Hamilton, Disney+ review - puts us all in the room where it happened

★★★★ HAMILTON, DISNEY+ Puts us all in the room where it happened

Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical gets another shot on screen

The movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights was meant to hit cinemas this summer, but, in response to Covid-19, has been put back to 2021.

On the Record review - #MeToo turns its lens to the music industry, gives the mic to women of colour

★★★ ON THE RECORD #MeToo turns its lens to the music industry, gives the mic to women of colour

An unflinching look at #MeToo, misogyny in hip hop, and the burdens of black women

On the Record, the latest documentary from Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering (acclaimed directors of The Hunting Ground), dives into the sexual misconduct allegations against music mogul Russell Simmons, the so-called ‘Godf

CD: Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways

★★★★★ BOB DYLAN - ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS Bob returns with an unadulterated masterpiece

Bob returns with an unadulturated, stone-cold masterpiece

When “Murder Most Foul” was dropped into an unsuspecting world under lockdown, the surprise was palpable, given that eight years had passed since Tempest, filled by Sinatra covers and seasonal tours. That it was a 16-minute epic that took Dylan’s writing into new areas (including No1 on Billboard) – and this on the verge of his eightieth year – is also astonishing.

Hillary, Sky Documentaries review - facing the fire and fury

★★★★ HILLARY, SKY DOCUMENTARIES Facing the fire and fury

A successful and heavily scrutinised life. Were all the questions answered?

“Never get rattled”. For some, it might sound like a trite self-help mantra. For Hillary Rodham Clinton, it was an essential daily memo and a practical self-affirmation. In recent public memory, she is the political figure who has been rattled the most, often with sinister intent.

Theatre Lockdown Special 9: Alan Bennett revisited, and so is Oz

THEATRE LOCKDOWN SPECIAL 9: Alan Bennett revisited, and so is Oz

Some familiar titles, a 1913 rarity and a show in which the audience plays its part

The government may occupy shifting sands when it comes to handling Covid-19, but the arts thank heavens continue to step up to the plate with a dizzying array of online options. This week's output mixes a soul musical from 1970s Broadway alongside a major revival of a play by Alan Bennett whose enquiry into the psychological well-being of those in charge will doubtless resonate anew today.

Album: Larkin Poe - Self Made Man

★★★ LARKIN POE - SELF MADE MAN Female-fronted blues-rock stalwarts return with the songs and enough range to carry the day

Female-fronted blues-rock stalwarts return with the songs and enough range to carry the day

Larkin Poe are an American blues-rock band fronted by the Lovell sisters, Rebecca and Megan, both mainstays of the US Americana scene since their teens, at the start of this century. Best known in Europe for their fired-up gigs and festival appearances, their fifth album starts off accessibly yet the immediate thought is that it’s overly derivative.

The King of Staten Island review - Apatow's best work in a decade

★★★★ THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND Apatow's best work in a decade

Judd Apatow and Pete Davidson are a winning combination

The master of crowd-pleasing comedy, Judd Apatow, returns with another on-brand tale of arrested development with The King of Staten Island. While it's near his signature anarchic charm, this comedy-drama shows that even a veteran director/writer/producer like Apatow has room for growth.