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Film round-up: February 20, 2025
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Am Martin Parr, September Says, The Monkey, and The Gorge
The Chinese language only introduced a feminine pronoun in the 1920s. Now, it might adopt a gender-inclusive one, suggests JANET DAVEY
ALEX HALL is intrigued by a detailed history of Gaza that demonstrates its historic resilience and changing economy
RON JACOBS welcomes the long overdue translation of an epic work that chronicles resistance to fascism during WWII
MAYER WAKEFIELD is chilled by the co-dependency of two lost souls as portrayed by German communist playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz
The Star's critics BRETT GREGORY, JOHN GREEN, MICHAEL BONCZA and ANGUS REID review The Stimming Pool, Misericordia, La Cocina, Irena’s Vow, and The End
CHRIS MOSS welcomes a radical history that brings marginalised stories and overlooked people and agencies to the centre
I Am Martin Parr (12A)
Directed by Lee Shulman
★★★
HAILED as one of the greatest photographers of all time, film-maker Lee Shulman attempts to unravel the enigma that is Martin Parr in this fascinating intimate portrait of the man, his work and his legacy.
This documentary follows the controversial photographer, now in his seventies, on a road trip across England as he visits his most famous haunts and discusses his life and his most renowned photographs.
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