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Animal magic
Disney’s new animated feature Zootropolis is a treat, says MARIA DUARTE
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
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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
Zootropolis (PG)
Directed by Byron Howard
and Rich Moore
5/5
FROM Bambi to The Lion King, there is no disputing Disney’s animal cinematic legacy but now the studio has come up with its most socially relevant animated feature.
It tackles the issues of diversity and racial and sexual discrimination subtly but cleverly in a funny and inventive film which will entertain kids and hold adults’ attention too.
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