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Jim Jarmusch's Golden Lion winner sees the director return to the anthology film format to better grapple with strained family relationships and explore the unknowability of those we think are closest to us.

Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of inventive instrumentation

Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of inventive instrumentation

A breathtaking Yayoi Kusama retrospective in Switzerland, a deep dive into Nigerian modernism at London's Tate Modern, and the neon-dipped dystopia of 'Tron: Ares' hits big screens. Here are this week's cultural highlights.

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On 30 September 1985, Tom Waits released 'Rain Dogs'. To celebrate his favourite album’s 40th anniversary, Waits obsessive David Mouriquand explains why it’s worth revisiting (or discovering). And because he can’t do things by halves, get ready for an album-by-album guide through Waits' discography.

As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts

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Cardi B's highly-anticipated sophomore album 'Am I the Drama?', frosty ambience and female obsession in 'The Ice Tower', and a London flea market where famous artists sell in person. Here are this week's cultural highlights.