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Film round-up: March 20, 2020
MARIA DUARTE and ALAN FRANK review Astronaut, The Truth, The Great Buster: A Celebration, and Fire Will Come
DENNIS BROE notes the thin, unfunny and apolitical quality of the gruel dished up by the US networks and studios for mass consumption
BARBARA BOSWELL remembers South African poet, storyteller, publisher, editor and activist Diana Ferrus (1953-2026)
HELEN VASSALLO recommends a gripping Argentinian crime story about gender violence and the weaponisation of religion
New releases from Steve Swallow, Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts, and Ady Johnson
When the ravages of Alzheimer’s leave an elderly woman marooned in painful memories of October 1950, her grandchild comes up with a creative strategy.
New releases from Simone White, Brass Funkeys, and Souad Massi
Astronaut (PG)
Directed by Shelagh McCleod
★★★
72-YEAR-OLD Richard Dreyfuss, best remembered for Jaws, American Graffiti and Close Encounters of the Third Kind — a film title with a certain contemporary resonance — joins the burgeoning space-travel-themed Hollywood ranks with Astronaut.
Directed by actor Shelagh McCleod, it's a sweet-natured if somewhat relentlessly sentimental feature-film debut.
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