Love, life and Uncle Joe Globalisation, extremism, conspiracy theory, the difference between you and me -- these are the themes appropriated by Youssef Chahine in his latest film, Al-Aakhar (The Other), which tonight opens Un Certain Regard, the Cannes film festival's most prestigious fringe event. Youssef Rakha spoke to the aging auteur	Breaking the mould Coloratura. Intimations of thunder. David Blake introduces Hungarian chamber music of the 20th century; Gomhouria Theatre, 20 May
	History, myth and the marginal As the Italian Cultural Institute stages a mini-retrospective of Pasolini films, Mohamed El-Assyouti takes stock of the life and works of the Italian director
Around the galleries Pulitzer? No thank you Cultural Palaces sing Happy Birthday Psycho (Gus van Sant 1998)