MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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RITA DI SANTO reports from the Belgrade International Film Festival
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
THIS year’s combination of wide-ranging titles from film-makers all over the world with fresh new local work proved a big hit with festival-goers in Belgrade.
There were a number of pleasant surprises from young directors, with German film-maker Florian Gottschick’s Bright Night marking an astonishing debut.
In it, two couples spend a summer weekend together in an idyllic country house but events from the past begin to impact on the present — it turns out that two of them were not only former classmates but lovers too.
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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
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review The Six Billion Dollar Man, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Goodbye June, and Super Elfkins
RITA DI SANTO gives us a first look at some extraordinary new films that examine outsiders, migrants, belonging and social abuse