MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
Latest editorial
A fearful family business
MARIA DUARTE recommends a bleak film exposing the realities of life in the mafia
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
Black Souls (15)
Directed by Francesco Munzi
4/5
A STARK portrait of life in organised crime, this gritty and sombre Italian mafia drama breathes new life into an over-familiar genre.
Like Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, Black Souls is devoid of all the glamour and lavish lifestyle associated with the mafia, focusing instead on the bleak reality of that world.
Similar stories
ANDY HEDGECOCK is astonished by a portrait of contemporary Greece, complete with political protest, organised crime and people trafficking, told from the point of view of — wait for it — runaway poultry
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review The Six Billion Dollar Man, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Goodbye June, and Super Elfkins
JOHN GREEN recommends an Argentinian film classic on re-release - a deliciously cynical tale of swindling and double-cross
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Hot Milk, An Ordinary Case, Heads Of State, and Jurassic World Rebirth