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Cinema / 25 January 2024
Film round-up: January 25, 2024
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Forever Young, Samsara, The Blessed Plot and Jackdaw
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Film of the week / 16 January 2025
Becoming Dylan
16 January 2025
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends an impressive impersonation of Bob Dylan
Cinema / 16 January 2025
Film round-up: January 16, 2025
16 January 2025
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Here, Vermiglio, William Tell and Wolf Man
Albums / 16 January 2025
Folk albums with Steve Jonson: January 16, 2025
16 January 2025
New releases from Thorpe and Morrison, Daria Kulesh, and Will Finn and Rosie Calvert
Exhibition review / 16 January 2025
Bringing home the Bacon
16 January 2025
RINA ARYA confronts the brutal operation of Francis Bacon’s approach to portraiture
Book Review / 15 January 2025
Praxis Makes Perfect
15 January 2025
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
Opinion / 14 January 2025
Translating fiction: a moral case for AI?
14 January 2025
ANDY MIAH advocates the use of AI to assist people by expanding access to global literature and culture
Music review / 14 January 2025
A force to be reckoned with
14 January 2025
EWAN KOTZ relishes a veteran Glasgow band that have lost none of their verve for live performance

Forever Young (15)
Directed by Henk Pretorius
★★★

IF YOU could take something that would make you young again and be able to rewrite your life would you?

That’s the fascinating question at the heart of co-writer/director Henk Pretorius sci-fi thriller starring Diana Quick and Bernard Hill.


Samsara (U)
Directed by Lois Patino
★★★★


The Blessed Plot (15)
Directed by Marc Isaacs
★★★


Jackdaw (15)
Directed by Jamie Childs
★★

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