ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Thing with Feathers, Train Dreams, Sisu: Road to Revenge, and Wicked: For Good
Latest editorial
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)
[IMDb]
GUILLERMO THOMAS welcomes a biography of WA Domingo, a key figure in the anti-colonial struggle in the Caribbean
BRENT CUTLER is intrigued by the imperialist, supremacist and contradictory history of a word that is used all too easily
PETER MASON is beguiled by a fascinating account of the importance of cricket to immigrants from the Caribbean to the UK
The new corporate version of Robin Hood is a betrayal of the anti-colonial hero of the people of yore, suggests DENNIS BROE
PETER MASON is gripped by a novel that confronts corporate callousness with those prepared to act to bring about change
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.
Similar stories
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
MEHDI ACHOUCHE explores the constant fascination of cinema with Marxist alienation from Fritz Lang and Chaplin to Bong Joon Ho
MARIA DUARTE recommends an homage to the iconic showgirl that understands them as working-class women
RITA DI SANTO picks the best films from a festival that adopted a ‘neutral’ political position, despite the looming presence of the AfD