This Week

Todd Philips delivers a new standalone origin story for the clown with the cracked smile. Joaquin Phoenix plays Joker as a lightning rod for a sick world. A clown-for-hire by day, he spends nights as a struggling stand up comic. But when he is pushed too far, Joker is ready to regurgitate Gotham City’s hate.

In 15th-century England, Prince Hal (Timothée Chalamet) transforms from wayward wastrel to powerful king after he reluctantly inherits the throne and its many conflicts. Fighting with Hotspur (Ben Mendelsohn) and the Dauphin (Robert Pattinson), he must assume the mantle of leader and ruler.

Director Ken Loach teams once again with I, Daniel Blake screenwriter Paul Laverty for another powerful indictment of the capitalist forces shaping modern Britain. No one else is making films with the urgency of Loach, and the performances here have a raw honesty that cuts to the humanity of complex political problems.

Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti's comedy of domestic drama across two generations.

Judy Garland became one of the undisputed icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Yet behind that success was a darker tale, one of innocence exploited. In Rupert Goold’s elegant and probing biopic, Renée Zellwegger delivers a career-defining performance. Battered but not beaten, financial ruin forces Garland to return to the stage. Setting ‘60s London alight, she reconnects with her love of performance, but old demons resurface.

Shaun’s life on the farm is interrupted by a very special visitor: Lu-La, an extraterrestrial who has magical powers that are out of this world. However, a mysterious organisation are out to capture Lu-La. Can Shaun and Bitzer the Sheep dog return Lu-La to safety before it’s too late?

When Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.

Raymonda is a must-see of the Bolshoi, a work of living dance history. Being one of legendary choreographer Marius Petipa’s final works, he fully armed this ballet with beautiful court scenes, romantic corps de ballet dances, Hungarian czardas and a title role suited for the most outstanding ballerina.

Lisette Oropesa stars as the irresistible title character, the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life, in Laurent Pelly’s revealing production. Michael Fabiano is the besotted Chevalier des Grieux, whose desperate love for Manon proves their undoing.