EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
Latest editorial
All-important antidote to mindless Hollywood pulp
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
The Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival went to Hungarian love story On Body And Soul, about two lonely people working in a slaughterhouse.
With a surreal touch and a dark sense of humour, director Ildiko Enyedi forges a memorable tale of love, reflecting the alienation and disconnection in modern life.
The choice was a notable surprise since it was generally expected that veteran film-maker Aki Kaurismaki would win the top prize for The Other Side of Hope — instead he received a Silver Bear for best director.
Similar stories
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
ANGUS REID, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Wham! 10 Days in China, Lesvia, Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and The Fires
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
RITA DI SANTO takes us through the prize winners, and takes the temperature of a festival that prioritised narratives of exile, state violence and class division