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EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
Film round-up: September 4 2015
This week: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Ricki and the Flash, The Transporter Refuelled, American Ultra and Dope
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (12A), directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
4/5
DIVIDED into cheesy chapter headings, there’s nothing twee about this brutally funny and exquisitely written coming-of-age tale about a teenage lad forced to befriend a cancer-stricken classmate.
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