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Paris’s Pompidou Centre displays the work of an 88-year-old artist, a quirky Texan film festival kicks off, and the Mughals come to London’s National Portrait Gallery
Reviews
Films: March 12
Nigel Andrews reviews Martin Scorsese’s ‘Shutter Island’; Niels Arden Oplev’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’; Bernard Rose’s ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’; Banksy’s ‘Exit through the Gift Shop’; Paul Greengrass’s ‘Green Zone’; and Lasse Hallström’s ‘Hachi: A Dog’s Tale’
Lyon Opera Ballet, Joyce Theater, New York
Choreographers care about what movement does, says Apollinaire Scherr
The Scottsboro Boys, Vineyard Theatre, New York
Brendan Lemon watches legal history turned into a musical
A Behanding in Spokane, Schoenfeld Theatre, New York
Body parts flood the floor and torture abounds in a hotel room, writes Brendan Lemon
The Dead School, Tricycle Theatre, London
Ian Shuttleworth finds his reservations increasing during play
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