ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review On The Sea, A Useful Ghost, Brunello: The Gracious Visionary, and Pinocchio Unstrung
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The Desi Lockdown, Rifco Theatre
Engaging South-Asian response to the pandemic
RON JACOBS enjoys a great tale, told by a US communist, of the lives of working-class New Yorkers
BRENT CUTLER searches a new history of contemporary Iran for an understanding of the Islamic Republic, finding both interesting detail and glaring omissions
MARIA DUARTE recommends the true story of the remarkable woman who sued Donald Trump for sexual assault not once, but twice
KENNY MacASKILL is disappointed by a polemical, rather than factual, account of the Lone Star State and its political path since the civil war
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the lives of Charles and Mary Bagot, and the insight this biography shines on the morals of pre-Victorian society
GORDON PARSONS appreciates fine performances and a feel for ambiguity, but misses the music of the dialogue
FOR reasons good, tragic or indifferent, the coronavirus lockdown will be a period not many people will forget.
As a future aide memoire, touring company Rifco Theatre, usually based at Watford’s Palace Theatre, have commissioned a quintet of videos to document the diverse experiences of British South-Asian artists during these most unusual of months.
Harry Syed’s film is arguably the most cinematic. Clocking in at just over 80 seconds, Thanks Mum is a witty rumination on the relationship between growing up and food.
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