JAMES WALSH is moved by an exhibition of graphic art that relates horrors that would be much less immediate in other media
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JONAH RASKIN compares the tepid fare of the Netflix series Black Doves with a gritty Polish alternative
(L) Keira Knightly in Black Doves; (R) Olaf Lubaszenko in Justice
RON JACOBS welcomes the translation into English of an angry cry from the place they call the periphery
GUILLERMO THOMAS recommends a useful book aimed at informing activists with local examples of solidarity in action around the world
HENRY BELL is provoked by a book that looks toward, but does not fully explore the question of who gets to imagine the shapes of cities to come
MATTHEW HAWKINS surveys the upcoming programme of contemporary dance in Glasgow, and picks some highlights
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In the Netflix thriller, Black Doves, the good hitmen and the good hitwomen mostly only kill when it can’t be avoided and when they have to kill to save their own skins.
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