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
Batman v Superman:
Dawn of Justice (12A)
Directed by Zack Snyder
4/5
ONE of a reviewer’s tougher jobs is explaining a film’s plot without giving away too much.
So let’s praise screenwriters David S Goyer and Chris Terrio for compressing two-and-a-half hours of action, thrills and superhero special effects into the title.
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