A new horror film, Backrooms, brings the internet phenomenon of user-generated paranormal tales to the big screen. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass, the A24 film explores an infinite empty limbo where wanderers hope to avoid the Entities that inhabit it.
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in Power Ballad, a feelgood drama about a wedding singer and a down-on-his-luck boyband star who write a hit single together, but only one finds success, breeding resentment. John Carney (Sing Street, Once) writes and directs.
In Tuner, Leo Woodall plays a piano tuner with heightened hearing that also makes him a world-class safe cracker, leading to chaos. Leonora in the Morning Light tells the story of surrealist painter Leonora Carrington, starring Olivia Vinall, based on the book by Elena Poniatowska.
Music highlights include Callum Au Big Band at Kings Place, London (30 May), launching his album Sing Seven Seas; K-pop girlband Twice at The O2, London (3 & 4 June); and LA soft-rock duo Lany touring the UK (2-6 June). Handel's Orlando opens Longborough Festival Opera (30 May to 7 June), conducted by Christopher Moulds.
Art exhibitions include Camille Henrot at The Perimeter, London (to 25 July), focusing on her drawings; British Landscapes: A Sense of Place at Pallant House, Chichester (30 May to 1 November); Nora Chipaumire's immersive dance commission at Tate Modern, London (3 June to 23 August); and Nancy Lupo's first UK exhibition at Spike Island, Bristol (30 May to 6 September).
