While the group known as the Colourists certainly reinvigorated Scottish painting, a new show is a welcome chance to reassess them, writes ANGUS REID
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Hitting the spirits
Hitting the spirits
PETER MASON mixes with Shinto spirits that are eccentric and querulous rather than downright menacing
In an exhibition of the graphic art of Lorna Miller, MATT KERR takes a lungful of the oxygen of dissent
The Star's critics review The Sinking Of The Lisbon Maru, Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, American Dreamer, When Autumn Falls, and Flow
ANGUS REID recommends an exquisite drama about the disturbing impact of the one child policy in contemporary China
GEORGE FOGARTY is mesmerised by the messages made when jazz is played by people who grew up steeped in jungle and hip-hop
MARK TURNER is thrilled by the the British singer’s tribute to the late great Sarah Vaughan
RITA DI SANTO speaks to Laura Carreira about her study of workers in an Amazon warehouse, On Falling
Spirited Away
London Coliseum
MOUNTING a stage version of one of the most popular films of all time is a daunting challenge, but this John Caird-directed version of the Studio Ghibli classic pulls off the trick with poise.
Wisely faithful to the original and featuring all of the beloved characters that made the animated movie such a hit, it sticks firmly to the plot as 10-year-old Chihiro tries to rescue her parents from the spirit world into which they have become locked.
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