MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Stillborn shocker
A psychological thriller conjures the paranoia and pressures of impending parenthood and then fails to deliver, says MARIA DUARTE
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
The Ones Below (15)
Directed by David Farr
2/5
OPENING with the creepy scan of a foetus staring ominously into the camera, The Ones Below fails to live up to its early promise of a dark and deliciously disturbing horror about the upper-middle classes.
Rosemary’s Baby or The Omen this ain’t.
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