RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
Eyes of Tammy Faye
MARIA DUARTE recommends a biopic charting the extraordinary rise and fall of televangelists Tammy Faye Bakker and her husband Jim, who championed tolerance and had a devoted following
Eyes of Tammy Faye
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (12A)
Directed by Michael Showalter
DESCRIBED as the Barbie and Ken of televangelists, this compelling drama depicts the epic rise and fall of trailblazing Christian power couple Tammy Faye Bakker and her husband Jim.
Based on the documentary of the same name by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, it is viewed through the eyes of Tammy Faye, played by Jessica Chastain in a transformative and Oscar-worthy performance.
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