MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Reviews of Creation Stories, Infinitum: Subject Unknown, Silk Road, Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time and Fatale
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PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
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CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Creation Stories
Directed by Nick Moran
★★★★
WITH an opening disclaimer — “Most of this happened, some of the names have been changed to protect the guilty” — Creation Stories tells the unforgettable tale of the man behind Britpop, and founder of the infamous Creation Records label, Alan McGee.
This is the man who discovered and championed (among others) Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Libertines and, of course, Oasis.
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