John Barry Memorial Concert – review

This one-off memorial concert featured Barry's film scores, meticulously recreated by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was a fittingly magnificent tribute, writes Ian Gittins

Ride, Rise, Roar – review

A concert movie featuring the ever-inventive David Byrne, showcasing an album he made with Eno. By Andrew Pulver

Wagner: Rienzi – review

Philipp Stölzl's production of Wagner's Rienzi, which opened at Berlin's Deutsche Oper earlier this year, bravely grapples with the issues the work raises by presenting it as a warning from history, writes Tim Ashley

Verdi: Rigoletto – review

Nikolaus Lehnhoff's production of Rigoletto is a ferocious, if uneven affair, that roots the tragedy primarily in the dysfunctional relationship between Rigoletto and Gilda, writes Tim Ashley

Puccini: Tosca – review

Karita Mattila's extraordinary sense of theatre makes her compelling to watch in this performance of Tosca from the New York Met, filmed during the opening run of Luc Bondy's controversial production in 2009, writes Tim Ashley

Menotti: The Consul – review

This extraordinary film, The Consul, was made for Austrian TV in 1963. Directed by Rudolph Cartier, it's shot in relentless closeups that give neither the performers nor the viewers anywhere to hide, writes Tim Ashley

Bizet: Carmen – review

In this recording of Carmen John Eliot Gardiner conducts with fiery precision, while the period sound of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique adds touches of rawness to the prevailing sensuality, writes Tim Ashley

Adamo: Little Women – review

Mark Adamo's 1998 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women will prove too sentimental for some tastes, but you can't fault the performances, writes Tim Ashley

Thirty Seconds to Mars – review

Actor Jared Leto has a masterly grasp of rock-star vernacular but this show with his band Thirty Seconds to Mars is a largely formulaic, writes Caroline Sullivan

The Runaways

Kristen Stewart stars in a lively 1970s biopic about the all-girl American band. By Peter Bradshaw

The Posters Came from the Walls

Cinemas nationwideIn this music documentary ostensibly about Depeche Mode, it's the obsessive fans from around the world who are the real subjects, writes Andrew Pulver

A fistful of Ennio Morricone

The Spaghetti Western Orchestra pays homage to Ennio Morricone – with trumpet, drums and cornflake boxes, writes Sarfraz Manzoor

Lou Reed’s Berlin

A documentary hinting at a real but undisclosed personal story behind the music

Scarlett Johansson, Anywhere I Lay My Head

What’s the world coming to when you can’t even rely on actors to make rotten records any more? Think of Scarlett Johansson’s debut as an arthouse movie: script by Tom Waits, whose catalogue supplies all but one of the songs, … Continue reading →

Critic’s view

Could there be a more startling, or intriguing, choice of director for Mozart's Così fan tutte than Abbas Kiarostami

Shine a Light

Peter Bradshaw: The Rolling Stones can still deliver live shows full of energy, but Martin Scorsese's film can't do the same

Unseen pleasures

Is there anything left to say about Joy Division? Yes, writes Jon Savage