ANDY HEDGECOCK is entertained by a playful novel that embeds a fictional game at its heart
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MARTIN HALL admires a remarkable film that concentrates on the human impact of gender dysphoria
Sofia Otero in 20,000 Species of Bees, a role for which he became the first child actor to win Berlin's Silver Bear
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Death comes for Liberals, entitled murder, Vatican hit squads, and fraternising with the Blitz killer
New releases from Public Image Ltd, William Basinski, and John Luther Adams
GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
20,000 Species of Bees (12A)
Directed by Urresola Solaguren
THIS is an impressive debut from Urresola Solguren.
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