MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
Latest editorial
Brilliant blacklist biopic
Trumbo is an outstanding film on a survivor of the Hollywood witch-hunts, says ALAN FRANK
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
Trumbo (15)
Directed by Jay Roach
5/5
IN THE 1940s writer Dalton Trumbo, whose credits included landmark films like the Oscar-nominated classic Kitty Foyle and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, signed a deal with MGM making him the highest-paid screenwriter in the world.
But in 1947 Trumbo, a member of the Communist Party since 1943 and a political activist who supported trade unions, the fight for equal pay and civil rights, fell victim to McCarthyism.
Similar stories
ANGUS REID, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Wham! 10 Days in China, Lesvia, Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and The Fires
ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review On The Sea, A Useful Ghost, Brunello: The Gracious Visionary, and Pinocchio Unstrung
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The daughter of a legendary blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter has spoken out against the reactionary move, says MIKE SCHNEIDER