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
Mia Madre (15)
Directed by Nanni Moretti
4/5
IN THIS slow-burning drama about the loss of a mother, Nanni Moretti returns to explore the themes of family ties and bereavement in his best work since The Son’s Room.
It centres on film director Margherita (Margherita Buy), who is shooting a film about a factory strike over planned lay-offs with famous US actor Barry Huggins (John Turturro).
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