RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
Film round-up: July 23, 2020
Reviews of Saint Frances, Stage Mother, The Traitor, American Fighter and CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans
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
Saint Frances (15)
Directed by Alex Thompson
★★★★★
SAINT FRANCES is one of those rare gems which deals with subjects, taboo for some, such as periods, abortion and post-natal depression in a frank and honest way.
Infused with a great deal of humour and empathy, it makes you question why in this day and age we are still reluctant to talk about such things.
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