MARIA DUARTE picks the best and worst of a crowded year of films
Red Dead reprise is riveting, Kasandra's quest is quality but We Happy Few is fun-free
Red Dead Redemption II
[Rockstar Games]
JOSEPHINE BARBARO welcomes a diverse anthology of experiences by autistic women that amounts to a resounding chorus, demanding to be heard
PAUL BUHLE recommends an eminently useful book that examines the political opportunities for popular anti-fascist intervention
PETER MASON is entertained by the autobiography of Charlie Harper, one of punk’s most enduring figures
JAMIE BRITTON reaches for the sick bucket as he is forced to engorge detail after detail of the Royal Family’s wealth
STEVE JOHNSON picks his favourites from the many memorable albums of the year, and one stunning new festival
Red Dead Redemption
Rockstar Games
★★★★★
ROCKSTAR GAMES'S previous release Grand Theft Auto 5 was a masterpiece that moved video-game storytelling, setting, writing and gameplay a step further.
The protagonists were brilliantly written. Motivations were understandable, the dialogue superb and tearing around as three of the most degenerate criminals in a fictionalised version of Los Angeles was incredible.
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