A French connection … Vicky Krieps and Antoine Reinartz in Love Me Tender. Photograph: Peccadillo Pictures View image in fullscreen A French connection … Vicky Krieps and Antoine Reinartz in Love Me Tender. Photograph: Peccadillo Pictures Going out, staying in Culture From Love Me Tender to Kevin Bridges: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead Vicky Krieps puts her heart on the line in Anna Cazenave Cambet’s romantic drama, and the Glaswegian comedy superstar is back on stage for a massive UK tour
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View image in fullscreen Going out: Cinema Love Me Tender Out now Vicky Krieps heads up Anna Cazenave Cambet’s drama about a woman who splits amicably from her husband to follow her dream of becoming a writer, but then falls for a woman – at which point, the ex-hubby files for sole custody of their child. Also starring Monia Chokri and Antoine Reinartz.
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Edinburgh international film festival Various venues, 13 to 19 August The world’s oldest continuously running film festival returns with a programme that includes 10 films competing for a £50K prize; plus the UK premieres of I Want Your Sex by Gregg Araki and Lance Hammer’s Queen at Sea; and special guests doing talks including Kenneth Branagh, Ewan McGregor and Bruce Dern. There’s also a screening and club-night celebration for Trainspotting’s 30th anniversary.
Ice Cream Man Out now Eli Roth directs a slasher about an ice-cream man who turns children into homicidal maniacs. You’re probably either in or out by this point but, in case it makes a difference, the film stars Ari Millen of Orphan Black fame as the titular dispenser of summer treats.
A Child of My Own Out now A true-crime docudrama based on the real-life case of a Mexican woman who abducted a baby from the hospital where she worked as a nurse. Chilean director Maite Alberdi’s factual account is interwoven with a telling of the story from the perpetrator’s point of view. Catherine Bray
View image in fullscreen Urine for a treat … Joji. Photograph: Evers Pund Joji Dublin, 11 August ; London, 13 August ; touring to 16 August The Japanese-Australian YouTube prankster turned serious musical artist arrives in arenas in support of February’s fourth album of ornate electronic ballads, Piss in the Wind. The night’s singalong moment is likely to be Glimpse of Us, which is now on 1.8bn Spotify streams and counting. Michael Cragg
John Grant with Richard Hawley Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow, 10 August Originally brought together in 2023 as part of the Manchester international festival, Grant and Hawley reunite for this unique collaboration celebrating the work of late country star Patsy Cline. With Cline’s songs steeped in romance and heartbreak, expect them to come to life anew on a Glasgow bandstand. MC
The Galloping Cure Festival theatre, Edinburgh, 9 to 12 August Advertised as “an opera for the opioid age”, this is the latest collaboration between Missy Mazzoli, one of the most successful composers working in opera today, and librettist Royce Vavrek, dubbed “the indie Hoffmannsthal”. Its world premiere production by Scottish Opera is a musical must-see at this year’s Edinburgh international festival. Flora Willson
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