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Cinema round-up: 5th December 2014
Review of St Vincent, Get Santa, Men, Women & Children, Black Sea and Hello Carter
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
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
St Vincent (12A), directed by Ted Melfi
4/5
A grumpy old man’s unlikely friendship with a young boy which becomes life-changing might spell sentimentality and heart-warming cliches.
But not when the wonderfully acerbic Bill Murray is playing the drunken, gambling and hedonistic curmudgeon who, on the face of it, has no redeeming qualities. Yet Murray gives him an unfathomable charm and humour as he keeps it edgy and real in a superlative performance.
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