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"Knives Out 3", "Hamnet", "Roofman" Among TIFF Premieres Added to Lineup
Yara Sameh 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,' the third murder mystery in director Rian Johnson's hit series, will have its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. The movie and several others, including Chloe Zhao's Shakespearean drama 'Hamnet' and Channing Tatum's action comedy 'Roofman,' have been added to the lineup. Johnson's two prior whodunnits in the trilogy, 2019's 'Knives Out' and 2022's 'Glass Onion,' also had their world premieres at TIFF. Daniel Craig will reprise his role as Benoit Blanc, the sleuth with a distinctly Southern drawl, in 'Wake Up Dead Man,' alongside the new ensemble of Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, and Andrew Scott. 'Roofman,' based on the true story of a former Army ranger and professional thief who finds a hideout inside a Toys 'R' Us, will also host its world premiere in Toronto. Meanwhile 'Hamnet,' a fictionalization of the life of William Shakespeare's son led by Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, will have its Canadian premiere at TIFF, meaning the film will first screen at another festival before making its way to the Six. Other new additions to the TIFF lineup include Nicholas Hytner's 'The Choral,' Agnieszka Holland's 'Franz, Neeraj Ghaywan's 'Homebound, Paul Greengrass' 'The Lost Bus,' Rebecca Zlotowski's 'A Private Life,' HIKARI's 'Rental Family,' Peter Ho-Sun Chan's 'She Has No Name," and Clement Virgo's 'Steal Away.' 'Since its inception, TIFF has championed global cinema that opens our eyes and brings us together,' said TIFF's chief programming officer Anita Lee. 'We are delighted to share 11 more titles from our gala and special presentations programs that showcase the remarkable originality and excellence of today's most exciting and acclaimed directors. These films reflect a sweeping range of voices and styles that embodies the spirit of TIFF and our commitment to a public audience.' The festival's 50th edition will take place Sept. 4–14. 'John Candy: I Like Me,' a documentary about the late comedian from director Colin Hanks and producer Ryan Reynolds, will open the festival. Steven Soderbergh's 'The Christophers' and Nia DaCosta's 'Hedda' were also previously added to the docket. In keeping with tradition, TIFF is expected to slowly reveal the rest of its lineup over the next month or so. See the full list of new titles: Galas: The Choral | Nicholas Hytner | UK World Premiere | Gala Presentation Homebound | Neeraj Ghaywan | India North American Premiere | Gala Presentation Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | UK Canadian Premiere | Gala Presentation A Private Life | Rebecca Zlotowski | France North American Premiere | Gala Presentation Roofman | Derek Cianfrance | USA World Premiere | Gala Presentation She Has No Name | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | China North American Premiere | Gala Presentation Special Presentations: Franz | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic/Germany/Poland World Premiere | Special Presentation The Lost Bus | Paul Greengrass | USA World Premiere | Special Presentation Rental Family | HIKARI | USA/Japan World Premiere | Special Presentation Steal Away | Clement Virgo | Canada/Belgium World Premiere | Special Presentation Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | USA World Premiere | Special Presentation read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Israeli-Linked Hadassah Clinic in Moscow Treats Wounded Iranian IRGC Fighters News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Arts & Culture South Korean Actress Kang Seo-ha Dies at 31 after Cancer Battle News "Tensions Escalate: Iran Probes Allegations of Indian Tech Collaboration with Israeli Intelligence" News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks Arts & Culture Hawass Foundation Launches 1st Course to Teach Ancient Egyptian Language Videos & Features Video: Trending Lifestyle TikToker Valeria Márquez Shot Dead during Live Stream
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7 days ago
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‘Knives Out 3,' ‘Rental Family,' ‘Hamnet,' ‘Roofman' to kick off Oscar campaigns at Toronto Film Festival
