From Wuthering Heights to Mario Tennis Fever: Your complete entertainment guide for next week | culture

Checkout: cinema

Wuthering Heights
Out now
In the Cunning and Windswept Moors, writer-director Emerald Fennell has constructed a new interpretation of Emily Brontë’s classic. Margot Robbie stars as Cathy, while Jacob Elordi plays Heathcliff, and as you might expect from the film director behind Saltburn, the passionate duo are prepared to leave no high unturned.

It’s never over, Jeff Buckley
Out now
Very few musicians have had the impact that Jeff Buckley has had over such a short period of time. This documentary from Amy Berg explores the success of his only album, Grace, and his death at a young age by accidental drowning, through previously unseen archival material and the perspectives of people in his life.

Whistle
Out now
Whistling is easy—as Lauren Bacall advised Humphrey Bogart: Just press your lips together and blow…or maybe not, if the whistle in question is an ancient Aztec death whistle that has the power to summon dark and deadly forces to your local high school. Teen horror from the director of The Nun.

President’s cake
Out now
In the 1990s in Iraq, it was necessary to bake a cake to celebrate Saddam Hussein’s birthday. Economic sanctions imposed by the West are devastating the economy and ingredients are scarce, especially for Maya, a nine-year-old who lives in poverty with her grandmother. This year’s submission for the International Academy Award from Iraq was Hassan Hadi’s acclaimed drama. Catherine Bray

Checkout: Gigs

Tshi
london, February 18; manchester, February 19; dublin, February 20
Tei Shi’s fourth album, Make Believe I Make Believe, continues her ability to smooth out the edges of electropop, anchored by her catchy, light-hearted sound. Like her regular collaborator, Blood Orange, Shi conjures a beautiful atmosphere on record and on stage. Michael Cragg

Waves
From February 14 to 20; The tour begins in Dublin
Formed in California in 2008, this pop-rock band was briefly incorporated into the unfortunately-named “shitgaze” scene. After nine albums, the hook-laden powerpop is still as strong as ever, as showcased on Spun last year. Michael Cragg

Matana Roberts
Otto Cafe, London, 20 Until February 22
Fiery alto saxophonist Matana Roberts – a child turned soulful voice of Albert Ayler’s short-lived 1960s jazz revolution – opens a three-night season at Otto’s Café, in matched company from the UK bass/drums pairing of Neil Charles and Mark Sanders. John Fordham

Handel Festival in London
Smith Square Hall, London, February 18 Until March 28
The London Handel Festival has been a major force in Baroque music since the late 1970s. The 2026 edition will be launched with Handel’s oratorio Saul, performed by the LHF’s main ensemble at Arcangelo’s residence. Jonathan Cohen manages an excellent staff. Flora Wilson

Checkout: art

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
bow winchester, February 14 Until June 13
History leaves its mark in the form of color and pattern in Shonibare’s expansive and thought-provoking vision. Since the 1990s – when he told the story of the Victorian dandy in a brilliantly satirical illustrated narrative, through ship-in-a-bottle sculptures to reclaimed imperial statues – he has been one of our smartest artists.

Sean Scully
Leeson Gallery, London, February 18 Until May 9
The distinguished abstract painter reveals his deep connection with the landscape, specifically the landscape of Ireland. In his eighty-first year, Scully is keen to show the web of reality behind his paintings of intensely colored rectangles. Here, his monochromatic photographs of drystone walls at Arran reveal a single provenance.

Linda Benglis/Giacometti
Barbican, 2nd floor, London, until 31 May
In the 1960s, the revolutionary American sculptor Benglis metaphorically dissolved the graceful straight lines of the simple (masculine) fashions fashionable at the time by replacing their elegance with sloppy chaos. Her early works look like giant melting ice cream dripping onto the gallery floor. Here you meet another surrealist, Giacometti.

Origin stories
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, until 8 March
One of the success stories in modern art teaching was the Glasgow School of Art in the 1980s and 1990s, which produced a generation of exciting and individual artists. How does this kind of magic happen? Here the Royal Scottish Academy, on its 200th birthday, explores Scotland’s art schools since 1826. Jonathan Jones

Checkout: platform

Sam Nicoristi
reading, February 18; The tour continues until March 20
Edinburgh’s Nicoresti Award-winning Baby Doomer combines cutting-edge material with mainstream appeal, enhancing the music’s undertones about neurodifference, trauma and the transgender experience with farce, awkward comedy and cheeky jokes. Catch him in the lap of victory now. Rachel Aroesti

road
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, until 14 March
The Royal Exchange is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Jim Cartwright’s famous play, set on a working-class road in Lancashire. The rich and bustling cast includes Lucy Beaumont, Shobna Gulati, Johnny Vegas and Leslie Joseph. Miriam Gillinson

Miles.
Southwark Theatre, London, until 7 March
Blending live jazz with smooth performances, this intimate duo delves into the creation of Miles Davis’ album Kind of Blue. It’s a smoky dream, starring trumpeter Jay Phelps and actor Benjamin Akintoyosi. mg

Ballet icons party
London Coliseum, Sunday
It’s the 20th anniversary of the Ballet Icons Gala, a star-studded night of dazzling performances performed by dancers from around the world. The lineup includes directors from the Paris Opera Ballet, La Scala, and the American Ballet Theatre. Lindsey Winship