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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
CANNY EYE: Photographer Martin Parr
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Fiery words from the Bard in Blackpool and Edinburgh, and Evidence Based Punk Rock from The Protest Family
MATTHEW HAWKINS is mesmerised by a performance that dissolves the line between audience and performer
MATTHEW SHARPE recommends the essays of a Renaissance politician that instruct and unnerve after 400 years
GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes the reissue of a seminal work of revolutionary theory that have genuine relevance in the current context
RON JACOBS rides shotgun with a member of Black Bloc on the wave of anti-capitalist protests of the 1990s and early 2000s
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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