The sleepy 2026 Oscar race is about to get a wakeup call, courtesy of Benoit Blanc and the Toronto International Film Festival. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the anticipated third installment in Rian Johnson's wickedly delicious mystery series starring Daniel Craig, will have its world premiere at the film festival — a traditional launchpad for Academy Award contenders. The sequel, whose starry cast also includes Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, and Kerry Washington, was one of 11 official selections unveiled Wednesday, all of which have Oscar aspirations. More from Gold Derby Emmys 2025 nominations: Best prediction scores by Gold Derby experts, editors, and users 'Awards Magnet': Our instant 2025 Emmy reactions Those include: The Choral: Set against the backdrop of WWI, Ralph Fiennes stars as a tough choir director mentoring a group of enlisted British teens in the Nicholas Hytner film. Franz: Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland directs this episodic biopic of writer Franz Kafka (German actor Idan Weiss), from his birth to death. Hamnet: Nomadland Best Picture winner Chloé Zhao returns from her ill-fated excursion into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a historical indie drama based on Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel about Agnes (Jessie Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) grieving the death of their son, Hamnet. The Lost Bus: Paul Greengrass' tense based-on-a-true-story drama stars Matthew McConaughey as a driver trying to get a school bus full of children and their teacher (America Ferrera) out of burning Paradise, Calif., during the Camp Fire in 2018. Rental Family: Hikari , who helmed multiple episodes of the Emmy-winning Netflix series Beef, directs this dramedy starring Oscar winner Brendan Fraser as a struggling American actor hired by a Japanese "rental family" company to pretend to be part of strangers' lives. Roofman: Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst star in this Derek Cianfrance film about a real-life ex-Army officer-turned-criminal who hides from authorities in the walls of a Toys R Us. Steal Away: Clement Virgo directs this psychological thriller starring Angourie Rice plays a teenager who forms an unhealthy obsession with a refugee (Mallori Johnson) taken in by her family. The 50th Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept. 4-Sept. 14. The full schedule will be revealed Aug. 12. Below are the galas and special presentations announced so far. Galas (in alphabetical order) The Choral | Nicholas Hytner | U.K. World Premiere | Gala Presentation Homebound | Neeraj Ghaywan | IndiaNorth American Premiere | Gala Presentation Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | Premiere | Gala Presentation A Private Life | Rebecca Zlotowski | FranceNorth American Premiere | Gala Presentation Roofman | Derek Cianfrance | USAWorld Premiere | Gala Presentation She Has No Name | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | ChinaNorth American Premiere | Gala Presentation Special Presentations (in alphabetical order): Franz | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic/Germany/PolandWorld Premiere | Special Presentation The Lost Bus | Paul Greengrass | USAWorld Premiere | Special Presentation Rental Family | Hikari | USA/Japan World Premiere | Special Presentation Steal Away | Clement Virgo | Canada/BelgiumWorld Premiere | Special Presentation Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | USAWorld Premiere | Special Presentation Best of Gold Derby Everything to know about 'The Batman 2': Returning cast, script finalized Tom Cruise movies: 17 greatest films ranked worst to best 'It was wonderful to be on that ride': Christian Slater talks his beloved roles, from cult classics ('Heathers,' 'True Romance') to TV hits ('Mr. Robot,' 'Dexter: Original Sin') Click here to read the full article. Solve the daily Crossword
Telegraph
06-06-2025
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- Telegraph
This is still the finest A Midsummer Night's Dream I have ever seen
Back in 2019, I gave five stars to Nicholas Hytner's 'immersive' production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. His achievement was to take Shakespeare's over-familiar comedy of romantic confusion – in which young lovers and bumbling am-dram actors come unstuck in the Athenian forest - and make it fun, funny, beautiful, revelatory and, yes, sexy. His master-stroke: magicking the action amid, and above, standing spectators (the rest seated), employing daring circusy high jinks. The success here is to make a proven delight – the finest Dream I've seen – stir wonder again; even if you're re-encountering the show, it still seems fresh and strange, a shared reverie you never want to end. That's down to the