Going out: Cinema

Despicable Me 4
Out now
Back in 2010 when the first Despicable Me came out, it would have been hard to imagine the level of cultural cut-through achieved by its Minions, yet here we are, 14 years later, with a third sequel. No one’s pretending the kids are showing up for Gru. Sorry Gru, it’s the Minions’ world, we just live in it.

Fly Me to the Moon
Out now
Do women ever fake it? Well … showcasing the sexy side of moon-landing conspiracies, Scarlett Johansson plays a marketing bod during the space race, tasked with staging a successful mission in the event that the real moon landing, led by Channing Tatum’s Apollo 11 launch director, should fail.

The Commandant’s Shadow
Out now
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is a survivor of Auschwitz. Hans Jürgen Höss grew up nearby in his camp-commandant father Rudolf Höss’s villa. In this documentary, the two come face to face eight decades later, as Höss reckons with his father’s terrible legacy.

Sleep
Out now
Writer-director Jason Yu makes his debut with this thriller about parasomnia – basically, odd behaviour while you’re asleep – and its effects on young couple Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) and Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi), before and after the birth of their newborn baby. Catherine Bray

Going out: Gigs

Chief Adjuah
Ronnie Scott’s, London, 15 & 16 July
The bands of Chief Adjuah, the genre-fusing trumpet maestro formerly named Christian Scott, join early New Orleans brass fanfares, African drum grooves, late-Miles Davis electric fusion, neo-soul and upfront politics. Here, his exciting sextet also features Harlem vocalist, poet, and activist Amyra León. John Fordham

Garbage
14 to 20 July; tour starts Edinburgh
Now celebrating more than 25 years as a band, Shirley Manson et al follow up European festival appearances with a short UK tour. Expect a selection of electro-tinged stompers mixed with their big rock moments such as Stupid Girl, Why Do You Love Me and Queer. Michael Cragg

Kylie Minogue
Hyde Park, London, 13 July
Fresh from her Las Vegas residency, and having not toured the UK since 2019, Kylie returns to her adopted home as part of the BST Hyde Park festival. Support comes from Marina, Ella Henderson, Tom Rasmussen and new girl-group hopefuls Say Now. MC

Sonata for Broken Fingers
CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 14 July
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Opera21 join forces for the world premiere of Joe Cutler’s chamber opera based upon the story of the Soviet pianist Maria Yudina. Andrew Clements

Going out: Art

Lonnie Holley
Camden Art Centre, London, to 15 September
This artist born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1950 started collecting stuff when he was a small child. His art is an archive of America’s wreckage. But if his installations and canvases ache with America, his new show is also inspired by a residency in Britain, where he has collected Victoriana.

Ibrahim Mahama
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, to 6 October
This gallery above Waverley station is the perfect setting for Mahama’s new project to recreate the railway built by the British empire to transport cocoa and minerals along West Africa’s Gold Coast. Charcoal drawings, sculptures and film mingle with relics of this abandoned railway in a historical ghost train ride.

Sculpting Royalty
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, to 3 November
Mary Thornycroft was a Victorian pioneer who became the most famous British female sculptor of the 19th century. She specialised in portraying the royal family in marble, with the monarch’s patronage. Hew Locke revels ironically in royal imagery and here his deconstructions of empire come face to face with Thornycroft.

Dominique White
Whitechapel Gallery, London, to 15 September
Sculptures that have been aged and transformed by being dunked in the sea suggest both the history of the Atlantic slave trade and the power of time to change everything, in this exhibition by the winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women. White finds utopias and dystopias underwater. Jonathan Jones

Going out: Stage

Sheeps
Soho theatre, London, 18 to 20 July
This ex-Footlights sketch trio, featuring Ladhood’s Liam Williams and Starstruck’s Al Roberts, have never received the TV exposure they deserve, but their new show gets a pre-fringe London run this week. Rachel Aroesti

London City Ballet
Bath Theatre Royal, 17 to 29 July
The original London City Ballet folded in the 1990s, but it’s being revived by Christopher Marney, with great forgotten works (such as Kenneth MacMillan’s Ballade) and new ones from choreographer-of-the-moment Arielle Smith. Lyndsey Winship

