Giuseppe Tornatore's Baaria, like his best-known work Cinema Paradiso, goes on too long and, despite its visual felicities, in the end tries the patience... more
London-based architect David Adjaye ambitiously aims to address what is a continent-sized void in architectural discourse with this exhibition of photographs of Africa’s key cities... more
Diaries written by the lover of Benito Mussolini tell of the intense and at times tearful relationship between the Italian dictator and Adolf Hitler... more
With three pieces by Ottorino Respighi, the Italian dictator’s favourite composer, receiving their Proms premieres, William Ward examines the cultural legacy of fascism.... more
It was a revolutionary movement that boasted of creating a new beauty — but the Futurism exhibition at the Tate misses many of its big moments.... more
In 1937, the blitzing of a Spanish town prompted Picasso to begin work on a vast painting – but one poignant item gave his masterpiece its final form.... more
The British Museum has put a set of elaborately carved chess figures at the heart of a new gallery despite demands that they be returned to Scotland... more
Despite its bail-out, Goldman Sachs is set to pay out £7bn in salaries and bonuses. It is failing to grasp a new public fury over conspicuous consumption... more
Adapted from the novel Il Fasciocomunista, My Brother Is an Only Child, is a compressed but intelligent, observant and well acted piece of work ... more
Life on an allotment is like an Ealing comedy, says Valentine Low, who tends his own plot in East Acton. So what does he make of a new British film about urban gardeners, Grow Your Own?... more
It would be understandable if at 80 Mel Brooks was taking it easy. But at this exclusive charity gig, Brooks proved he is still an unstoppable comedy show-off.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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