The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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NICK MATTHEWS recommends a tense new feature film by Florence Jaugey dealing with the abuse of social media in Nicaragua
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Kate Clark pays tribute to Ricardo, whose life spanned the hopes of Allende’s Chile, the horrors of military dictatorship and decades of campaigning for justice in exile
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When I was a student, (back in the day) one of things I did at our poly was to help set up a film society to show films you could not ordinarily. Every Friday night at 6pm before heading for the pub we devoured anything with subtitles.
The films from Latin America were always among the most interesting and challenging. I learned so much about so many different parts of the world by watching their movies.
I love the art of a good storyteller and I always found the rhythm and grammar of their films so much more interesting than the Hollywood standard fare.
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