The Running Man by David Hockney: Your complete entertainment guide for next week | culture

Checkout: cinema

Running man
Out now
Edgar Wright directs this reimagining of the classic 1987 sci-fi novel inspired by Stephen King’s 1982 novel, which imagines a fictional America in the year 2025 sliding into totalitarianism. Glen Powell plays a contestant trying to survive a deadly televised game.

Now you see me: Now you don’t
Out now
This third film in the magical heist series reunites Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, and Isla Fisher as the Four Horsemen. The new film, directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland), sees the gang target a massive diamond. Expect more sleight of hand tricks.

Exhibition on screen: Caravaggio
Out now
This new edition of the exhibition series on screen explores Caravaggio’s short but eventful life and timeless art. Co-directed by David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabski, it mixes commentary, location footage, dramatic recreations, and high-definition access to key works.

alpha
Out now
French director Julia Ducournau broke out in 2016 with the stunning cannibal horror film Raw, followed by the Palme d’Or-winning and crazy (in a good way) Titane. Her latest is a slight change of pace, the story of a 13-year-old girl whose new tattoo can infect her with a deadly disease that turns those infected into marble. Catherine Bray

Checkout: Gigs

Model/actrez
Bristol Beacon, November 17; Touring Until November 26
Thanks to singer Cole Haden’s magnetic charisma and penchant for throwing himself into the crowd, Model/Actress, Boston’s noise merchants, became one of rock’s most interesting live acts. They arrive in the UK on the back of May’s Pirouette album, featuring pulsating dance giant Cinderella. Michael Cragg

Summers
Stereo, Glasgow, November 16; On tour until November 20th
On Katharina Stoltenberg and Henriette Motzfeldt’s album Big City Life, a night out unfolds through smeared alternative pop, trip-hop and skewed dance music. Songs about a night out: Sounds perfect, right? MC

London Jazz Festival
Various locations, from November 15 to 23
This amazing festival returns with over a week of performances reflecting the ever-changing jazz scene. Stars include German pianist Michael Wolny and saxophonist Emma Rawitz (November 16), Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke (November 16 and 17), American drummer and composer Makaya McRaven (November 19), and dozens more. John Fordham

Osmo Vanska/CBSO
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, November 19; bristol bacon, November 20
Once a familiar figure in British concert halls, Osmo Vanska rarely performs here these days. Here, Shostakovich’s final Fifteenth Symphony occupies the second half of the programme, while before it Väńszka conducts a series of shorter works by Sibelius, including the tone poem The Bard and the magnificent, soaring Luonnotar. Andrew Clements

Exodus: Art

David Hockney
Anneli Gowda, London, until 28 February
There is no letting up for Britain’s most famous contemporary artist. In the spring, Hockney opened an extraordinary retrospective in Paris that proved that his art from 2000 is thriving as much as his 1960s classics. Here he unveils the paintings he has made since then. He never stops seeing the beauty of life.

Sudat Ismayilova
Baltic, Gateshead, until 17 June
The period of perestroika under the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was a surreal time for Uzbek film artist Ismayilova. She revisits that strange historical moment in her film Swan Lake, which recalls how Tchaikovsky’s ballet was shown on television for 24 hours as the Soviet Union collapsed.

Roger Fry
Charleston, East Sussex, November 15 Until March 15
The 20th-century painter Fry was the artistic critical voice of the Bloomsbury Group, an early champion of Cézanne, Van Gogh and other modernists. He also led Perfect Omega workshops. How does his art hold up today?

Taylor Wessing Portrait Award
National Portrait Gallery, London, until 8 February
Everyone takes and takes ‘selfies’, but what makes that phone photo or selfie a work of art? There are many opportunities to contemplate the aesthetics of photography here as enthusiasts and professionals compete to give photos of friends, family or strangers something very special. Jonathan Jones

Checkout: platform

Little mermaid
The New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, until 24 January
A Christmas display with a little sparkle and dramatic flair. Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale about the Little Mermaid – who dreams of a world beyond the ocean – is brought to life through circus, storytelling and live music. mg

The spy who came in from the cold
Soho Place Theatre, London, November 17 Until February 21
The first phase of John le Carré’s gripping novel follows a disillusioned British intelligence officer on a final mission. It was penned by the ever-thinking David Eldridge, directed by Jeremy Herren and stars Rory Keenan and Agnes O’Casey. Miriam Gillinson

Matthew Bourne “The Red Shoes”.
Theater Royal Plymouth, 17 to November 22; Tour until May 9
A 10th anniversary tour of Matthew Bourne’s brilliant recreation of Powell and Pressburger’s film The Red Shoes, with detailed designs by Liz Brotherston. Ashley Shaw returns as Moira Shearer to aspiring ballerina Victoria Paige (with a number of understudies), who is embroiled in a tale of passion and obsession. Lindsey Winship

Will Adamsdale
front room theater, Weston-super-Mare, November 20; Tour until November 30th
Artificial intelligence is finally starting to creep into comics — albeit mostly in encouragingly creative ways (see: the recent output of Luke McQueen and Adam Buxton). Now, Perrier winner Adamsdale is participating in a show about sitcom screenwriting in collaboration with ChatGPT. Rachel Aroesti