From Good Luck, Enjoy, Don’t Die by Tracey Emin: Your Complete Entertainment Guide to Next Week | culture

Checkout: cinema

Good luck, have fun, don’t die
Out now
If Sam Rockwell showed up at a Los Angeles restaurant dressed as an escape from an off-Broadway production of Starlight Express, wouldn’t you hear him? In the new film from visionary director Gore Verbinski, Rockwell plays a man from the future, who returns to warn us about the dangers of artificial intelligence. Sold.

The moment
Out now
Two weeks after appearing in a small role in 100 Nights of Hero, Charli xcx returns to the big screen as a pop star preparing for her tour while overcoming the hardships that inevitably accompany a stratospheric rise to the top. It is – as they say – the moment.

If I had legs I would kick you
Out now
Rose Byrne plays a therapist who deals with more than her fair share of obstacles: her young child is sick, her unsupportive husband is working away, and she has a difficult relationship with…you guessed it, her therapist. Byrne won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for her performance in this comedy-drama.

Secret agent
Out now
In a rare case when the Best Actor and Best Director awards go to the same film, this famous thriller won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival for star Wagner Moura and director Kleber Mendonça Filho. Set during the Brazilian military dictatorship, Moura plays a former academic who must navigate political and personal turmoil. Colorful incidents along the way include an investigation into a leg found inside a shark. Catherine Bray

Checkout: Gigs

Portugal. The man
Dublin, February 23; Glasgow, February 24; Manchester, February 25; London, February 26
After scoring an unexpected hit with “Feel It Still” in 2017, a decade into their career, the Portland-based rockers, led by John Gurley, have continued to chart their own course, releasing their 10th studio album, Shish, last November. Heavier than their previous efforts, songs like Denali and Angoon should take on new life on stage. Michael Cragg

Whitney
Dublin, February 21; Manchester, February 22; Glasgow, February 24; Bristol, February 26; London, February 27
Formed from the ashes of the American rock band and its critical darlings of the 2000s, the Smiths Westerns, across four albums Whitney, also known as Julian Ehrlich, and Max Kacacek, brought down the pace, taking in both indie folk and raucous pop. Expect silent daydreams during these four performances. MC

Tim Garland/Jeffrey Keizer
Place of kingsLondon, February 25; Capstone TheaterLiverpool, February 26; Turner SimsSouthampton, February 27
Tim Garland, the multi-talented British saxophonist and composer, has worked with some great pianists over the years – not least the late great Chick Corea and the versatile former Art Blakey bassist Jeffrey Keizer. Their remarkable compassion was on display on this tour, as they released the duo’s eloquent new duet album, Mezzo. John Fordham

Haley introduces: Jonny Greenwood
bridgewater hall, manchester, February 26
The classically trained Radiohead guitarist has composed award-winning musical works and film scores, and is currently a featured artist at the Hallé. He joins them here on electric bass for Greenwood’s newly revised Violin Concerto, along with music by Witold Lutosławski and Steve Reich. Flora Wilson

Checkout: art

Tracey Emin
Tate Modern, London, February 27 Until August 31
Britain’s most exciting artist brings her energy to Tate Modern in what could be an era-defining show. Emin, who started out as a printmaker and painter with a love for Nordic Expressionism, became one of the most provocative Conceptualists of the 1990s…and then returned to painting. This would be great.

Jimmy Mills
Anima Mundi, St Ives, until 22 March
This exhibition is called “Vincent’s Fireworks” and its tribute to Van Gogh proves that Emin is not the only artist to reconsider Expressionism. Found materials from the fields and beaches of Cornwall feature alongside abstract wall works and complex, multi-layered sculptures with echoes of Rauschenberg and Kiefer. Something to think about pie.

Arthur Melville
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, until 21 June
This brilliant watercolourist was one of Britain’s finest ‘Orientalist’ artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Melville traveled widely in Egypt, Iran, Syria, and what is now Pakistan, and his art depicts daily life in the cafés and squares of sun-baked cities. He brought an intense new color to Scottish art.

Dylan Le Bas
Whitworth, Manchester, until May 31
The spirits of folklore and rural rituals return with a vengeance as Le Bas brings her masks and murals into dialogue with artists in the Whitworth Collection including William Blake and the macabre John Martyn. At the center of the show is a work she created for the Glastonbury Festival. Jonathan Jones

Checkout: platform

Aisling Bea
February 27 to May 1; The tour begins in London
Despite being a long-term fixture in our comedy world (see: regular appearances on syndicated shows and Channel 4’s excellent series This Way Up), Bea has never taken her stand on tour – until now. The 41-year-old’s first outing, Older Than Jesus, sees her discussing youth, age, motherhood and the concept of home. Rachel Aroesti

Festival of this body
mountain without, bristol, February 25 Until March 8
A new dance festival run by dance company Impermanence and taking place in a stunning converted church venue. There will be films, performances, cabarets, clubs and workshops, including Carla Shacklock’s Weekend at Niplash, in which the dance theater artist and activist explores the politics of child nutrition with brutal honesty and humour. Lindsey Winship

Broken glass
Young Vic, London, until 18 April
Director Jordan Finn – who always infuses his productions with explosive energy and intent – tackles Arthur Miller’s engaging play. The film is set in Brooklyn in 1938, where a woman is suddenly paralyzed as fascism rises in Germany. It should be electric. Miriam Gillinson

Water memory
Everyman Theater Liverpool, February 25 Until March 14
This North West co-production marks the 30th anniversary of Sheelagh Stevenson’s award-winning comedy Olivier. Set in 1996, three sisters return to their northern childhood home for their mother’s funeral, filled with laughter, slippery memories and strokes of whiskey. mg