EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
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Film: Monstrously good
A film on a young boy whose nightmares come to life is one of the best of the year, says ALAN FRANK. Plus a round-up of the rest of the week’s releases with MARIA DUARTE
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
A Monster Calls (12A), directed by JA Bayona
5/5
RANGING from The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters to Pete’s Dragon, Willow and the BFG, boy meets monster is an enduring cinema staple.
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