ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
Excavating the origins of oppression
On International Women’s Day, MARIA DUARTE salutes women who make films about women, beginning with a powerfully imaginative investigation of the way the US race segregation was imported into Nazi racist ideology
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Am Martin Parr, September Says, The Monkey, and The Gorge
RITA DI SANTO applauds a touching and witty opener that touches a hot topic in Germany: the future of the immigrant population
SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa
Origin (12A)
Directed by Ava DuVernay
THERE is a great deal to unpack in Ava DuVernay’s powerful intellectual drama about mind-blowing ideas explored through the prism of love and grief.
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