From The Iron Claw to Zara Larsson: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment | Culture

Go out: cinema

iron claw
out now
The drama is based on the true story of the Von Erich brothers, wrestlers from the 1980s. His domineering father (Holt McCallany) is also a former wrestler who is trying to make his dreams come true through his sons. Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, and newcomer Stanley Simmons play the brothers in one of the most impressive castings we’ve seen this year.

occupied city
out now
Here, Steve McQueen (The Night Comes) has begun working on a four-hour non-narrative portrait of Nazi-occupied Amsterdam at the gallery, juxtaposed with impressions of the city during the pandemic. It reminds me. The film was informed by a book by McQueen’s partner Bianca Stigter.

your fat friend
out now
Documentary maker Jeannie Finlay is known for showcasing people with perspectives outside the mainstream. Now it’s fat activist Aubrey Gordon’s turn. He spent six years transitioning from anonymous blogger to New York Times bestselling author, challenging the ways fat people are rejected or accepted by society.

gassed
out now
London teenager Ash (Stephen Odubola) is trying to raise money to send his mother to rehab and support his 14-year-old sister. Soon, in documentarian George Amponsah’s feature debut, he becomes embroiled in the world of street phone theft, which culminates in a jewelry store robbery. katherine bray

Go out: gig

Laufey
Ten Until February 17th.tour begins dublin
The Icelandic TikTok sensation received critical acclaim and a Grammy nomination for her second album Bewitched, which combines Norah Jones-like classicism with contemporary lyrical topics to subversive effect. and landed in the UK. Michael Cragg

new piano concerto
Royal Festival Hall, London, 15& February 16th
Festival Hall will premiere two piano concertos this week. First, Alice Sala Ott will be the soloist, and later that evening Javier Perianes will join the London Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Francisco Col’s Fantasia for piano and orchestra, Ciudad Sin Sueño. . Andrew Clements

dylan
15 Until February 25th.The tour starts in London
As work continues on her debut album, with a mixtape due in 2022, Natasha Woods (aka Dylan) is road-testing new music. Last year’s OTT rock piece “Rebel Child” and new single “Taylor Swift-style The Alibi” are expected to be added to the set list. MC

John Etheridge’s Blue Spirits
fleece jazz, colchester February 14
Etheridge is one of Britain’s most stylistically versatile and entertaining guitarists, having played with the likes of French violin legend Stéphane Grappelli, jazz fusionists Soft Machine and classical master John Williams. This funky trio, complete with organ and drums, is a lively confirmation of Etheridge’s deep and enduring roots in the blues. john fordham

Go out: art

soulscapes
Dulwich Painting Gallery, London; February 14 Go to 2 June
Michael Armitage’s sensual, Gauguin-like paintings of African forests and Alberta Whittle’s explorations of places marked by a history of enslavement are among the modern interpretations of landscape art here. That’s one. Harvin Anderson, Isaac Julien, and Njideka Akunyili Crosby are also part of the show, which questions traditional genres.

solve
Barbican Art Gallery, London; From February 13th to May 26th
Tracey Emin is one of the artists whose radical use of fabric is celebrated here. Textiles have been part of the language of contemporary art ever since artists began experimenting with everyday materials in the 1960s. Judy Chicago, Cecilia Vicuna, and many others will help you develop a compelling argument.

Uti Pieski
tate st ives, Ten February up to 6 May
In Pieski’s beautiful installation, sunlit icicles and shards of color with glimpses of the aurora borealis remind us of the Arctic. This Sami artist, who lives and works in Finland, continues to preserve history and culture, drawing on and reinventing traditional crafts such as tassel-making, while crying out against the death of nature in the north.

Habib Hajary
Pallant House, Chichester; From February 10th to April 21st
Hajary creates tough yet delicate paintings with a steady hand. That sounds safe, but in a show called ‘Pend Into History’, he replaces portraits of white men with his own images, questioning the colonial legacy and prejudice in British art. His self-correcting self-portraits are sharply political. Jonathan Jones

Go out: stage

Wuppertal Balltheater Pina Bausch: Nerken
Sadler’s Wells, London; 14 Until February 22nd
It’s one of the late choreographer Pina Bausch’s most memorable works, and that’s saying something for someone who created so many eye-popping moments in theater. Nelken means carnation, and the stage is covered with 8,000 carnations (made of silk). A work of great beauty and sadness. Lindsey Winship

Dear Octopus
National Theater: Lyttelton, London, until 27 March
Lindsay Duncan, who recently captivated television audiences with the brilliant crime drama True Love, stars in the revival of Dodie Smith’s emotional comedy, which first premiered in 1938. The play depicts three generations of a family coming together for their golden wedding anniversary.

Hut: Exploded view
Royal Exchange Theater, Manchester, until March 2nd
Winner of the prestigious Brantwood Prize, Phoebe Eclair-Powell’s passionate and powerful play tells the story of three couples over three decades, with domestic violence running through each story as a surprising thread. Miriam Gillinson

slapstick festival
various venues in Bristol, 14 Until February 18thluary
Perfectly constructed jokes are all very good, but it’s still physical clowning where belly laughs exist. Our annual visual and silent screen comedy extravaganza delves into the archives. Adam Hills celebrates Buster Keaton and Hugh Bonneville shares three of her classic 1920s films. Rachel Aroesti