MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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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
My Nazi Legacy (PG)
Directed by Philippe Sands
5/5
MOST weeks see the release of horror films replete with cynically orchestrated terror designed to terrify cinemagoers.
But what’s truly scary in this film by international human rights lawyer Philippe Sands’ (middle) is that it’s fiction-free. In this documentary, he challenges two different men to try and come to terms with their indelible pasts as sons of senior nazi officials.
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