MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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RITA DI SANTO reports from the Belgrade International Film Festival
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
THIS year’s combination of wide-ranging titles from film-makers all over the world with fresh new local work proved a big hit with festival-goers in Belgrade.
There were a number of pleasant surprises from young directors, with German film-maker Florian Gottschick’s Bright Night marking an astonishing debut.
In it, two couples spend a summer weekend together in an idyllic country house but events from the past begin to impact on the present — it turns out that two of them were not only former classmates but lovers too.
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