and Disgraced at the Bush Theatre. With Tom Sutcliffe.
The Mary Rose Museum; David Mamet's Race; more vampires in Byzantium
Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the Mary Rose Museum opening and David Mamet's Race.
Behind the Candelabra, Chagall at Tate Liverpool
Michael Douglas as Liberace in Behind The Candelabra, plus Marc Chagall at Tate Liverpool.
The Amen Corner and The White Queen
Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, The Amen Corner at the National and The White Queen.
Conor McPherson's play The Night Alive; new film Before Midnight
Conor McPherson's new play The Night Alive; Delpy and Hawke reunite in Before Midnight.