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Staying in for the summer: the 50 best cultural events to experience at homSat 13 Jun 2020 07.00 BST Last modified on Sat 13 Jun 2020 17.16 BST

1. The King of Staten Island
(Judd Apatow)

Saturday Night Live breakout star Pete Davidson gets his first lead role, in a Judd Apatow-directed comedy that he helped co-write. It's clearly inspired by details of Davidson's own life: he plays a twentysomething whose life has been upended by the death of his firefighter dad; his mother's new relationship forces him out of his slump.
Digital platforms, out now

2. Da 5 Bloods
(Spike Lee)

Timing is everything: Spike Lee's latest is a welcome addition to the Black Lives Matter cause, a Vietnam war film exploring the experience of African-American soldiers in the conflict, as four veterans return decades later to search for the remains of their squad leader. Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors star.
Netflix, out now


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3. Joan of Arc
(Bruno Dumont)

France's national heroine, who saw off the English during the hundred years war before being captured and burned at the stake in 1431, is a hardy perennial of French cinema. This is Dumont's second go at the subject, much more straightforward than his rock music version from 2017, though it has the same teenage star, Lise Leplat Prudhomme.
Curzon Home Cinema, 19 June

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4. Wasp Network
(Olivier Assayas)

Olivier Assayas is the French director who gave us the mammoth Carlos, about the celebrated spy/assassin. Here he returns to not dissimilar territory, with Carlos's Édgar Ramirez as a Cuban pilot who is charged with infiltrating anti-Castro exiles in Miami, Florida – much to the consternation of his wife (Penélope Cruz), who is unaware of the realities of his mission.
Netflix, 19 June

5. Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
(Brett Harvey)

Trejo is the instantly recognisable hatchet-faced actor best known for a string of badass roles in films such as Desperado and Machete. This doc chronicles his tumultuous life story, which included several prison spells in California before he got into acting (and, later, restaurant-owning).
Digital platforms, 22 June

6. Athlete A
(Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk)

Another in Netflix's impressive string of hard-hitting documentaries, this follows the exposé (by reporters from the Indianapolis Star) of the sex abuse scandal in US gymnastics. It centres on national team doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to hundreds of years in prison on multiple charges of sexual assault.
Netflix, 24 June

7. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
(David Dobkin)

Hollywood, it seems, has cottoned on to the rich absurdity of Eurovision, and Will Ferrell is spearheading this comedy from Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin. Its title alludes slyly to Game of Thrones; not surprising, then, that it focuses on Iceland's entry into the competition, with Ferrell and Rachel McAdams giving it their all.
Netflix, 26 June

8. Irresistible
(Jon Stewart)

US satirist and chatshow paragon Jon Stewart makes his second foray into film directing. In contrast to his debut, Rosewater, this takes aim squarely at the right-left political confrontation of the Trump era. Steve Carell is the Democrat political strategist who thinks he can upset the conservative certainties of a small town; Rose Byrne is the Republican rival who takes him on.
Digital platforms, 26 June

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9. The Old Guard
(Gina Prince-Bythewood)

Charlize Theron leads a strong cast (which includes Beale Street's KiKi Layne and Rust and Bone's Matthias Schoenaerts) in a comic book-based superhero yarn: she plays an immortal soldier once known as Andromache of Syria, but now the head of a group of mercenaries of similar vintage who are tasked with defending humanity.
Netflix, 10 July

10. Boyz in the Wood
(Ninian Doff)

An unexpected homegrown success from Scotland: a horror-comedy about a bunch of city-raised teens who are stuck in the Highlands on a Duke of Edinburgh award scheme – where they are stalked by sinister mask-wearing poshos. "Trainspotting meets The League of Gentlemen" is how it's being described.
Amazon Prime Video, 7 August

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Clockwise from top left: Arca; Haim; Disclosure; Biffy Clyro; Fontaines DC; Jessie Ware; Brandy.
Clockwise from top left: Arca; Haim; Disclosure; Biffy Clyro; Fontaines DC; Jessie Ware; Brandy.
11. Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher


Since 2017's intimate Stranger in the Alps, 25-year-old LA singer-songwriter Bridgers has started two new bands (Boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center) and appeared all over the 1975's latest opus. Here she pulls the focus back in striking fashion, expanding on her alt-rock sound while continuing her knack for transforming melancholia into something beautiful.
19 June

12. Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure?

