Weekender: Jacob Elordi's physicality shines in Del Toro's Frankenstein and deliver us from musical biopics

It’s 1982 and Bruce Springsteen is on the verge of super-stardom, but the Boss, unready to leave the past behind, holes up in a house in New Jersey and records Nebraska on a four-track tape deck. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is a new biopic charts the making of this classic album, but the team have some serious concerns, beginning with the choice of this time period.Guillermo Del Toro has finally completed his long-term passion project, an adaptation of Frankenstein. It's a beautifully shot film that plays more in the register of fairy tale than horror, with excellent physical performances by Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. There are some minor complaints, but this may be the ultimate screen adaptation (so far).Tender Comrade, at White Rabbit Gallery, is a great mixed-media exhibition, focused on queer Chinese art, and some stand-out video works.And in music, Sky recommends Hiromi, who's currently on tour, with a headline show at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival; and Ce is surprisingly taken by Keli Holiday's version of I'm On Fire for Like A Version.

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