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After the rampant success of Normal People last year, another Sally Rooney adaptation arrives this summer. Where toWatch: BBC Three and Hulu When: May, release date TBC CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS

ELIZABETH: A PORTRAIT IN PARTS

Roger Michell’s posthumous film picks apart the longest-reigning British monarch’s rule. Where toWatch: In cinemas and on Amazon Prime When: 3 June

STRANGER THINGS Everyone’s favourite 80s-set sci-fi returns, as a group of high- schoolers handle the fallout of the previous season’s battle. Where toWatch: Netflix | When: May 27 Racking up an impressive number of awards, this is a poignant study of the criminalisation of love. Where toWatch: Mubi | When: May 6 GREAT FREEDOM

Cambridge jazz musician Robin Phillips heads out on the road, from Chicago to New Orleans, in this documentary filmed by Domininkas Zalys. Where toWatch: YouTube, available now BACK TO THE SOURCE

Picturehouse Picks FROM A SEASON PRESENTED BY GASPAR NOÉ TO THEATRE FIRSTS, THERE’S LOTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO AT THE PICTUREHOUSE THIS MONTH GASPAR NOÉ PRESENTS: BIRD WITH THE VAMPYR 90TH ANNIVERSARY Celebrate nine decades of

THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE Andrew Dominiks follows in the footsteps of his last Nick Cave feature, One More Time with Feeling. The film captures Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ exceptional creative relationship, as they form their albums. May 11, 8.30pm

NT LIVE: STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY Spearheaded by Ralph Fiennes as Robert Moses, David Hare’s play deconstructs the concept of democracy in a New York setting. Broadcast live from the Bridge Theatre in London and directed by Nicholas Hytner. May 26, 7pm

CRYSTAL PLUMAGE As part of a new season, ‘Culture Shock’, Gaspar Noé unveils films that fed into his own latest, Vortex , starting off with Dario Argento’s gem. May 16, 8.30pm

Carl Theodor Dreyer’s creepy, spine-tingling, black and white classic. A traveller arrives at a countryside inn – and is pulled into a mystery that crosses the realms of the living and dead. May 22, 3pm

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