JAMES WALSH is moved by an exhibition of graphic art that relates horrors that would be much less immediate in other media
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The Best Films of 2024 with Maria Duarte
To the fore: women’s unique visions, perspectives and marked creativity in front of and behind the camera
MESMERISING: Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley in The Substance (2024)
RON JACOBS welcomes the translation into English of an angry cry from the place they call the periphery
GUILLERMO THOMAS recommends a useful book aimed at informing activists with local examples of solidarity in action around the world
HENRY BELL is provoked by a book that looks toward, but does not fully explore the question of who gets to imagine the shapes of cities to come
MATTHEW HAWKINS surveys the upcoming programme of contemporary dance in Glasgow, and picks some highlights
‘Chance encounters are what keep us going,’ says novelist Haruki Murakami. In Amy, a chance encounter gives fresh perspective to memories of angst, hedonism and a charismatic teenage rebel.
IT HAS been an extraordinary year for film, with women at the vanguard, both in front of and behind the camera, in works tackling sexism, ageism, female oppression and the sex trade.
It has been a wealth of riches and so has proved very difficult to choose between them but here are my top films of the year.
Bread & Roses — Afghan film-maker Sahra Mani’s powerful and harrowing documentary shows in real time women in Afghanistan fighting back against the misogynistic Taliban regime’s attempts to erase them from society by removing all their civil rights. From being able to work and get an education, to walk outdoors on their own and be free to talk who they please to outside their homes.
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