That's Entertainment: The new-look Indy Arts Newsletter

[View in browser]( [The Independent]( [Culture] That's Entertainment: The Indy Arts Newsletter [Alexandra Pollard] Written by Alexandra Pollard | March 26, 2021 Hello, Welcome to week two of our new and improved arts newsletter! This week, I [interviewed self-proclaimed “angry feminist bitches” First Aid Kit](, AKA Johanna and Klara Soderberg. They talked about their new Leonard Cohen covers album, growing up terrified to f*** up, and the response to their rage-filled 2017 single “You Are The Problem Here”: “I think that song really shattered our image of being these two innocent sisters in a forest holding hands,” said Klara with a laugh. It sure did. First Aid Kit's Johanna and Klara Soderberg To commemorate the one-year anniversary of UK lockdown, we also [ran this excellent piece]( surveying the wreckage (and the upsides) of life for musicians under Covid, with a little help from Elvis Costello, Brandon Flowers and Paul Weller, Meanwhile, [Ammonite, by my reckoning one of the best films of this year, is out today](. Directed by God's Own Country's Francis Lee and starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, it combines the real story of palaeontologist Mary Anning with an imagined one – her romance with a young woman called Charlotte Murchison. It's as quietly devastating as it is beautiful, and you'll even learn a bit about fossilised poo. Our film critic Clarisse Loughrey [loved it, too.]( [I'd give Tom and Jerry The Movie a miss, to be honest.]( Keep scrolling for the weekly binge recommendation and our reviews of the week – and be sure to check out tomorrow's [Saturday Interview]( with potty-mouthed Mancunian joy Olivia Cooke. Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in Ammonite [Invincible]( Invincible may boast one of the most stacked casts in TV history. You could easily go through picking out elements or story ideas that have cropped up in Watchmen, or The Incredibles, or Misfits. But there are still some good bones to its premise, and just enough subversiveness to let you ignore the fact this is a story you’ve seen a hundred times before. [Read our full review here.]( Film of the week – [Ammonite]( [Kate Winslet](and [Saoirse Ronan](traipse around the rocks of Lyme Regis, in search of fossils, as their affections swell with the waves. [Read the full review here]( TV show of the week – [Line of Duty]( After the more outlandish conspiratorial shenanigans of series five, the first episode of series six returns to what Line of Duty does best. [Read the full review here]( Album of the week – [First Aid Kit: Who By Fire]( Fans of both Cohen and First Aid Kit will be delighted that Who By Fire is one live concert that has been preserved. It offers the best of the live ritual: familiar songs reinvented in the moment. [Read the full review here]( Stories you might like [Anyone who went to a private school shouldn’t be shocked by the allegations – rape culture was everywhere]( [Anyone who went to a private school shouldn’t be shocked by the allegations – rape culture was everywhere]( [NHS to spend almost £100m improving maternity safety after Shrewsbury care disaster]( NHS to spend almost £100m improving maternity safety after Shrewsbury care disaster]( Sign up to our free newsletters Subscribe to a wide range of free newsletters for exclusive news and features from our specialist reporters across the world More stories [Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier is dead aged 79]( Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier is dead aged 79]( ['Nomadland' wins PGA Award, cementing front-runner status]( 'Nomadland' wins PGA Award, cementing front-runner status]( If you can spare a minute we’d love your [feedback]( on our newsletters. [The Independent]( Join the conversation or follow us [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Please do not reply directly to this email. You are currently registered to receive The Independent's Entertainment email (formerly Culture). Add us to your safe list of senders . If you do not want to receive The Independent's Entertainment (formerly Culture) email, please [unsubscribe](list_name=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP). If you no longer wish to receive any newsletters or promotional emails from The Independent, you can unsubscribe [here](. This email was sent by Independent Digital News and Media Ltd, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5HF. Registered in England and Wales with company number 07320345. Read our [privacy notice]( and [cookie policy](.