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2. Lesley Manville: 'I went hopping and skipping and giggling to the Oscars'; Now starring in The Visit at the National Theatre, the actor talks about work ethic and success without compromise
3. Parasite review -- a gasp-inducing masterpiece; A poor but united family bluff their way into the lives of a wealthy Seoul household in Bong Joon-ho's flawless tragicomedy
4. Why Parasite should win the best picture Oscar; Bong Joon-ho's tragicomic thriller is the dark horse of this year's Oscars race. An exquisite piece of storytelling, this is classical film-making at its best
5. Two Blankets, Three Sheets by Rodaan Al Galidi -- nine years in an asylum centre; This tragicomic Dutch bestseller tells the autobiographical story of an Iraqi refugee. It is essential reading
6. The Runaways review -- confused family tragicomedy; This tale of three vulnerable siblings on the run, with donkeys, just can't find the right tone
7. The week in classical: Don Pasquale; Rigoletto; Zauberland -- review; Royal Opera House; Glyndebourne, East Sussex; Linbury theatre, London Everything revolves around Bryn Terfel's tremendous, tragicomic Don Pasquale; Verdi holds his own in a concept-laden Rigoletto. And second-guessing Schumann
8. The Day Shall Come review -- Chris Morris's overcooked FBI farce; The king of absurdist satire follows up Four Lions with a tragicomic tale of the Feds setting up a deluded preacher as kingpin of a fake terror plan
9. Bait review -- one of the defining British films of the decade; It's war between the locals and tourists in a once-thriving Cornish fishing village in Mark Jenkin's dreamlike masterpiece
10. Animals review -- tragicomic ode to growing up disgracefully; Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat fizz in nuanced adaptation of Emma Jane Unsworth's novel
11. This hard-Brexit cabinet could spell disaster for British farmers; Theresa Villiers' arrival at Defra is a sign the UK is on course to open its borders to the worst horrors of industrial farming
12. Streaming: inside the BBC's box of treasures; The iPlayer is better for films and documentaries than you might think -- just be prepared to rummage around
13. In Fabric review -- rides a fine seam between humour and horror; A cursed red dress makes life hell for whoever wears it in this eerie blend of tragicomic realism and consumerist satire
14. Sometime Always Never review -- a triple-word score of a movie; Bill Nighy is a Scrabble-obsessed father grieving for a missing son in Frank Cottrell Boyce's offbeat gem
15. Thunder Road review -- bittersweet portrayal of law and disorder; A rising star in indie film, director Jim Cummings plays a grieving cop whose home life is falling apart in this flawed but evocative debut feature
16. Jock McFadyen, the artist bringing the spirit of punk to the Royal Academy; From London skinheads to Orkney landscapes, he's painted the world he sees around him for 50 years. Now he's putting his finishing touches to this year's Summer Exhibition
17. The week in TV: The Looming Tower; The Widow; The Bay; A House Through Time and more -- review; A heavyweight cast played warring factions in US intelligence in the run-up to 9/11, while Kate Beckinsale moved on to her best Lara Croft impersonation
18. Julie Bishop heads for the exit as Pyne's final bow adds to parliamentary tragicomedy; There was oversized laughter in the chamber, and it was impossible to tell whether the guffaws spoke to relief or pure delirium
19. Dorothea Tanning; Tracey Emin review -- from the sublime to the miserabilist; Tate Modern; White Cube Bermondsey, LondonA show full of surprises reveals Dorothea Tanning as so much more than the last surrealist, while Tracey Emin delivers a monotone lament in 100 works
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