MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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ALAN FRANK watches Leonardo DiCaprio suffer an overlong battle for survival in The Revenant
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
The Revenant (15)
Directed by Alejandro G Inarritu
3/5
LAST week Quentin Tarantino went West with The Hateful Eight.
Now, like a long-overdue bus, along comes yet another genre melodrama to join it.
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