EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
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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
Room (15)
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson
4/5
IT MAY be harrowing to watch but this slow-burning and understated drama about child abduction and captivity packs an extraordinary emotional punch, due to the astonishing performances by Golden Globe winner Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay.
The film opens with Jack (Tremblay) waking up excitedly on his fifth birthday. His mother (Larson) lovingly makes a fuss of him as she gets him to exercise before offering to make him a birthday cake.
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