From A Useful Ghost to Self Esteem: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Going out: Cinema A Useful GhostOut nowWinner of best film at Cannes Critics’ Week, this tale of a woman reincarnated as a vacuum cleaner takes you to plenty of unexpected places, even when you discount the sort of unexpectedness suggested by the premise. Part Marxist thriller, part supernatural romance, and taking in foul-mouthed monks and drama with the in-laws along the way, Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s directorial debut is an oddball treat. On the SeaOut nowMade mostly outside the traditional funding mechanisms for UK film, this independent second feature from Helen Walsh is a lovely, graceful depiction of repression and queer desire in a Welsh mussel-harvesting community. Barry Ward gives a fine performance as the married man who finds himself drawn to a younger itinerant worker (Lorne MacFadyen). Aardman RetrospectiveCinemas nationwideIn the run-up to the release of Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, look out for summer holiday rereleases of a plethora of Aardman classics in cinemas, including A Matter of Loaf and Death, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and the film that first introduced woolly hero Shaun, A Close Shave. Pinocchio UnstrungOut nowDirector Rhys Frake-Waterfield was also behind Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and its sequel. This new instalment in what the film-makers call The Twisted Childhood Universe features Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) as the voice of Jiminy Cricket. Catherine Bray * * * Going out: Gigs Camp BestivalLulworth Castle, nr Wareham, 30 July to 2 AugustRob da Bank’s enduring family-friendly festival returns with its mix of kids’ activities – bee-keeping has been added this year, alongside skateboard ramp lessons and trampolining – and music from Bastille, Fatboy Slim, Self Esteem and more. Michael Cragg Elgar’s FirstRoyal Albert Hall, London, 29 JulyThe English composer’s magnificent Symphony No 1 gets top billing, but this concert also features the first major world premiere of the BBC Proms season. The World’s …