The Hot Wing King
National Theatre: Dorfman, London, to 14 September
A tight-run race to claim the crown at Memphis’ annual Hot Wing festival leads to chaos and catharsis in Katori Hall’s Pulitzer prize-winning comedy. Kate Wyver

Morag, You’re a Long Time Deid
Various venues, Mull, 16 to 20 July
Sam inherits a piano and, with it, a mystery about her granny’s queerness. Blending traditional Scottish ballads with electronic loops, this experimental musical of silence and transformation is touring the Isle of Mull before it heads to the Edinburgh fringe in August. KW

Staying in: Streaming

Mr Bigstuff
Sky Max & Now, Wednesday
Ryan Sampson (Plebs, Brassic) has spent the past decade as one of TV comedy’s standout supporting actors. Now he’s getting his very own star vehicle – and Danny Dyer’s in the passenger seat. Mr Bigstuff sees two diametrically opposed brothers reunite unexpectedly, with violent and farcical results.

Those About to Die
Prime Video, Thursday
An Anthony Hopkins-led period drama from the writer of Saving Private Ryan and the director of Independence Day. Set amid the world of Roman gladiators, it mixes outrageous spectacle with serious gore and the thrilling promise of class revolution.

The Jetty
BBC One & iPlayer, Monday, 9pm
True-crime podcaster characters in police procedurals are fast becoming a cliche. This new series stars Jenna Coleman as a detective investigating a fire that somehow connects said podcaster (Weruche Opia) with a man who preys on teenage girls.

Suspect
Channel 4, Monday, 9pm
If the first series of this star-studded detective drama could be described as a tad ridiculous, the second is positively bananas. This time, Anne-Marie Duff is a hypnotherapist who finds a serial killer (Dominic Cooper) on her couch. She’s desperate to prevent more murders - but the police aren’t convinced there were any to begin with. RA

Staying in: Games

Dungeons of Hinterberg
PC, Xbox, out Thursday
There’s an Austrian Alpine theme to this dungeon-delving game, which replaces après-ski with après-slay. Explore serene lakes and mountains by day, fight monsters by night.

Flock
PC, PS4/5, Xbox, out Tuesday
A chill, colourful, mildly psychedelic game about riding birds around and persuading other creatures to follow you, until you’re leading a flock of floating sheep and fish. Keza MacDonald

Staying in: Albums

Remi Wolf – Big Ideas
Out now
Since emerging in a blaze of neon in 2019, California singer-songwriter Remi Wolf has become a firm festival highlight and worked with everyone from Beck to Wallows to Paramore. Here she continues the scattergun psych-pop of her 2021 debut Juno, as showcased by the hot’n’heavy single Toro.

Clairo – Charm
Out now
Weaving between sun-dappled 70s folk, jazz playfulness and warm soul, Clairo’s third album, and first independent release, works best soundtracking a light stroll in a field. Produced by Leon Michels (Norah Jones, Liam Bailey), Sexy to Someone skips playfully around an indelible, featherlight melody.

Griff – Vertigo
Out now
The Brit award-winner’s belated follow-up to 2021’s debut mixtape One Foot in Front of the Other, is packed with emotional, elegantly constructed pop bangers ripe for stadiums. Highlight Miss Me Too is a sonic heartburst, while darker new single Anything details the dangers of loved-up longing.

Cigarettes After Sex – X’s
Out now
Just as the minimal, creeping slowcore genre finds a whole new audience thanks to TikTok, dream-pop trio Cigarettes After Sex return with their third album of sombre anthems. Built around frontman Greg Gonzalez’s androgynous, highwire vocals, songs such as Tejano Blue gently unfurl like smoke. MC

Staying in: Brain food

Prestige Junkie
Podcast
With Emmy voting season well under way, Katey Rich’s energetic, informative series on the awards buzz in film and TV returns. Experts and nominated stars discuss the consequences of critical hype.

The Public Domain Review
Online
Featuring essays and annotated archives, this is a fascinating online publication celebrating works of art that have passed into public ownership. Highlights include an essay on food in Katherine Mansfield’s stories.

Georgia’s Maverick Bishop and His Peace Cathedral
BBC World Service, Friday
The Peace Project aims to bring a mosque, synagogue, church, and other places of worship together in Georgia. This documentary explores the vocal opposition its leaders are facing. Ammar Kalia