New releases from Javon Jackson, IZE Trio, and Mal Waldron Trio

PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself

The Bard hands out medals for his Edinburgh campaign and urges us to support The Men They Couldn’t Hang

EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage

ADAM J SMITH casts an admiring eye over the noble tradition of satirical impersonations in British politics

RON JACOBS welcomes a history of the Young Patriots Organisation that is also an organising manual with applications and implications for today

JOE GILL marvels at the history of a highly complex nomadic and hunter/gatherer society without a hierarchical class system

SETH SANDRONSKY recommends a Marxist critique of the ‘race-first’ views of the influential black US theorist Cedric Robinson

STEVE JOHNSON savours a singing legend who stayed true to her working-class origins

ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON  review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution

MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion

LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making