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
Triple 9 (15)
Directed by John Hillcoat
3/5
In this brutal thriller, Australian John Hillcoat’s driving direction carries you fast and furiously over illogical elements and several standard characterisations in Matt Cook’s violence-ridden screenplay.
The setting is Atlanta — which, if anything like the grim city pictured here, is well worth avoiding — where a bunch of crooked cops and former special services soldiers has to try and pull off a near-impossible heist for a ruthless Russian mobster.
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