PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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Fingers on society’s pulse
Two films at the 36th Moscow International Film Festival give intriguing insights into Russian life, says RITA DI SANTO
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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
IT’S always intriguing to see how cinema acts as a barometer of the times and perhaps not surprising that two of the most awaited films among the 16 in competition at the Moscow International Film Festival were Russian.
Vladimir Turmayev’s White Yegel, set in the the icy, treeless wastes of the tundra, tells the story of Aloshka. He’s a young man of the Nenets people, an ethnic minority in Siberia.
He lives with his mother and, despite his love for his ex-girlfriend who left their homeland to study, he is forced by his parent to marry. Yet every day Alyoshka checks the road, hopelessly waiting for his love to return.
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