JAMES WALSH is moved by an exhibition of graphic art that relates horrors that would be much less immediate in other media
Film round-up: May 9, 2024
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger; Our Mothers; Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes; and The Almond and the Seahorse

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (12A)
Directed by David Hinton
★★★★
MARTIN SCORSESE delivers a very personal and moving love letter to two of British cinema’s greatest film-makers — Michael Powell (British) and Emeric Pressburger (Hungarian) — two mavericks who made bold and audacious trailblazing films.
This is a masterclass in film-making as Scorsese, who presents and narrates this documentary directed by David Hinton, analyses Powell and Pressburger’s most renowned works including The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus and A Matter of Life and Death, which is one of my personal all-time favourite films.
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