fact that like much of the audience, the superb cast – mainly new but with some old faces (among them David Moorst as the anarchic sprite Puck) – are kept on their toes throughout. The space works like some hallucinogenic kaleidoscope; locations emerge through the floor and then, in the twinkling of an eye, submerge. Some of the actors are more like stunt-artists than others – Moorst bursting up through, and down into, a mattress, say, or sardonically delivering his lines upside down; the fairies flying and tumbling overhead on sheet ropes. But all must rise to the occasion of split-second timing. Wit and lyricism run in tandem with physical prowess. Whether it be an insightful emphasis or a giggle-making ad-lib – not a moment of the evening is slack. Hytner's canny re-framing of the action remains intact. Amid a pre-show display of devout ritual reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale, we first see the captured Amazonian queen Hippolyta in a glass cabinet, like an exhibit (Susannah Fielding static, defiant and compelling). Her enforced impending marriage to her captor, Theseus, makes her sympathetic towards young Hermia (Nina Cassells), overruled in love by her father – and it's as if she casts a corrective spell over the court. Theseus becomes Oberon as he tosses and turns at night (Bunny Christie's design maximising the use of beds as woody dens and play-pens). Thereafter, as Hippolyta becomes Titania, queen of the fairies, she acquires vengeful agency in a flip of the usual scenario; it's Oberon (not she) who falls, nectar-tainted, for the ass-translated Bottom. The genius of this device is that it turns a planned humiliation into a 'queer' celebration, Emmanuel Akwafo's gloriously funny Bottom and JJ Feild's rippling Oberon are camply trundled round the auditorium in their boudoir to the pumping strains of Beyoncé's Love on Top. At the same time, the play's core question about who we desire, and why, and how that shapes us – is brought exhilaratingly to the fore, in all its complexity and confusion. There's much more, ravingly, to say but let's stick with this: perfect.
The Guardian
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
A Midsummer Night's Dream review – Nicholas Hytner's revels return with bawdy, uninhibited mischief
Shenanigans reign in this neck of the woods. Boogying back to the Bridge after six years, Nicholas Hytner's rollicking production of Shakespeare's great comedy feasts on bawdy mischief and aerial antics. Radiating charisma, Emmanuel Akwafo's uninhibited Bottom instructs his ragtag group of am-dram players to rehearse 'most obscenely and courageously'. Hytner's production, with somewhat more rigour and expertise, takes note. Bunny Christie's luscious set of beds, leaves and trapdoors has us at once rising from the murky depths of the forest and floating among the clouds of sleep. Half the audience mill amid the foggy underland, skilfully shuffled by stage management, while the rest of us sit up among the fairies. The immersive setup complements the play's shapeshifting unreality; in this world, we become another set of magical creatures lurking in the shadows. Rules of gravity are forgotten here. Led by David Moorst's spiky, spidery Puck, who reclaims his role from the original production, the disco-ready fairies barely touch the ground, gambolling instead across bedframes and dangling effortlessly from loops of aerial silks. Their astonishing acrobatics have echoes of the 1970 Peter Brook production of this play, albeit with more brazenly bisexual energy, which sweeps over the show like confetti. In the lovers' clamorous scene of misunderstandings, Puck amuses himself by floating above them, swivelling the direction of their affections like spinning tops. One of the production's greatest feats is switching the dialogue of fairy royalty Oberon (JJ Feild) and Titania (Susannah Fielding), which puts the power firmly in Titania's hands. With the two actors doubling up as Theseus and Hippolyta, their motivations and memories are folded into one another, so that Hippolyta's simmering rage at Theseus's entrapment of her feeds Titania's vengeful actions towards Oberon. The gender-flipping also gifts us Oberon's riotous seduction of Bottom, a scene so joyful the whole audience seems drunk on delight. The cast are comedy gold, their ad-libs winking to the crowd, though we could do without the distraction of the looser modern soundbites. Unlike in the 2019 run, the party doesn't carry on beyond the show, but the production itself is enough. When all the characters are awake and the evening's events seem distant, memories of what they did and who they kissed flicker through them. Even when dawn breaks, the night of giddy revels remains. At the Bridge theatre, London, until 20 August
