The Mistress Contract; Happy Days; The Cement Garden – review
Feminism and its absence play a part in Abi Morgan's latest, one of Beckett's best and Ian McEwan's Cement Garden, writes Susannah Clapp
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot by Masha Gessen – review
In this powerful though undisciplined account of the young women who taunted Putin, Carole Cadwalladr finds herself with a walk-on part in the story
The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson – review
The bungling hero may stretch your patience but the cliffhangers will keep you reading, writes Alison Flood
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? – Berlin 2014: first look review
Michel Gondry tries to get to grips with Noam Chomsky's philosophical and linguistic theories in this entertaining, part-animated interview
The News: A User’s Manual by Alain de Botton – review
Alain de Botton's ideas about what constitutes the news are stimulating and infuriating in equal measure, writes Peter Preston
Jumbo: the Unauthorised Biography of a Victorian Sensation by John Sutherland – review
The elephant who gave his name to all things huge was a long-suffering beast. John Sutherland tells his life story with zest and compassion, writes Nicholas Clee
The Invisible Woman – review | Mark Kermode
Felicity Jones mesmerises as a young actor whose affair with Charles Dickens is depicted in Ralph Fiennes's adaptation of Claire Tomalin's book, writes Mark Kermode
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq: Berlin 2014 – first look review
This playful account of the French author's 'abduction' purports to show what happened during Houellebecq's 2011 disappearance
Rewind TV: Scandimania; Salamander; Royal Cousins at War; Culture Show: Hanif Kureishi – review
As Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall kicked off his Scandinavian odyssey in Sweden, Saturday-night noir moved to Belgium, writes Andrew Anthony
The Invisible Woman – review
Ralph Fiennes shows his directorial skills with this adaptation of Claire Tomalin's biography of Charles Dickens' secret lover, writes Peter Bradshaw
Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh – review
This dystopian debut about a killer-for-hire is as lean and muscular a noir thriller as I have read in a long while, writes Adam Roberts
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – review
This limp adaptation of Hunter S Thompson's 1971 novel suffers from clumsy design and a lack of theatrical imagination, writes Lyn Gardner
Those Wild Wyndhams: Three Sisters at the Heart of Power by Claudia Renton – review
The complicated lives and loves of the three Wyndham sisters are beautifully captured in a fine debut, writes Lara Feigel
Polina by Bastien Vives – review
Self-confessed ballet-loather Rachel Cooke is seduced by the tale of a dancer's relationship with her mentor
Return of a King by William Dalrymple – review
William Dalrymple's colourful history of the first British campaign in Afghanistan draws effective parallels with recent events, writes Ian Thomson