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JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
Film Review: Leviathan (15)
JEFF SAWTELL believes this highly critical parable of present-day Russia offers glimmers of hope
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
Director: Andrey Zviagintsev
Rating: 5/5
Given the paucity of Russian films dealing with the consequences of counter-revolution in the Soviet Union, this is a damning indictment of the coalition of capitalist gangsters and clerics destroying the last vestiges of socialism.
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