Given the power of the live experience, MIK SABIERS recommends Jon Spencer’s new album
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Festival restores faith in film’s capacity to engage with reality
Here are the films that caught RITA DI SANTO’s attention
(L to R) Marlene Bajali, Dana Ivgy, Amal Murkus, Aseel Farhat, Khawlah Hag-Debsy, and Joanna Said in Cinema Sabaya (2021)
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Reviews of T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tamikrest, and Dub Colossus
The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
AFTER two years of virtual editions, the UK Jewish Film Festival returns to cinemas in London and across the nation, from November 10-20. This will likely be the only time most of the programme’s films — including features, documentaries and shorts — are screened in Britain.
This year’s line-up includes thought-provoking films, many with great cinematography, which and overwhelmingly explore cross-cultural themes.
Moshe Rosenthal’s comedy Karaoke, is an offbeat, zany comedy, about an elderly couple in suburban Israel.
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