The Star's critics MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd, The Uninvited, The Surfer, and Motel Destino

No excuses can hide the criminal actions of a Nazi fellow-traveller in this admirably objective documentary, suggests MARTIN HALL

DAVID NICHOLSON applauds the return of Azuka Oforka’s stunning drama about slave plantation politics

PAUL DONOVAN relishes a fascinating exploration of the leading lights of the Labour right in the 1970s

BEN LUNN alerts us to the creeping return of philanthropy and private patronage, and suggests alternative paths to explore

A novel by Argentinian Jorge Consiglio, a personal dictionary by Uruguayan Ida Vitale, and poetry by Mexican Homero Aridjis

MAYER WAKEFIELD laments the lack of audience interaction and social diversity in a musical drama set on London’s Underground

WILL STONE foresees the refashioning of Beckett’s study of bitter nostalgia given the plethora of self-recording we make in the digital age

New releases reviewed by IAN SINCLAIR

MIK SABIERS savours the first headline solo show of the stalwart of Brighton’s indie-punk outfit Blood Red Shoes

The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess