The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends an impressive impersonation of Bob Dylan
Film round-up: August 22, 2024
Gangs, flat champagne, nightmare island and completely cuckoo: the Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews new releases Cadejo Blanco, Widow Clicquot, Blink Twice and Cuckoo
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Here, Vermiglio, William Tell and Wolf Man
New releases from Thorpe and Morrison, Daria Kulesh, and Will Finn and Rosie Calvert
RINA ARYA confronts the brutal operation of Francis Bacon’s approach to portraiture
Emphasising his continuous engagement in labour movement struggles, ALISTAIR FINDLAY salutes John Foster’s contribution as activist, strategist, intellectual and defender of the Morning Star
ANDY MIAH advocates the use of AI to assist people by expanding access to global literature and culture
EWAN KOTZ relishes a veteran Glasgow band that have lost none of their verve for live performance
Cadejo Blanco (15)
Directed by Justin Lerner
★★★★
THIS quietly powerful and uber-tense thriller provides a fascinating insight into the workings of gangs in Guatemala.
Written and directed by Justin Lerner, and his first film in Spanish, it follows Sarita (Karen Martinez, Our Mothers) a teenage working-class girl from Guatemala City who travels to Puerto Barrios in search of her missing sister Bea (Pamela Martinez).
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