New releases from The Orb, Meredith Monk, and Marconi Union
Film round-up: February 20, 2025
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Am Martin Parr, September Says, The Monkey, and The Gorge
CANNY EYE: Photographer Martin Parr
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RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
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
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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