While 2017's beige Glasshouse was the perfect musical accompaniment to her successful food podcast, Table Manners, this sweatier, sexier fourth album finds Ware channelling her inner dancefloor diva. Excellent recent single Ooh La La references pop outlier Róisín Murphy, while the house-y Mirage (Don't Stop) could soundtrack any socially distanced BBQ.
26 June

13. Arca: KiCk i

Björk, Rosalía and Sophie guest on this fourth album from the pioneering Venezuelan producer Alejandra Ghersi. While her previous efforts sounded as twisted as their disturbing visuals, the more inviting KiCk i (there are apparently three more volumes to come) finds her dabbling in trap, reggaeton and dreamy electro-pop.
26 June

14. Haim: Women in Music Pt III

Everyone's favourite Californian sisters return with their pointedly titled third album. Looser and more experimental than their previous collections, the six singles (!) to emerge so far range from I Know Alone's UK garage-dabbling, sun-kissed confection (complete with viral dance routine) to the rock sheen of the Sheryl Crow-esque The Steps.
26 June

15. Brandy: B7

In the eight years since her last album, the rightfully nicknamed "vocal Bible" has seen her influence underlined by the likes of Solange, Kehlani and Frank Ocean. After years of being the muse for songwriters and producers including Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins, the luxuriant, experimental R&B of B7 finds her co-writing and co-producing on every song.
31 July

16. Fontaines DC: A Hero's Death

Fifteen months since the release of their Mercury-nominated debut, Dogrel, the Irish post-punkers return with a more expansive follow-up. Recorded quickly with producer Dan Carey (Black Midi, La Roux), A Hero's Death apparently draws inspiration from the likes of Suicide, Broadcast and, as hinted at by its title track, the Beach Boys.
31 July

17. Biffy Clyro: A Celebration of Endings

The T-shirt averse Scottish rockers continue their journey from cult concern with a woeful name to X Factor-adjacent chart-toppers on their eighth album, co-produced once again by Muse collaborator Rich Costey. Expect more meaty rock, more stadium-ready ballads and even more chances to see male nipples.
14 August

18. Disclosure: Energy

After a five-year hiatus following second album Caracal, UK dance producers Guy and Howard Lawrence are back with a clutch of summer-ready bangers. Kelis, Fatoumata Diawara and Slowthai are among the vocalists, while the pulsating title track, which features motivational speaker Eric Thomas, suggests the title is 100% apt.
28 August

19. Kelly Lee Owens: Inner Song

Originally scheduled for May, dance experimentalist Lee Owens's second album now arrives in time for sticky, late summer nights. Touching on the personal – tactile banger Night focuses on strength in solitude – and the political via the climate crisis-citing Melt!, it's a dancefloor-ready album for the head and heart.
28 August

20. Lana Del Rey: Chemtrails Over the Country Club

This follow-up to 2019's gorgeous Norman Fucking Rockwell! is already controversial, with its announcement tacked on to the end of a much-critiqued Instagram post that undermined legitimate views on female agency by critiquing mainly black female artists. The album will be joined by two books of poetry, so brace yourselves.
5 September

MC

The way B7 is about to DRAG me BALD.

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[BORderline]

15. Brandy: B7

In the eight years since her last album, the rightfully nicknamed "vocal Bible" has seen her influence underlined by the likes of Solange, Kehlani and Frank Ocean. After years of being the muse for songwriters and producers including Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins, the luxuriant, experimental R&B of B7 finds her co-writing and co-producing on every song.
31 July

The DAMN description.
This bitch is a LEGEND.

THE LUXURIANT, EXPERIMENTAL R&B of B7

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[Dr Naomi Campbell]

15. Brandy: B7

In the eight years since her last album, the rightfully nicknamed "vocal Bible" has seen her influence underlined by the likes of Solange, Kehlani and Frank Ocean. After years of being the muse for songwriters and producers including Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins, the luxuriant, experimental R&B of B7 finds her co-writing and co-producing on every song.
31 July

The DAMN description.
This bitch is a LEGEND.

