PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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Enterprising year for independents
Rita di Santo reviews the year in film
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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
Works by Joshua Oppenheimer, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Gianfranco Rosi and Hayao Miyazaki made 2014 that rarest of things — a very good year for documentary and independent film-makers.
In Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence, a bold follow-up to the Act of Killing, the director tracks down the ageing members of the Indonesian civilian militia (pictured) who, with the tacit approval of the army and government, carried out the wholesale slaughter of a million suspected communists after the 1965 Suharto coup. An extraordinary, shocking and poetic film.
The uplifting The Wind Rises by Japanese animation genius Miyazaki offered plenty of mesmeric moments that we’ve come to expect from the 72-year-old maestro.
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JOHN GREEN recommends an Argentinian film classic on re-release - a deliciously cynical tale of swindling and double-cross
RITA DI SANTO gives us a first look at some extraordinary new films that examine outsiders, migrants, belonging and social abuse
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Hot Milk, An Ordinary Case, Heads Of State, and Jurassic World Rebirth