MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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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
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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