PAUL DONOVAN relishes a fascinating exploration of the leading lights of the Labour right in the 1970s
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Film Round-up: March 16
This week the Star's critics MARIA DUARTE and ALAN FRANK review Peter Rabbit, Mary Magdalene, My Generation, Tomb Raider, and My Golden Days
BEN LUNN alerts us to the creeping return of philanthropy and private patronage, and suggests alternative paths to explore
A novel by Argentinian Jorge Consiglio, a personal dictionary by Uruguayan Ida Vitale, and poetry by Mexican Homero Aridjis
MIK SABIERS savours the first headline solo show of the stalwart of Brighton’s indie-punk outfit Blood Red Shoes
New releases reviewed by IAN SINCLAIR
STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
Peter Rabbit (PG)
Directed by Will Gluck
★★★
THE GOOD news is that this sweet and charming modern take on Beatrix Potter's classic characters bears no resemblance to the film's appalling trailer.
Having got rid of the cantankerous old Mr McGregor (Sam Neill), Peter Rabbit (James Corden) and his siblings (Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley and Elizabeth Debicki) and friends face a new enemy in the shape of McGregor's city-dwelling nephew Thomas McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson).
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