SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
Film round-up: April 26, 2024
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Kidnapped, I.S.S., Ordinary Angels and Challengers
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa
MATTHEW HAWKINS pays tribute to the performance artist and costumier, Leigh Bowery
SIMON DUFF reviews a new composition by German composer and pianist Florian Weber that blurs the line between where improvisation ends and composition begins
New releases from The Jim Mullen Quartet, Caroline Kraabel/John Edwards, and Matthew Muneses/Riza Printup
Kidnapped (12A)
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
★★★★
ITALIAN maestro, the Marxist Marco Bellocchio, brings to the big screen the outrageous tale of the kidnapping of a young Jewish boy by the Catholic church, who was sent to the Vatican to be converted to Christianity.
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