The Guardian
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
From Van Gogh to Superman: Keep cool with our guide to the summer's best arts and entertainment
A Midsummer Night's DreamBridge theatre, London, to 20 August Nicholas Hytner's theatrical blockbuster returns to the Bridge theatre, which has developed a real knack for folding the audience into the action. This promenade version of Shakespeare's romantic comedy was a smash hit six years ago and is light on its feet and effortlessly charming. The new cast includes Susannah Fielding as Titania and Emmanuel Akwafo as the hapless Bottom. Miriam Gillinson How to Win Against HistoryBristol Old Vic, 19 June to 12 July Bristol Old Vic and Francesca Moody Productions revive this flamboyant musical based on the bonkers life of the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, who blew the family fortune on diamond dresses, lilac-dyed poodles and endless extravagances. When he died at 29, his outraged Edwardian family scrubbed him from the records. This is his story – with fabulous frocks. MG PBH free fringe weekenderColab Tower, London, 27 to 29 June The road to the Edinburgh fringe is paved with affordable previews, and across this weekend you can choose to pay what you want to support the free fringe and its artists. The eclectic lineup of more than 50 shows includes Edinburgh comedy award winner Rob Copland, cult favourite Mark Silcox and exciting returnees Jain Edwards, Sam Nicoresti, Mary O'Connell, Shelf and more. Rachael Healy Manchester international festivalVarious venues, Manchester, 3 to 20 July This year's MIF includes Jonathan Watkins's ballet adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man and a powerful new play, Liberation, from Ntombizodwa Nyoni. But there are heaps of free events – including a stampede of lifesize animal puppets roaming the streets (The Herds) and a new art exhibition curated by the children of Greater Manchester (Inheritance). MG Newcastle fringe festivalVarious venues, Newcastle upon Tyne, 22 July to 2 August Running Tuesdays to Saturdays, this arts festival takes place across some of the city's coolest venues and mixes household names with up-and-comers. North-east comics such as Lauren Pattison, Raul Kohli, Si Beckwith and Seymour Mace can be found alongside Susie McCabe, Lorna Rose Treen and Ola Labib. Pattison's Show, Slice & Spritz – a comedy and variety night out with added pizza – sounds particularly fun. RH Billingham international folklore festival of world danceVarious venues, Billingham, 9 to 17 August The majority of events are free or pay what you want at this Teesside festival – the subject of a 70s BBC documentary called What's a Festival Like You Doing in a Place Like This? – and now celebrating its 60th anniversary. More than 250 performers from all over the world will showcase national dances from countries including Bolivia, China, Costa Rica, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Montenegro, Philippines and Ukraine. Lyndsey Winship Scottish Ballet: Mary, Queen of ScotsFestival Theatre, Edinburgh, 15 to 17 August; touring to 4 October The big dance premiere of this year's Edinburgh international festival, Glasgow's Scottish Ballet has form when it comes to stirring, inventively told narrative ballet (Coppélia, The Crucible, A Streetcar Named Desire). The company's choreographer, Sophie Laplane, approaches the life of Mary, Queen of Scots through the prism of her relationship with Elizabeth I. Designs by Soutra Gilmour promise 'punk meets haute couture'. LW The Enormous CrocodileRegent's Park Open Air theatre, 15 August to 7 September You can't beat a family theatre trip to Regent's Park theatre. This production of Roald Dahl's snappy story transfers from Leeds Playhouse and is directed by Emily Lim, whose work always feels especially considerate of its audience. There's music from Sudanese American artist Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab, a book from Suhayla El-Bushra (Arabian Nights) and puppets from the brilliant Toby Olié. MG Bleak Week: Cinema of DespairPrince Charles Cinema, London, 15 to 21 June Sometimes it's fun to really bathe in misery with the saddest, most soul-wrenching films ever made, such as Watership Down, Come and See, and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. If that kind of silver screen nihilism sounds like your jam, get your long face down to the Prince Charles Cinema, recently designated an asset of community value by Westminster council. ElioIn cinemas 20 June Pixar returns with a real throwback to the halcyon days of Toy Story and Finding Nemo. The action follows 11-year-old Elio who mistakenly becomes the ambassador of planet Earth after a misunderstanding with some aliens. 