Sense and SensibilityOut now Daisy Edgar-Jones has a big bonnet to fill in the role Emma Thompson made her own in Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning version of Jane Austen’s romance. But let’s not compare: Blue Jean director Georgia Oakley’s take sees a fresh cast place new emphasis on the bond between sisters Marianne and Elinor. Her Private HellOut now Professional provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn returns with another slice of the outre, this time in a science fiction mode.
It’s the tale of a young woman, Elle (Sophie Thatcher), who encounters a supernatural killer in diamond-encrusted gloves in a mist-shrouded city. RemakeOut now Taking on the devastating subject of the death of his own son, revered documentary-maker Ross McElwee makes the film that no parent would want to make. Using his own home video and family archive, he creates a bereavement memoir that traces a life from infancy to adolescence to an adulthood marred by addiction.
Heart of the BeastOut now Training Day screenwriter David Ayer directs this thriller about one man and his dog attempting to survive in the wilderness after a plane crash. But not just any man and dog: he’s an ex-special forces officer and the dog is a retired combat dog. Curiously, it stars Brad Pitt where you might expect Jason Statham.
Catherine Bray Jill ScottLondon, 28 September; Birmingham, 29 September; Manchester, 1 October; London, 13 & 14 October; touring to 14 OctoberThe R&B and soul legend heads out on tour in support of To Whom This May Concern, her first album in 11 years. Expect classics, specifically from 2000’s Who Is Jill Scott?, alongside her dextrous, genre-hopping new material. Michael Cragg Wagner’s Parsifal Royal Opera House, London, 1 to 17 October It grapples with good and evil, love and violence, life and death – so no wonder Parsifal lasts upwards of four hours.
Acclaimed director Evgeny Titov makes his Royal Opera debut with this new production conducted by Jakub Hrůša. The high-wattage cast includes Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Christian Gerhaher and Ekaterina Gubanova. Flora Willson Xhosa Cole Scarborough Spa, 26 September Contemporary and classic jazz sax maestro Xhosa Cole reworks the music of Thelonious Monk at the 23rd Scarborough jazz festival – Soft Machine, Alan Barnes and star vocalists Ian Shaw, Liane Carroll and Brigitte Beraha also enhance the event’s usual classy bill.
Cole also plays London’s Vortex on 29 & 30 September. John Fordham HomoblocDepot Mayfield, Manchester, 26 SeptemberBilled as a “Queer block party for all”, the late-night celebration returns to Manchester with a typically stellar lineup, including German pop star Kim Petras. Elsewhere, DJ-producer Honey Dijon goes back-to-back with underground house maverick Derrick Carter, while LSDXOXO, Erol Alkan and DJ Paulette will also be popping up.
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