ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
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Basqueing in it
RITA DI SANTO relishes the mix of traditional and innovative films on offer, and particularly the rich sample of new Latin American work
Janet Novas in The Rye Horn
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
DENNIS BROE sifts out the ideological bias of the newest TV series offerings, and picks out what to see, and what to avoid
IN the beautiful Basque country, the 71st San Sebastian Film Festival maintained its innovative spirit, and audacious political character.
This year the Golden Shell Award went to Spanish director Jaione Camborda for The Rye Horn, a film about solidarity and sisterhood set during the Franco regime.
Maria, a solitary midwife, who lives on an island near Galicia, secretly helps young women terminate their pregnancies, but when one of her patients dies, she must flee to Portugal. The escape drives her out of solitude, as always, when a woman comes forward to help.
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