28 Years LaterIn cinemas 20 June They're zombies, but they're fast. It's amazing how radical that seemed back in 2002, with purists kicking off about how they were 'supposed to shuffle', and defenders pointing out that technically the 28 Days Later zombies weren't really zombies. The vast majority of cinemagoers were happy just to revel in a lean, mean horror machine that gave a wonderful starring role to a young Cillian Murphy. This follow-up reunites director Danny Boyle, writer Alex Garland and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle. The Rural RemixVarious venues, Shropshire, 11 to 13 July Featuring Pride and Prejudice (2005), Pride and Prejudice With Zombies (2016) and 28 Years Later (2025), this three-day celebration promises more than just film: you can also attend The Big Cheese Off, which, in tribute to French cheesemaking hit Holy Cow, will see Shropshire cheeses face off against the French cheeses from the film. Venues include Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Old Market Hall in Shrewsbury, Wem Town Hall and Wellington Orbit. SupermanIn cinemas 11 July For those who are fed up with being promised their superhero movies will be edgy and dark comes this cheerier-looking, straight-down-the line reboot of the Big Blue Boy Scout. James Gunn's new version looks to move the DC staple away from the gloomy revisionist tones of the Zack Snyder era and back to the vibrant primary colours and John Williams score of the 1978 Christopher Reeve classic. Edinburgh international film festivalVarious venues, 14 to 20 August The 78th edition of Scotland's biggest film festival is set to unveil a selection of international and UK premieres, including the new Ben Wheatley film Bulk and the Sundance favourite Sorry, Baby. A number of screenings are pay what you can, giving everyone the chance to access the world's best cinema. Catherine Bray SMTOWN Live 2025Allianz Stadium Twickenham, London, 28 June Featuring enough visual stimulation and sugary hits to keep flagging parents and pepped-up kids happy, this celebration of 30 years of K-pop hothouse SM Entertainment features a lineup of its boy and girlbands. Aespa, Riize and NCT Wayv are among the big names, but keep an eye out for British boyband dearALICE, who formed last year on BBC One's Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience. Michael Cragg Sign up to Inside Saturday The only way to get a look behind the scenes of the Saturday magazine. Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns, delivered to your inbox every weekend. after newsletter promotion YeuleAcademy 2, Manchester, 1 July; O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, 2 July Singaporean singer-songwriter-producer Yeule creates unruly hybrids of future-facing electronic pop and raging 90s alt-rock, usually bridged by a sudden throat-shredding roar. With a newly released third album, Evangelic Girl Is a Gun – featuring collaborations with AG Cook and Mura Masa – under their studded belt, prepare for emotional bloodletting in a glorious cacophony of noise. MC Love Supreme jazz festivalGlynde Place, nr Lewes, 4 to 6 July Stalwart of the summer jazz festival roster, the camping weekender Love Supreme boasts a 2025 edition that is typically expansive. Jazz-adjacent stars such as soul singer Maxwell, hip-hop group the Roots and British multi-instrumental prodigy Jacob Collier top the bill, while the jazz aficionados will be satisfied thanks to sets from US saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, British pianist Neil Cowley and London-based newcomer Poppy Daniels. Ammar Kalia Kendrick Lamar and SZA8 to 23 July; tour starts Glasgow As Lamar's ongoing beef with Drake is battled out in the courts, the Compton rapper distracts himself with this co-headlining stadium tour alongside R&B superstar SZA. Its sold-out US leg saw the pair perform a mammoth 52 songs, including joint hits Luther and All the Stars, plus Drake favourite Not Like Us. Playboi Carti and Kaytranada have been guests so far, so expect more starry names. MC Bristol Harbour festivalVarious venues, 18 to 20 July Bristol's annual free festival attracts more than 250,000 people across its three days, showcasing