MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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Stillborn shocker
A psychological thriller conjures the paranoia and pressures of impending parenthood and then fails to deliver, says MARIA DUARTE
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
The Ones Below (15)
Directed by David Farr
2/5
OPENING with the creepy scan of a foetus staring ominously into the camera, The Ones Below fails to live up to its early promise of a dark and deliciously disturbing horror about the upper-middle classes.
Rosemary’s Baby or The Omen this ain’t.
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