THE LUXURIANT, EXPERIMENTAL R&B of B7

df
g
df
g
dfg
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fg
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the WRITE UP

[b7]

15. Brandy: B7

In the eight years since her last album, the rightfully nicknamed "vocal Bible" has seen her influence underlined by the likes of Solange, Kehlani and Frank Ocean. After years of being the muse for songwriters and producers including Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins, the luxuriant, experimental R&B of B7 finds her co-writing and co-producing on every song.
31 July

The DAMN description.
This bitch is a LEGEND.

THE LUXURIANT, EXPERIMENTAL R&B of B7

df
g
df
g
dfg
d
fg
df
gd
fg
d
f

PERIOD!!!!!

BITCH!  Experimental indeed.


DESTROY US

[b7]

15. Brandy: B7

In the eight years since her last album, the rightfully nicknamed "vocal Bible" has seen her influence underlined by the likes of Solange, Kehlani and Frank Ocean. After years of being the muse for songwriters and producers including Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins, the luxuriant, experimental R&B of B7 finds her co-writing and co-producing on every song.
31 July

The DAMN description.
This bitch is a LEGEND.

THE LUXURIANT, EXPERIMENTAL R&B of B7

df
g
df
g
dfg
d
fg
df
gd
fg
d
f

the WRITE UP

[Dr Naomi Campbell]

15. Brandy: B7

In the eight years since her last album, the rightfully nicknamed "vocal Bible" has seen her influence underlined by the likes of Solange, Kehlani and Frank Ocean. After years of being the muse for songwriters and producers including Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins, the luxuriant, experimental R&B of B7 finds her co-writing and co-producing on every song.
31 July

The DAMN description.
This bitch is a LEGEND.

THE LUXURIANT, EXPERIMENTAL R&B of B7

df
g
df
g
dfg
d
fg
df
gd
fg
d
f

PERIOD!!!!!

BITCH!  Experimental indeed.


DESTROY US

do you think she gave them a preview of the mess

[Dr Naomi Campbell]

Coz it sounds like they heard the album
Omm

[Gilgamesh.]

Coz it sounds like they heard the album
Omm

!

One month to go

[b7]

15. Brandy: B7

In the eight years since her last album, the rightfully nicknamed "vocal Bible" has seen her influence underlined by the likes of Solange, Kehlani and Frank Ocean. After years of being the muse for songwriters and producers including Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins, the luxuriant, experimental R&B of B7 finds her co-writing and co-producing on every song.
31 July

The DAMN description.
This bitch is a LEGEND.

THE LUXURIANT, EXPERIMENTAL R&B of B7

df
g
df
g
dfg
d
fg
df
gd
fg
d
f

PERIOD!!!!!

BITCH!  Experimental indeed.


DESTROY US

do you think she gave them a preview of the mess

Yes! 

certain music media folks definitely have the album or links that expire after a certain amount of time

[Noni]

Yesssss now we're talking 

[Dr Naomi Campbell]

15. Brandy: B7

In the eight years since her last album, the rightfully nicknamed "vocal Bible" has seen her influence underlined by the likes of Solange, Kehlani and Frank Ocean. After years of being the muse for songwriters and producers including Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins, the luxuriant, experimental R&B of B7 finds her co-writing and co-producing on every song.
31 July

The DAMN description.
This bitch is a LEGEND.

THE LUXURIANT, EXPERIMENTAL R&B of B7

df
g
df
g
dfg
d
fg
df
gd
fg
d
f

PERIOD!!!!!

BITCH!  Experimental indeed.


DESTROY US

do you think she gave them a preview of the mess

Yes! 

certain music media folks definitely have the album or links that expire after a certain amount of time

jesus Christ

[b7]

BRANDY >

[Dr Naomi Campbell]

"Luxuriant"
Bitch I'm gonna get my LUSH WEIRD harmonies downe

[b7]

"Luxuriant"
Bitch I'm gonna get my LUSH WEIRD harmonies downe

Biiiiiiiiiitch whoever wrote this

[Dr Naomi Campbell]

"Luxuriant"
Bitch I'm gonna get my LUSH WEIRD harmonies downe

Biiiiiiiiiitch whoever wrote this

Jdjdjdj they made sure to include the new school crop huh
Educate the people then