local and international talent. As well as the main Harbour View stage – which will be headlined by Bristol-based sea shanty aficionados the Longest Johns – there's also a stage celebrating emerging acts, plus a more experimental space for spoken word and jazz. If all that's not enough, there's also a trapeze! MC Waterperry opera festivalNr Oxford, 8 to 17 August Country house opera with a difference. The open-air performances – concerts as well as operas – take place in the grounds of Waterperry House and gardens in a relaxed, informal atmosphere, with no hint of any dress code. This year's staged operas are Mozart's Don Giovanni and Handel's Semele, the first directed by John Wilkie and conducted by Charlotte Politi, the second staged by Rebecca Meltzer with Bertie Baigent in the pit. Andrew Clements Mohammad SyfkhanThe White Hotel, Salford, 28 August Syrian refugee and master player of the long-necked lute, the bouzouki, Mohammad Syfkhan has been charming audiences across the UK over the past year while supporting Irish folk group Lankum. He now brings his headline tour to Salford's White Hotel, playing tracks from his latest album. Expect twanging bouzouki melodies, soaring vocals and multi-layered electrified rhythms. AK Vienna PhilharmonicRoyal Albert Hall, London, 8 and 9 September In a Proms season that's notably short on great orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic stands out. Its two concerts are conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, who has been a very rare visitor to London in recent years, and both his programmes feature final symphonies. In the first, Bruckner's unfinished Ninth is preceded by the suite from Berg's opera Lulu, while the second has Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, the Pathétique, with Mozart's Symphony No 38, the Prague. AC Jenny SavilleNational Portrait Gallery, London, 20 June to 7 September This retrospective of one of Britain's most acclaimed and successful contemporary painters is guaranteed to be full of blood and guts. Saville paints in the raw figurative tradition of Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon – but from a female perspective. When other young artists in the 1990s were putting readymades in galleries, she was brushing her way to fame. Jeremy Deller's The Triumph of ArtMostyn, Llandudno, 21 June; The Box, Plymouth, 5 July; Trafalgar Square, London, 26 July People are the stuff of Deller's Turner prize-winning art. His creations such as Acid Brass and The Battle of Orgreave bring together community groups, voluntary associations and history in carnivals of collective memory. To mark the National Gallery's (long) bicentenary year he's created this street event that's guaranteed to involve and entertain all ages with processions, music and fun. William KentridgeYorkshire Sculpture Park, nr Wakefield, 28 June to 19 April 2026 Modern history, politics and art are taken apart, reassembled and held up to ironic scrutiny in this brilliant South African artist's witty but profoundly serious work. Drawing is at the heart of his activities and from that he creates animation, installations and – in this exhibition – sculpture. Kentridge shows his sculptural oeuvre both indoors and out in the green Yorkshire landscape. Kiefer/Van GoghRoyal Academy of Arts, London, 28 June to 26 October The German artist Anselm Kiefer is 80 this year: he was born in 1945, in the ruins of the Third Reich. Reckoning with history has been his life's work. His giant paintings and installations dwell on darkness. But here he reveals his love for Van Gogh, which started when he won a schools competition to visit the Dutch visionary's landscapes. Folkestone TriennialVarious venues, 19 July to 19 October Folkestone is full of surprising settings for public art, from defunct gas cylinder sites and genteel rock gardens to the JG Ballard-like modern ruins of the former ferry terminal. Artists including Monster Chetwynd, Cooking Sections, Dorothy Cross, Katie Paterson and Laure Prouvost take over such sites this summer, exploring the geological bedrock and prehistory of the town and its surroundings. Edinburgh art festivalVarious venues, 7 to 24 August Art is always plentiful in Edinburgh's festival season, in many varieties and venues both orthodox and unexpected. Highlights include a retrospective of land artist Andy Goldsworthy, whose work is usually seen in woods and fields rather than museums, and iconoclastic punk visionary Linder, who also performs. Walking around the Old and New Towns to find art is a joyous treat. Jonathan Jones
