TonyOut nowThis comic biopic of Anthony Bourdain focuses on the celebrity chef and documentarian’s late adolescence, as he gets a summer job at a restaurant in Cape Cod at the age of 19. Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers) plays Bourdain, with Matt Johnson directing. Rich Sommer, Leo Woodall and Antonio Banderas also star.
The End of Oak StreetOut nowDavid Robert Mitchell (It Follows) is back, writing and directing a sci-fi mystery in which prehistoric creatures start to make appearances in suburbia. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor play members of a family who find themselves trying to survive. Sunny DancerOut nowBella Ramsey, James Norton and Neil Patrick Harris, among many others, make up the ensemble cast of a breezy comedy about a decidedly unbreezy subject: a summer camp for kids suffering from cancer.
George Jacques directs this UK indie. Holy DaysOut nowThe year is 1974. The country is New Zealand.
Three nuns, played by three legends of stage and screen – Judy Davis, Miriam Margolyes and Jacki Weaver – are going on a road trip in order to save their convent, in a broad comedy from Nat Boltt based on the book by Joy Cowley. Catherine Bray ArcTanGentFernhill Farm, Bristol, 19 to 22 August If you prefer your rock to come with a prefix, perhaps post-, or math-, or noise-, this Bristol festival is for you. Celebrating alternative music, this year’s lineup features funk-metal pioneers Primus, hotly tipped sludge purveyors Chat Pile and the distinctly gothic Chelsea Wolfe.
Michael Cragg Lenny KravitzCrystal Palace Park, London, 16 August Sexy hitmaker and unfeasibly large scarf experimentalist Lenny Kravitz heads to south London to headline his own mini-festival (support comes from Leon Thomas and Joss Stone). Expect a smattering of recent singles, but hold out for Fly Away, It Ain’t Over ’Til It’s Over and Are You Gonna Go My Way. MC Ukrainian Freedom OrchestraSt Paul’s Cathedral, London, 18 AugustFormed by the Canadian-Ukrainian conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson in 2022 following Russia’s invasion, this remarkable ensemble continues its cultural fightback.
The UK stop on its latest tour pairs new music by Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak with Verdi’s Requiem. Heavyweight international soloists include Ailyn Pérez and Solomon Howard. Flora Willson Coltrane and Hartman on Impulse! ft Marvin Muoneké and Mark LockheartWatermill Jazz, Dorking, 18 AugustGifted founder member of cutting-edge UK jazz bands Loose Tubes and Polar Bear performs with former Britain’s Got Talent vocal contestant?
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